A POPULAR OFFICER

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10684, 2 August 1912, Page 5

A POPULAR OFFICER

PRESENTATION TO MR E. PRACNELL. A most pleasing funfction took place at till? annual dinnor c.f the Mtaiterton Fire JMga!d.e last evening, in the presenta.tjjn to Mr E. .PragneTl, ,exse»;re,tary of lite Brigade, with tlie 25 years'. ©arvice g'oldi star. tMr ,J. M. Gorad'ine, in' making the pre'S>en:flatiion, referred, .in. /the highest tennis to the £xcedlej;tt work d'ono by Mn- 'Ptogneilil during his 25 years .a's member and secretary of the ,Mastis>rton EVigade. lDiwing thiat period Mi - PragneTl had an almost unbroken record, w iliic3i as mm que U. itlie i'on. Maiiitertoii 'had .every reason to

be proud of Mr ,Pnagne"il, and Jiis j great 'Ktviees as la fireman .in the town, and 'he (Mr Coralline) was qai'ite (sure that tiiie ciltiizens of Mastorton. appreciated nt Ms true woiUh the great work k?one ;by cx-isecretiairy PragneM. He had, diuring his long term of service, miuoh (time and laboiw in Vhe .infterestis of the town and citizens, aiul aIL this lite ' had done" voluntarily. Mr •Piragnell's I service's as a delegate to CoiifcTonces I were iniv-a'-luaibTe, .amd du tili'!i& connec- , tiori he ialso had dwne gneiat work. It j I was witili I t?he greaitest pleasure that > he (presented M'r Piragnell with the 2-3 yeans' sei'vice gMd >J-a'f. (L'oud applause). Messrs W. iVf'orriis, G. Prior, tJ. Atidher and Suito-iinlitcnddnit Jenkins also :S.poko 'in appreciative terms of the sipl en did rwork which their retiring secretary Wad done for the Mas-

teuton :Fire Brigade, anJd n'.ll eoiiigm-t----uJaided CVir J?.ragneffl njpcn receiving an unique honour in the shape of tihe 25 years' 'service gold star. Mr PinagneM, who .received an ovation cin rifJinitv to iresponid, referred ibr.ie(fly to his long comiisction Vith -tflie Master,ton Fire .Brigade. He regrette'i ftliat press l of business nece>s&ita>tt ed his severing his connectito. with tho Brigade, but 'he -would always sltudy t)he inttoCres.tFJ c,f the Mustertan; 'Brigade, and assist t-Uc work to the %st <?? J»5 ability. Mr Pr-agnell con- } eluded by appealing to the younger •taomheirs of the Brigade to .stbick together and always remain loyal to their officers, and hc< wiaft snre that

gowl rciswltis 'wouM cuisuo. Supcrinfcendent .Jeinkfirte then presented Mr Pragne'Jl Avitfli ,a handsome Silver and ,oak jbiscn-it barrel anldi tray, ,a.s a token of tho 'high esjteem in AvhicSi 'lie 'is held hy the members 'o,f the Masttertdni Fire Brigade. (Loud applause.)