Presentations at Wayside Station to Inspectors and Sergeants A pleasing function took place Wayside Police Station on Mond: and Taylor were made the recipients resents from the foreign staff pri to their departure to England on jeight months' Home leave. Traveling rugs were presented to Sub-Inspector Walker and Sergeant Taylor while Sub-Inspector Hall received a shaving sot and Sergeant Cornell a silver cigarette ease.
The presentations were made by Inspector Crookdake, in the billiard room, in che presence of the most together with several Joutside friends of the departing. officers. necessary for me to enlarge m. Suffice it to say that we fare gathered together in ae you Tt is a pleasure to honour those whom we cee and the pleasure ix vastly increased when the intent to honour has the unanimous support of the staff, as in this instance, And as the pleasure increases so does the diffidence one feels when called upon to give expression to the feelings of the subscribers. Others more able than myself there are who feould have better performed this! duty, but to none would I yield one!
in of the esteem I hold for our' [departing colleagues. To be placed, fas they have been, in. pos authority over others, enviable. To quote the old, their duty does, not end with saying to this man, "Do thi or to that man "Go! acc. Duties of a ture have perforce sometimes to be Jdone, but I am pleased to say that far as this station is concerned duties of this nature are conspicuous by their absence.
1 need not dilate on the many: good services rendered by our friends, nor on the manly and upright conduct that has characterized their course since they first laboured with us.
Just allow me to say that their Javention to duty and their general Jdemeanour, they have gained the Jesicem and respect of us all.
The recipients replied suitably Congratulations to Sergear Hall jon his elevation to the rank of Sub.
Inspector and the singing of "For they ure jolly good fellows" brought she function to a close.
Advantage was taken of the coen sion to present the prizes we the: successful competitors in the billiard handicap played at Wayside during
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