AN INTERESTING QATHERING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 96, 16 January 1908, Page 3

AN INTERESTING QATHERING.

A. recent issue of a Shetland paper coutam 1 an account of a social gathering fifcld at Lei wick on November 20,iat which tho guest p 1 the evening was Mr. Robert Stout, a cousi: | of the Chief Justioo of the Dominion (Si [ Robert Stout), who had just retired from th position of postmaster at Lerwick, a positio: ' Mr. Stout had held- from October; 1863, ti. ' October, 1906. The gathering- was atteudo ■ by representative men of the town and cour : try, the Convener of the County, Mr. J. 13 ! Anderson,, presiding. Ex-Provost...Goudi ; mado an interesting speech dealing th ' history of, the Post. Office in Lerwick, an > the Chairman, in his speech, said there wa not a man in Shetland more widely known c more highly respected than -Mr. Stout. I responding,, Mr. Stout gave some.inlcrostin reminiscences and statistics, the latt-tir shov J . ing that wheii 110 took offico 2()0,000-lettei ". were delivered in a year, and that,'i.n..l9o : they had increased to 2,000,000.' Tho nuii her of postmen had, increased from'thirtee 1 to/ojio hundrod, .exclusive of thosp.ijl Le: 1 .wiqk;. Mr. Stout; in" addition to. Holding tt • position, of pqstmaster, was also .telegriip engineer for the district of Shetland, and .; s one period wak captaiii of tho .Ist Shetlaii " Rifles. Since .his. retirement-, .lie; has -agau 1 becoiiio a. member, of the Tpwn Cpuh'cil 1 Lerwick, and a few days before the gatherir ? had unanimously been elected a Bailie. -;'