Presentation to Miss Woods, Lawrence.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 50, 15 December 1904, Page 20

Presentation to Miss Woods, Lawrence.

On Wednesday evening of rast week (says ,he ' Tfuaipeka Times ') a conrplimentary concert was tendered to Miss- -Wsp/k3,r<A.T.fc\sr, p/u *-trfie - eve pf-yvher^ departure for Kiu^.p'^; x was a&tdfytab'e.. The feature of the evenmg w,as unqiues'tlonabl y" tihe ' extremely sympathetic remtderrhg of tinat beautiful song ' Uood-bye ' by, Miss Woods, who Ayas m excel 1 cart vpice, her esnfilntiation ml" the words 'beijig' a-0 tihkt could "be desireid. ■"Doubtless the excltemefnt of t^te' decision aad the feeli'ngj that the wor.ds to which she was giving utteraince were a reahtyi r,ather than a mere sjentimemt were accountable for the keenness of the feeling ilnf.usexl into it. Jn response to a vociferous eticore she graciously s(an'o) Kiueken's ' tiood niglht ' i>n a similarly apj)T'e|Cinlue manner, 'lhe accompaniments during the ovanin^, w<c.rQ jplayed by Mrs;. R,osigow, Masses W-cWids,, Ha,y 7 and RiiiifiesftsotT. 1 >. A- <n? ::

'"".At the 'conclusion oil t)he concert tihe Maj T ,or, o n be- , 4ilalf' ''of -tithe citizens?*, of Lawrence, p,resetnte|d MLss '' W'ooids with a ,p*urse of Sovereigns as a shy fit token of tjheir appreciation of the very generous manner in. which s|he bad at. all -Urnies, given her servi.es in musoca-1 matters for the benehttt-bf the to>vn. Tn making the presentation, he sai4 lie to,ujid it very difhcull to find v. ords in w.hich to colnK cy to Viiss Woods tiie esteem and goodwill in which s,he was held by the people of Lawrence) ; indeed, by the 'people *of the whole district He had h|n,own her parents tor the past 30 years 'itaey had at all times during their residence here clone a)n immense amount ot g.pod b.y organising; concerts, etc , for purposes a>nd the various institutions rti the tow|n, and Miss Wo'nds wias prjo/vin 1 ? a wwrthv darvghter of sluch parents. As they were all aware, Mjss W.o«ds hia'd-reaehed the lushest rung- in.-t'Ue qolcaiLal musical ladder and w.as giomg tio Eturptpe for I<he purpose of qualifying for still v hi>gher h'ojnop, a-nd tihey co-nfitfcntly be/liejyed that with the ability Ml'e p'o's^^od and her i,n"diomfitable perseverance isfte- would 1 jn atitailnin<z: 1 laurels,, thus reflecting credit on New Zealand l( ,aipid op. Lawience in particular. '■ ' ' r i 3SJi. Woods, who returned 'tjhian<ks on bdhialf of his dta.uigjh.tcr, said s,he desired him to return her sincere aittd hearty thanks to the audience for their attendance tthat evening, to the committee for tihe trouble and pains taken by tihem in organising the eintertaimmemt, ..tio tlhe pertonners tor tihe siuticessful manner in which they haid carried oiit the programme, and to o"ne and all flor tihe ivery raliua-ble presentation made 1o her by his Worship the Mayor of L&wretice, her native town. As the first native-bonn musical delegate, so to apeak, iron)/ the Tuapeka district, sihe was prepared to work her hiaxidest to re-pay their gefnerous se>n)d-orr, a.vA if successful in gailm.ng distuictitftrs s*he would accept t|hem as horaoirs for the Tu'apeka district rather Uh-ajn herself. Miss Woods was als,o presented by the Mayor with a tEig|velMmg,rug tr<om ,her p'w-pils. - , - , L Miis's Woods leases Dimedin cm Suttifay by the '"Warrlmloio ' for Melbourne en route for Europe.