PROMOTED HIS OWN PRESENTATION.

NZ Truth, Issue 57, 21 July 1906, Page 3

PROMOTED HIS OWN PRESENTATION.

A, PETONE MAN'S SELF- .. "AGGRANDISEMENT.

'From Petone comes a story calculated to cap the one "Truth" published last week under the caption ; "A Petrified Petoneite." It is of the brilliant' manner ,m .which the retiring official of a oertaini sooiety promoted a presentation of plate to himself /and how he engineered the job of inducing, his fellow-em-ployees to vote the funds of the society for the purchase of a silver tea and coffee service for the purpose. The story is that this astute individual, feeling that his valuable services deserved some , recognition,; by, some means iridnced^a member^p.j pro- ' pose, at a small' meeting', 'litiat the presentation be made.': No' seconder was forthcoming, and one jniember ; asked the chairman if they, dould legally vctoe their funds to . ,such a purpose. As' that functionary did ', < not know, the beneficiare m posse assured the meeting that they could. So the. necessary money, was voted and the

recipient-to-be acted as secretary, faj the presentation committee and d«| feated would-be discontents by buying his own, present and getting thewhajftf thing over before the ordinary ine^te ing of the' members, which he post*, poned to allow of this. 'Nobodjj knows how much the service cost, e& no receipt has been tendered, Antß now the executive of -the society ra* fuses to pass, the accounts of thei branch ; the "testimonialefe" as flam ly refuses to refund or to let go the! plate; and those who passed the reso-i lution will have to pungle up. Bufl before they do some revelations as toi "how to promote a testimonial \tq yourself" ar,e promised.