OFFICIAL CHANGES IN THE CUSTOMS.
(By Telegraph.-Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, Tuesday
The following changes and promotions have been made in the Customs Department : —Mr Slater, landing surveyor at Christchurch, is retiring from the service, and Mr A. Carter, formerly of Wellington, and who has been acting as Collector at Blenheim, will take his place. Mr W. J. Hawley, chief clerk in the local office in Wellington, becomes Collector at Blenheim, and Mr W. J. Hempton, the well-known ex-athleto, senior landing waiter at Christchurch, but latterly acting as Collector at Westport, will take Mr Hawley's place in Wellington. Mr W. J. Wratt, landing waiter at this port, is to be transferred to Nelson, and Mr G. Craig, from the Dunedin branch, will come to Wellington in Mr Wratt's place. Mr J. Howie is to be transferred from Nelson to Christchurch, where he will act in Mr Hempton's stead. Mr T. R. Herd, formerly of Wellington and now shipping clerk at Lyttelton, is to be transferred to Auckland.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 301, 29 December 1897, Page 2
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