CLERK OF THE HOUSE

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24983, 18 September 1946, Page 8

CLERK OF THE HOUSE

APPOINTMENT OF MR H. N. DOLLIMORE (From Our Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, September 17. The appointment of Mr H. N. Dollimore as clerk of the House of Representatives, in succession to Mr G. F. Bothamley, was announced to-day by the Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser). Mr Dollimore, who is at present clerk assistant, received his primary and secondary education at Timaru and Pleasant Point, and his parents, Mr and Mrs E. Dollimore, live at No. 7 Regent street, Sydenham. Mr Dollimore graduated LL.B from Victoria University College in 1935,

and was admitted as a barrister earlier this month. He joined the Stamp Duties Department as a cadet in 1921, but resigned in 1922. In 1923 he joined the Railways Department in Christchurch and was later transferred to head office, Wellington, where he filled subsequently the position of secretary to the Railway Board of Appeal. He resigned in 1927 to take up a private appointment. In 1928 he rejoined the Public Service, entering the office of tne Public Service Commissioner, from which he was transferred in 1929 to the Legislative Department. In 1933 he was promoted to the position of second clerk assistant and reader. In 1936, and from 1940 to 1945. he filled the position of clerk assistant in an acting capacity. He was confirmed in the position in June last year. Mr Dollimore took a major part in the compilation in 1937 of the latest volume of the “Speakers’ Rulings.” He will take up his new appointment on November 1.