New Chief Postmaster Once Message Boy
Mr M. E. Wilson, who succeeded Mr J. W. Lincoln as chief postmaster in Christchurch this week, began his service with the Post Office as a message boy in Levin in 1935, and later became a postman. He was transferred to Christchurch for a few months in 1937 and then appointed to the Lower Hutt and Trentham Camp post offices. After the war he spent seven years at Waipawa (Hawke’s Bay) and was subsequently appointed postmaster at Te Mata, Halcombe, Kaponga, Tokoroa, Putaruru and Whakatane, deputy chief postmaster at Christchurch and then chief postmaster at Whangarei. Mr Wilson, who is 45, served during the war for six years in New Zealand and the Middle East, rising to the rank of captain. He has been active in R.S.A. and Rotary affairs, and is a member of the Charteded Institute of Secretaries. He is at present busy visiting chief post office branches and country and suburban offices.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31047, 30 April 1966, Page 13
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