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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 42, 18 February 1918, Page 8

Mr. Robert Bowe, of Gladstone, Wairarapa, will celebrate his 100 th birthday to-morrow^ A cordial welcome was extended to Mr. W. H. Hagger at the' Conciliation Council in Duncdin on Tuesday, when hs made his first official appearance as Commissioner in that district. Mr. A. S. Cookson, ■on behalf of the employers, mentioned the good relations hitherto existing between the ■ contesting parties at the council table, and expressed the belief that this desirable state of affairs would continue under the new Commissioner. Mr. L. F. Evans : (secretary : of .'the Otago' Labour Council) said Mr. Hagger's reputation had preceded him, and no doubt the conciliatory spirit which was expected of the Commissioner would be in. evidence on all occasions. Mr. E. j Breen also added his welcome. Mr. Hagger thanked the speakers for the hearty welcome extended to him. He spoke feelingly of the death of the late Mr. Triggs, and said that he realised he had a hard row to hoe in following such an ideal Commissioner. "The family record is a splendid one," remarked Mr. D. M. Findlay, chairman' of the Third Wellington Military. Service Board, this morning, when the case of Duncan M'Gillivray, tramways traffic manager, was under consideration. Mr. J. O'Shea, City Solicitor, in supporting the appeal—a departmental one—said that Mr. M'Gillivray is in control of the .whole tramway service; in charge of 300 or 400 men. The efficiency of the service would be endangered if Mr. M'Gillivray were taken. Already some ICO men had gone to the front from the traffic department, and there was necessity for good supervision of the new men. Mr. O'Shea added that Mr. M'Gillivrav was one of a family of.five; he had tWo brothers and en_e sister. One of the brothers had been killed in action in 1915, another in 1916, and the remaining brother in 1917,. while his sister is a nurse in a military hospital _ in England. Mr. M'Gillivray's mother is alive, in Canada, and as he' is the only surviving son, provision is made by statute for his exemption. The appeal, however, was not lodged on personal grounds. The board granted an adjournment sine die. ' . ■ . ;