PUBLIC TRUST CEREMONY.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 206, 28 August 1920, Page 14

PUBLIC TRUST CEREMONY.

■ i MR. BROTVVXE R\REWELLED. 7 Mr. K. N. 11. Browne, for some time 7 (Local Deputy 'Public Trustee in Aueki, land, has resigned, from the service :n .' order to enter practice as a solicitor. He 7 was farewelled by.the staff of "tha local '■■ office at the jfol-Teith Tea Rooms I' ou Thursday. References were made i. to his long and valued service with the '• Department extending over a period of !| 25 years, during which time Mr. Browne 7 has filled many positions en'.ailin? re- ;• sponsibility throughout Xew Zealand, '■' capably nnd successfully. He was one li of those officers who served the 7 office during its early days when it wi>s ,'| struggling for recogn'tion and heiped to i*. lay the foundations on which the present oiiice has been liuilt. 1* Dr. Fitehett (Public Trustee), Mr. E. '. F. Warren, once local Deputy Public I \- Trustee, and Mr. Hales, Mr. Browne's; '7 successor, testi'lied to <his sterling quab-j '• ties as a man and as an officer of "the j 7 Department. | ii During the'afternoon Mr. Browne was] 1 presented with a suit-case and a cheque on behalf of the office, while -Mrs. Browne received a bouquet of violets from the. '" I lady members of the stall".