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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 34, 9 February 1935, Page 15

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mrT c. c. Bolder retiring

ni^t'n/r ? rfc; Charles' Holder, chief reto™e? tal HosPitals Department, Is retiring from, the' Public Service, on superannuation, after over 41 years'

'iJft&^K i^ti*^clerical staff of the^Mounfr -View.Hospital; Wellington, in September, 1893. In April, 1894, 5r^ aS looted ■6y-tl.fi late Dr. Macgregor, then head.of the Department, Jo take charge of the clerical storekeep^ ing and financial sectionsiof the Department at Avohdale, Auckland. He remained m that offlce untU March, 1898 wheri_h^;w a -s. transferred "•'back to 11^ laF capacity. In May, 1899, he was'transferred to Porirua Hospital, when, the institution there was given a separate status. He remained at Porirua Hospital .for upwards of_twenty-one years. During that period the institution'■' grew . from a small unit with: some 200'ipatients to its existing wjlth its beau-! tiful grounds and anienitiesi In November, 1920, he was appointed chief clerk in the Head Offlce 0 at": Wellington. On the inception of the- Stores Control Board, Mr. Holder^was appointed a member.of "the original advisory committee, and in that, capacity, owing to his special knowledge of departmental requirements,,he. was.in a position to give valuable; adyiqe.;-; Periodically he visited all the mental hospitals of the Dominion bnv inspectorial and o.ther duties, including consultations ■with local officers. He.' served under four ;inspectors_-general. namely, the late Dr. Macgregor - and Hhe late Dr. Prank Hay, =Sir .Truby, King ■ and Dr. T. G. Gray. During recent years the duties of his office have been very onerous, owing ,to the increase" is the number of patients and the large' Volume of ' stores required for the hospitals. Speaking of the 'retirement of Mr. .Holder, the DirectorrGeneral of Mental Hospitals', Dr. T. G. Gray, stated that fthe_remarks^ : w i hjch.\h^im.ade.last i week regarding the retirement 'of the' "Receiver..aj3t)lied.in equaljneasure to Mr. Holder. The chief clerjk. "he" added," was largely responsible for the purchase of the many thousands of pounds' worth of stores, and Mr. Holder had held very well an equitable balance between the needs of the patients and a just regard for the public purse. Mr. Holder was complimented by the National Expenditure Commission on the manner in which he carried out his duties. "I shall very much miss Mr. Holder, who has proved himself a. conscientious, highly efficient, and a very loyal offfc"er,">aid'Dr.'Gray. ,:.'..V . '