AFTER 29 YEARS' SERVICE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 179, 27 July 1912, Page 8

AFTER 29 YEARS' SERVICE.

i PRESENTATION TO MTI. \vTJGG. ! A very pleasant gathering of the off:I , ;.ilr- «i the <*rv Council was held in the i Municipal Office.-. at the Town Hall, List j Lvening. under the presidency ot the j Deputy-Mayor I Mr John Court,), the occasion" being the presentation of a purse : of sovereigns to }Lr Alfred Wrigg. assist--1 ant city engineer, on bin retirement from ! the Ciiin-.-irs s-oa.fr after 2!) years' ser- | vice. Practi<-ally the whole of the offi.ialr- were present, with the exception of! ! Mr H. W. Wilson, who had to leave for! ; Wellington to attend the Municipal ConJ ferenec. and for whose absence and that : lof his Worship the Mayor, the oiiairnmn ] 1 conveyed apologies. i A varied and entertaining programme ; iof musical and elocutionary items was 1 I-ontribisied by the following gem!r>men: Messrs Brisham. C-oticr. Wyllie, Krii-kson. Insull. Ford, Sonurvillf, t.lrccn, ' hil, ar.l Wheeler. Mr .1.1.. Carlaw Che oldest, permanent opiriali. in .1 v.\ry happy speech, proposed the :0:1st of the Mayor and Council, to ; which 1 hi , 'hairman ably re-panded. The ' presenliilion of the parse in the guest ■of the evening. .Mr Wrifgi, wsv= made by , tiip chairmsn, who referred gratefully to ! i!ie faithful servic* rendered by Mr Wrigg to the city, and speeches convey- , ing the esteem, friendship, and good '.-. !.-':ifs of :he various stalls were made liv -.hi' heads of thr differi-nl department >. \le.-.~rs tJitfh, ( :u-la-.v, Rrigham, I an.l Gulliver. : .Mr AVrigg. on rising to respond, was i received as ith an ovation which deeply touched him. and conveyed to him better J than any word- could do the pl*e.-> he | : hoMs in the esteem of his colleagues. J A; the conclusion of :.he entertainment. . iMr Wrigg proposed the health of the I • chairman, whi< li was very enthusias- : tically rci-eivcd. .md in replying, the i ; ihairman proposed :i vote ..]' thanks to ! !h<n-e who I'll contributed to the even- 1 ing's enjoyment, and expre.*>cd the hope | ■hit this might be the forerunner of i ' periodic:.! gatherings nf :he si.iff. I in 1 nd Ing he motion, Mr Hush was 1 .-ilile to annrjime that the treasurer, Mr : l!ri»ham. Ili.l <><Verr-d on behalf of his til IT to bo n -ijvin.-ible for the entertaining of ;he next gathering, and promised I that the he.-uls of the dcpartme:iL< would j ■ meet for the purpose of .arranging a \ dc.initi' date for the next fimviion. • Ciwtpled with the vote of 1 hanks were i ' the names of Mr and .Mrs Love!!, who \ I ha.l worked very hard to make the. i I gathering a success. Thanks were rctnrnied by Mr .las. Ijovril and 3Lr Tbos. CotI tcr for the vote. j The evening concluded with the sing- ! I ing oi ~AuM Lang- Syne" and "Crod Save I j the King."