On Saturday, the members of the staff of the Shanghai Waterworks Company, Ld., assembled to say good-bye to their chief, Mr. A. P. Wood and to ask Mr. and. Mrs. Wood to accept mementoes of their regard.
Mr. F._B. Pitcairn, in presenting Mr. Wood with a silver bowl and Mrs. Wood with a piece of. jade, mentioned that Mr, Wood had been with the company since 1883 and had soon the foreign staff under him grow from five to 54 and the Chinese staff increase in Pproportion. He also mentioned how Mr. Wood~or, as he was probably more often spoken of in the company, the "Old Man"—had endeared him. self to every member ofthe staff and had always led the way and kept cheerful on the necessarily hho ocoea raped when unexpected and difficult problems had hi to be tackled. 2 a hed Wood had always taken the great.
Mr. Pitcairn also said that Mrs: est interest in the staff, their Wives and families, although of late she had not been able to go about much, but—the older members of the staff had the live-lest recollection of her many acts of kindness.
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In thanking the staff, on behalf Wood said they both appreciated very deeply the souvenirs that had been given them and the loyal support he had always received from the staff in building up so large an undertaking. The: knowledge that such support would be forthcoming had tremendously facilitated the placing of many large schemes before his Board. He asked the younger members of the staff to let high ambition be their standard and to be good sportsmen in everything, After drinking the health~ of Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Wood, with all the honours, everyone present wished Mr. and Mrs. Wood good-by.
The Chinese members of the company's fittings department, after a large expenditure of crackors, gathered en masse to give Mr. Wood a very handsome silver-mounted suitcase, with an expression of their regret on his departure and of their gratitude for his many kindnesses.
Mr. Wood, thanking them, said he realized that their gift must have meant considerable self-denial and he was very touched both by their gift and their expression of loyalty and. friendship for their old chief.
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