PRESENTATION.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13313, 15 June 1907, Page 6

PRESENTATION.

DR. R. BOWEX! HOGG. About a- hundred ladies and gentlemen, cx-pafcients and friends of Dr K. Bowen Hogg assembled in Budd's Arcade Cafe, yesterday afternoon, to say farewell to the doctor on bis leaving Tiniaru to visit the Old Country. The medical profession, the Church, the law, commerce and agriculture were represented, and among those present were Dra Hayes, Bowe, Unwin and Dryden. A number of apologies were made for absent friend.-:. The gathering had been arranged by a committee to which Mr R. R. Taylor acted as secretary, and - the Mayor was asked to present to the doctor a parting gift, in the shape of a handsome solid silver tea and coffee service and salver. The pieces of the service Lore the doctor's monogram "R. 8," and the? salver was inscribed: " A souvenir from patients and friends to Dr R. Bowen Hogg, Timaru, June, 1907." Afternoon tea was provided for the company. In making the presentation the Mayor said that Dr Hogg was a very old resident, he having comes to Timaru twentyeight years ago as resident surgeon at the Hospital. He held that appointment üboui eighteen months, and had been ever since in private practice in the town, so that he well deserved a, holiday. And in leaving fcr a holiday he took with him the best wishes of his many friends and late patients for his future welfare. He had bien a busy mim in a jjrofession that prevented hint from taking an' active partin public affairs, yet had found time U> do somsthing in volunteering, had served «s .a Borough Councillor, as health officer for the borough and for the. poit, and public vaccinator. A~> vi private practioner he n.vl won th regard and .esteem not only of Iks patients but of the whole people of Timanr and South Cantcibnry. ft was a tradition of the profession—at all events it was characteristic of the proffeion—thaf) its members did a great e'en! of work gratis, among the poorer people. ;iiid I>r Hogg had done Ms full share of that. (Applause-. >' He had been untiring and painstaking in his attention to his patients, and there were many now .dive who could thank him for pulling them b;'.ck front Death's door. On be halt v" many friends, and especially on behalf of uiiuiT old patient-', he asked Dr Hogg to accept the present from them as a mark of esteem and'regard on his leaving Timaru, and as a reminder wh n n at Horn. 1 of bis many friends in th-.- little spot in the b'outh l'acihc where he had spent, the best- yuirs of his "lifetime. Rev. L. Carsley Brady followed, speaking gratefully of a long personal friendship with Br Hogg and of assiduous profes>ional attentions which had drawn him back from Death's door. Mr James Hay spoke of the care and eonseicntiousn:: s which had characterised all Dr Hogg's work as a medical man. There need b-r lilt'e said. Wiitn a man could retire aft r i. quarter <>f a century of service, ficiing thai/ Ir.' had upheld the best traditions of v, high profession, leaving no one behind him who was not a friend, with the< b:c,twishes for hi.-; speedy return: —what more. could a. man look forward to as a final reward .' Dr Hayes, Temaka, itstilie-d to thy mbanity and good temper of Dr Hogg, which Lad enabled him to maintain cordial relations with other members of a_profe:.fion which did not bear good cliaract-er for mutual harmony. ' Hi- envied hiui Im ability to retire trom active practice, and bopea hj« would thoruugiiiy enjoy his w<.!!tiuued leisure. Dr iiouv, speaking for the iimaru doctors, said that Dr Hogg had always been held by them in the nighe... i.-Luem. Ihey felt that they could a. .vu;< ; go to hint when in any difficulty, and his wlviee was always given in a most Iri.ualy manner. Dr Hogg, iu reply, said he luwl often been present ;vt similar g;itherings and had wondered how the recipient of >.end-oti iavours felt. Today he knew, from experience, and he knew that they felt very uuccmfortable. With that coufus.-ion he for full allowances to be mad.- for ;>ny shortcomings in Lis reply. He f. !t deeply grateful for all t!:e kind things e!..il had been said •ibout him. He did nor. deserve them, btf. still felt gratiiied by them. He felt still more the honour • lone him by tho attendance of so 111:07 of his friends to say good-bye. H< accepted their handsome and. valuable pre>iUt, and would be proud of it. because of the spirit, of friendship in which it wa-; given. He really could not thank th.-m a-, he wished, for thej honour they had don.; him. Votes of thanks to Mr Taylor as s-eir--l.ny ;>nd to the Mayor for presiding were passed by acclamation. Tit" n.mpsmy Hit- in fun: shook hands with Dr Hogg and b:;d>s him gond-byp. Dr Hogg left for Christchurch by the '

express last evening, and leaves for London in the s.s. Waiwera, which iiX i :s f lon . N ellington on the 20th inst