MR. H. T. DAWSON
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) NELSON, This Day. The death occurred suddenly on Saturday evening of Mr. Hugh Tannock Dawson, who retired from the position of chief postmaster at Nelson last September. - Mr. Dawson, who was 62 years of age, served for sixteen years in the Kailway Department before joining the P. and T. Department. He was in charge of the Trentham Camp office during the last two years of the war, and then held various executive positions before being transferred to Nelson -:as.chief postmaster. During his association with the P. and T. Department Mr. Dawson made a study of electrical appliances;" and in 1919 he was appointed instructor" of the corres-1 pondence school conducted -'by the Department. He compiled text-books for all technical courses in telegraphy,, telephony, and line construction. Mr. Dawson leaves a widow, one daughter, Mrs. F. Wells, of Melbourne, and one son, Mr. J. Dawson, of Melbourne and formerly; oi> Auckland*
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 154, 28 December 1936, Page 9
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