CIVIL SERVANT DONOURED

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 190, 6 May 1908, Page 9

CIVIL SERVANT DONOURED

1 ' h« srJfii-i-i' . <; ; • MR; P. F.'M. I3URROWS!S-: RETIRE- • : ME.VF. - •'' Mr. .. P» F. M. assistant .in tho Public A}|ppk&, J)Qpartment, who is retiring undor Act, was presented bjf • liisd f<fllow-wArldiM3 yesterday' afternoon with-' / a' c ]iani]Mi\]o :r '"case of tablo silver, as a connection with .'.the. D^rjtiue^^.v',, ■Mr. H. J.. H.; -fat Public Works,,- jn'-makrafriJtikipnMoiitiitioiQ said that: although Mr. Bitrro.w{v6-Jast por.iod 'of servico was only previously a member Qf;t]io Pcjiajtjßenti.'foi: ten years, with an interv.al.soi _<eleveiij years between the two-terms.., Ho.,had* .therefore") just entered:.tho ago, contemporaneously 1 jyjth jtlie,;ifingineer ill. chief, himself, ■ i andT;gi;her£rp2 gretted that Mr. Burrows ( had*.nofii continued in tho Service' all thotinjfj he; hadjdoilo so tho benefit received^'by; shim fr'ora'dtho superannuation fund would-.phave.rbeenomuoli greater. Mr. Burrowsiv»'asi!ihbbjiitol bjairie for'the interruption in _hjs:-„termtofc,|efrice; He had been tho victim.rfof i:a.o cliainge vof policy. The Public Works/ Department' had boen more liable to such., changes of-, policy, perhaps, than any :fii times of prosperity it* borders and extended ita-iivork/'-niidnthcii.-'in times of ( less prosperity,ii'reti'eiiflliirieiits Jiivcl taken place. At 0110'of;these periods :ofsretr.enchment it was considered:i.inadvisa!blo''to retain an officer at the high salary, which Mr. Burrows was then i'jSdelviiJg-?-ahrP'lio'was accordingly retired. OOlr.-Jlurrows's character as a gentleman aad"bflicpf.pf;);he Department .ty . was. 'umiec^^,,fd); > .;.lii|iii,to speak. Those who him longest would, probably him. Of his also, it was superfluous;.tpßepack ~ jjjj- was a leading member of tli'e tho big building in which structed. The building .6niMquntj r Gook',T>xis also constructed . upon ,jliis design.}.;'' There were many other buildingsrori wjiich',.he,.had left his impress, ; and ho . thought-theji. all redounded, not only to Mr.-..Burrows's.>cfedit, but to that of the Department...-'(Applause.) In presenting him with .a momemto .-of.diis .service,-the members,- ofl-the -Department hoped that Mr. in - forming a ' quiet that i lie. would bo. spared for'mjifij y<fcrs>»tol enjoy - .•! tho good.health that had been;:lii? fof many ; ; years past. V.i Mr. Burrows, in returning- ithanks/'" said . that. lie was sorry to £et out' of tho old .1 grooves in which ho had .beei:-runnirtg sc . long. He supposed that hd'was; thought to be growing.somewhat old. admitted 'that j lie was getting matui-e- 'nowr ;(Eaugliter.) '. Ho intended to get a quifib'privhte p) r acti6fi'; -j ho had not decided . all .a . long life and lia]/pi%£ss, rptlr-'a-'-liig « pension 011 retirement, 4u'd :! -.g6S'd' liiffllthTdr .. its enjoyment. • i **'