PRESENTATION AT THE SANITARY BOARD.
FAREWELL TO MESSRS. WOODCOCK AND BRYAN.
Messrs. G. A. Woodcock (Secretary of the Sanitary Board) and J. J. Bryan (Sanitary Surveyor) received presentations at the Sanitary Board Room on the morning of Wednesday, the 31st of March, the occasion of their departure for England on well-earned leave. The presentation to Mr. Woodcock was a handsome dragon-design Chinese silver bowl, on a blackwood stand, the following inscription being engraved on the bowl—"Presented to G. A. Woodcock, Esq., as a mark of esteem." Mr. Bryan received a Chinese silver fruit-dish of dragon design, on a blackwood stand. The inscription read, "Presented to J. J. Bryan, Esq., by officers of the Sanitary Department." Quite a number of Sanitary Board officers had gathered together to give them a send-off.
The Hon. Dr. Atkinson, who presided, addressing Messrs. Woodcock and Bryan, said he had been asked by the members of the Sanitary Board to present the vessels as a small token of regard and esteem. They could not let them go without giving them some token in remembrance for the kindness they had always rendered to them in their work. They joined in wishing them a pleasant voyage. Mr. Bryan had suffered an injury to his knee while performing his duty, and they hoped he would enjoy rest in England which would restore him to perfect health, and enable him to rejoin them. On behalf of the members of the Sanitary Board, he wished them bon voyage.
Mr. Woodcock thanked those who made the presentation very much for the kind present. It was very good of them to give him that nice token; they had got on well together. During the past year, excellent work had been done by the Sanitary Department, and he wished it would improve year by year till plague was stamped out; he wished that all those who had gone in for the examination would come through with flying colours; he wished that the Civil Service Club might win the Cricket Shield next year; and he had one other wish—he wished them all a very good bye.
Mr. J. J. Bryan said that in his present condition, it was rather difficult to make a speech. He thanked them very much indeed.
Much handshaking terminated the proceedings.
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