Farewell to Mrs. Maher, Mount Eden

New Zealand Tablet, 20 March 1913, Page 57

Farewell to Mrs. Maher, Mount Eden

(From an occasional correspondent.) Mrs. Maher, who for the past eighteen - years has filled the position of matron at the Mount Eden Prison, has just been transferred, on promotion, to take charge of the central female prison of the Dominion at Addington. Prior to her departure from Mount Eden, Mrs. Maher was presented with a handsome travelling rug and a silver sugar basin. The presentation was made b}? the chief warder, who referred to the many excellent qualities possessed by Mrs. Maher, and regretted exceedingly that she was leaving Mount Eden. Several other officers made eulogistic references with regard to the departing official, and though regretting her departure, they congratulated her on her wellearned promotion. Mrs. Maher,, during her 18 years of service at the northern prison, made herself very popular, and will be missed both by her fellow-officers and prisoners alike.