RETRENCHMENT

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 419, 30 January 1909, Page 6

RETRENCHMENT

ACE LIMIT IN THE CIVIL SERVICE. ■ RETIREMENT OF PROMINENT '', :,"•" -'OFFICIALS... .. ;, A number of changes in the Civil Service are_about.totake place, owing, to a decision pf Cabinet that,all.Departmental officers who have reachedxthe'age of 65 must retire.' line is m accordance with a , provision :which lias been the Jaw since 1896, but'has not "^S,P. ut Mto force. These' officers wilUbe entitled_ to ; superannuation allowances, arid some of them will'also receive '.additional amounts under the Pensions Act. Their re- ? tirements will, however,.result; in a certain amount .of saving, to'the Government..'": Prominent officerswho are ove.r'6s years of age include the: following :—Mr. Thomas' Humphries (Surveyor-General), Mr.'A. Barron (Land £urcnase Officer), Lieutenant-Colonel: Hume (Inspector of: Prisons), : Mr. IC' W.. Hursthouse (Chief: Engineer -Roads Department), Mr. Charles.Alfred St. George Hicksbn" (Commissioner of Stamps and. Registrar of Companies),,: Mr., J." M... 'Batham ■(RegistrarGeneral of.Lands &M Deeds); Mr.- W. Tl Glasgow (Secretary/of-Caetoms),'-Mr. : 'Fl ' J; M. D. Walmsley (Deputy-Commissioner, of 'Taxes), Mr. C. A. Wray. S;M. ,(Timaru), ; and Mr. G. VV Shannon; (Chief •.Customs ; Expert). ■'.'••,■..;' v-.,;:.-;Mr,Ti : :Huriiphrles.v; ; ;;: >> :''•■-■■;'' v Mr.: Thomas Humphries,Vtne' retiring-Sur-veyorrGeneral, was .born ;in: London '.in 1841/ being the son.of Mr;.E. L ; Humphries, M.D.; R.C.S. ;He. came out 'to New Zealand early m: life;" ■•.and : entered " - ; the ; '. Survey Department', as a;.:, cadet in ' Taranaki -when- _ sixteen. •• years ■ of,' ; age. ':' /He served , m the niilitia'throughout the Native disturbances in Taranaki, and received a'commission, in. 186^ ; . He'was appointed-Inspector of Surveys.under .theigeneralGbverninent ia' .1875, : ,. and observed' the 'transit of Venus- for , : the Government; in--1882 and'the total eclipse, .of- the-sun.'- in-1885; ■■" He':', was ' successively' Commissioner.: of 'Grown'Landß in \Taranalri (1885), Auckland,;Hawkels Bay; : Nelson,-.and. ■Canterbury,-.arid became Surveyor-General in 1906,;;; ;^';/ ;v : ;",.','■■;■ ;.'■■' ;•-■.".■.'■-." ..■,■'■.' ;■ : v".;'-' ;;;Mr/ ; Arßafrbn7 ,":■'- ■..:•",:■-?:'' ■ Mr..; A.. held r the positions;'of Land;. Purchase ■.■•lnspector.^:.'ahS. chaiiman of the Boards of Land Purchase , Commissione'rs since. 19p2...: He ..was: born 'in.;Mofayshire, Scotland,.in 1839, sind.was,educated partly .in; Scotland : arid partly; ;in !,Otago."Uniyertity;' His first public" position was that of draughtsman to the Survey ■Depa'ftm'enfof.the, Otago Provincial;Gove;4m'e.nt:in, 1862.' He,sbhn;,re.ceived promotion,- arid' pnrthe; ; fdrmation;.bf the New Zealand' Survey^ in' -1876) he became[Orgariisingisurveypr.'.':;He ■was 'appointed.V'tjnder-Secreitafy,' for Lands: ;in 1890j ; ind' Assistant: Surveypr-GeneraV, in -1896,. retaining;bbth-appointments l .until he took up .Jus-; present position about six. years ■ ago '; : '.'':i'- ; ; "-'W'''V >.'' ; \ : :"-'.:''■' ■'. -~ V'.•;., Llout.-Col. Humo. ■':}' '•■, '".:■■,' '. , Lieut.-Cp'L ;Arthnr : .Hume. came out Zcaland/Jn ,1880" to;take, up the position,of Inspectpr/of.'Prisons,' which .he;holds ;to-day. .Hβ was bbrn.in Dublin'in 18'40', "and educated; at Cheltenham .College. Ee : married,-in 1864; ;Miss..Maclntjje' -daughter' of'; the '..Deputy, llnspector-General; of in- the • yPuhiab. .He seryediwith- the -79th Highlanders in India, and,-;returned to /England .in 1874, .to become -Deputy-Governor'- of' Millbarik'Pri'spn. ■•: "Hβ ■■'was • ■,: successively. ; -'' Goverhpjr. : .; of. ;Dartmoor • Prisonr;and' 'Wormwood' : ■ S.drubb'B :has been 'at -different'Jimes "Commissioner,.of Police -and■Uridei-Secretary: 'for .Defence : '' and ilnspectbr:of .Volunteers.-f.He.-'received"-'the ''ranK;bf. ; ' , Ueui«iia.nt<Mlo^i. , 'invlßM:-'-' l -'-'r- : |-'-.?r:.. ; - ' ; ;;;,:Mr; C-^V^Hursthouse;; i':. ; Mr.' C.' ,W.' s Hursthb'use' has ...been:.' Chief .En-, gineeVpftheßoads Department since its in-, ceptipn'iril9ol. Hecame -put , ..with his' parents from Norwich,- England,: arid was only .'two'years old'wJi;enthey ; 'landed:'af Welling-' ton in Iβ^.'He entered the Taranaki SurveyDepartment dn'l'ieSo, ■and-while'assistant, surVeyor ■ was '■':■ sent te ;■; survey : 'the: land' bought from Teira at' W.aitara,,;arid was,turned off by Mabri'opjp'onents'.of the sale. . He served in' the::Maori:W^r jin .Taranaki', and' was for ■.'some.'years-'afterwards : in:officer in the mili•itia,; Ho joined'tHe'-Publio Works' 'Department as surveyor, in 1871,''and'laid out many rpads ,and railways'-'iri- Taranaki... 'Ho .was transferred.in 1882 to'carry,-out exploration ,wprk for the North; Island. Main Trunk line,• and While. so-, engaged ,was vtaken ■by - hostile Maoris arid-kept bound,hand and foot.for:4B,.hours;...He !3aid/out- a portion .of the. Main Trunk Railway j ■'and,. as - Resident. Erigineor, carried out 342- milosSjf'the , work, from, Tβ Awamutu to' Mbkau. V Ffom. 1891 .until:-he took 'Up_ his -.present appointment' he-was 'engaged in'.constructing roads.',in ;.the' King' Countryand-elsewhere: '■,'■' .' i .:■■'■ ■•'■ :. -iMr, c. Ai-St. CiHlckson. ,

Mr.: Charles/Alfred St.vG.. :: Hickson| ! ''waß ; .bo'rn at sea (Irish Channel)'on August-lO,'!^. 'His father was Cap tain. J; '■' A. - HicKson, formerly of tbe'.Bßth .Corin'augHt : :Ranger's.'i-'He-amTed ■in New/Zealand ;with-.his^parents--in 1848; whenihe was four.years oldj'.and'Was'edur cated -at', the ,Wesleyan- : Auckland.. Mr:■ Hickson entered:the Goyernmeht'service as-clerk : ftnd;interpreter to.-the'-Civil--:Commis-sionei;'at -fche.Bay of, Plenty in 1865,.and two, years':later, was .transfen-ed: to the, Stamps arid Deeds Department at Napier, from which place he;-wa-s transferred "to. "Wellington " in 1869. In 1885; : he .became .Deputy-Commiß-sioner for /Stamps; 1, Secretary-for' Stamps in 1890; and in- the, same , .year Secretary for Lands. arid:.,Deeds,,arid Registrir of Joint Stock Companies: He was appointed to. the Commissionership;of .Stamps.in ; 'l9o6.V; - ; V. :':*:,v,.' ! V';: ; Mr.:J.::M. ; '■. . Mr. ; J.;.!!. , Batharn, the.retiring»Re'gistrar--General: of ; Lands and.:peedsj Fas;bom.at .in 1840. ' rived in New':Zealand : ip '1.864,1 and 1871 en-tered-the .Civil. , .Servicej, ,, since .he'has filled,' , :afc various; times, .the .'offices:- of 'ißegis-; trar of the Supreme ;Couri and;Deputy-Corn-missiorier, qf.'Stamps,: rJudge of'.the Land Court,.. District Land ißegistrar, Examiner -of Deeds:.'and. Titles and :&egistrar of Deeds; .Wellingtoh'liand-Districf, and ! Efigistrar-General- of Deeds; Mr. Batbam .is.:.alßo. ; a'barrister.iand.solicitor'.of. the ; Supreme'. Court; of ■New; Zealand. : ." , , : i.;•■. "^/V/'Mr'Wi/T/cJasgqw,;'/:^ ; ■■:■'{;* Mr. ■' William ..Thompson' , Glasgow; ;'who'.,is; about to.retin 'from, his' office;as. secretary; of 'New'ZealandvCnstoms,: 'was '.born jn'1842,at'Rajk'oteV .Gujerat; Jn_dia.;.:He,rece|ved' i his' education.'at .a/private schbbr.in'Belfast,' Ire-:, , came,ont't<>-NeW-Z.eiland-in i lß'6i,'' enterinethe . Civil : Service-that jea'r .-as clerks in the Customs Department; : :;ln:lß72;he Was! appointed; officer ■ in ■ charge■' of ; the. New' Zealand -Distillery, at 'Duhediri,'; apposition-.. which; he_heldfbf-tni"?e gear's., -In; 1875'.he,was appointed a lahding-waifer'ji.and'fiveyears later, in 1880; became acting.lahding-surveyqr: at Auckland; that'same year hewas appointed chief clerk of. .the Customs .Department. :• In 1888 he became Collector of. Customs, at Wellington, -and four years later .was appointed to the position he is nqw'about to Vacate. ].' ■■...•-•; Mr, O.'a; Wr'ay; S.M. ' ' r ' The . retiring :' Stipendiary;- , Magistrate .at Timaru—Mr. Charles .'Allen: .\Vray—is of; French birth;:he. was,; born ' at' Honfleuri France, in 1840; his father being Captain L. H..Wray, of the Royal' Navy. '/Mr. 'Wfay was; educated : at;the v'Ro'yal;:Naval, School,'New- Cross,..Londonj ;and joined , the Indian , Navy as a midshipman in 1856; Hβ has had a varied and excittng career.'*- During the years -1856-57 : 'h<y;-saw- service 'in ;the Persian' War (medals);: and went through:the Indian .lii ;lß63,the , .lndian Navy, was abolished,; and Mr. -Wray,.th'e following, year, cameto New 'Zealand".' -He was a licensed. Rurveyo.-. in the Auckland and'.Tara,naki districts- in 1868, in: which year he "entered the' New ;Zealand Militia as- lieutenant, : serving throughout.the hostilities-which then" broke out,- arid gaining! his'captaincy the following year (New'Zealand.;war medal).. In the. latter end 'of. 1869 ;he'.becaiine"a jus-' tice of- the -peace, .'and'entered the: Civil. Ser-! vice. He : was'appointed pffice'r-in-charge of connscated lands, Coast; North ■Island;: in 1873; was sheriff,, cprgner,. and resident, magistrate, chairman of. the 'Patea 'Board,-, member of the Patea. Harbour, Board, - : in 1877; Commissioner of Crown'La'nds; West Coast (North: Island) Land District; 1880-86; recorder; of the Native'J/and Court,-1887; Timaru, 18S8:

and stipendiary magistrate, with extended jurisdiction, at.Timaru, 1893. '.'■':' ■ ~- Mr.G, V.'Shannon.'....-:, _.Mr; George'Vance has'-been : Chief Customs: Expert since 1888. .He was ,borri in Ireland in ' 1842,- and was 23 years' of' age when he,came to New Zealand. He went into business; at: Nelson, and in 1874 he. established the business of Thompson, Shannon and, Co., Wellington. l . He settled in the Rangitikei .'district .in; 1887.' for some-years commander of, the: Wellington Fire Salvage.Brigade.'.and was a/member of to Teport on the'practicability of. the Manawatu Railway in 1880. Hβ represented the directors on the London Board m t -i st'Q^ nd -iT W \ s riee-chairjnan of directors until 1887. Hβ became a member of the Government Life Insurance Board in' 1884, and assisted Government,in the. classification of the tariff ,n 1888., 'He was'for. a time a member of. the.. Wellington Education Board* and has been connected with' - volunteering and the , militia;. ; v -~.'■.-'■ > ■ '