PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 16778, 5 July 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL

Sir William Fraser, Minister of Public Works, dealt with departmental mailers at JJuetidin to-day, received deputations (ineiudinj uia,. from the Ucago Expansion League!, and emn'erred with iho loc-ll! oiliccrs of his: dopaitment .as to public works in tho district. The Minister leaves t-o-iiiomnv for Wellington. 11 is Honor MV Justice Sim will return from Timara 10-nighl, and will sit in Chain bers on Tuesday. Private. T. Clarkson, wiio has been a eovKioetor on tho Dunedin and Kalkorai Tram L'ompapy for the past 12 years, .mid who is now op. final leave, was famvrllcd at tho company's powor-housc yesterday aitcinoon. when im was psvscnd-d with a ’wrist watch and a purse Mili-mrilrcd by l!m staff ami the travelling public. Messrs Koiiicita and War-drop rc presented. Ihe piij.-A’iigors travelling by this line, and spoke in eniopif-tic. terms of tho ciiident and i.b'igin" way in which Mr Clarkson had carric**! out ills duties. Mr J. Mnntar (manager of the company) made the pivsciuai ion. am:] said I hat. Mr Clarkfion’s .-ervicew had been appreciated by the company. as was: evid■•!!-. cd i:y tin- me.:iei,,iry irift wiiicli tin? Dom'd of Directors br-d made him on im ’.raving lev active 'service. lie only ho-pod that Mr Clarkson ’.voidd return ot and v.vli In lake tip bis old place, as Xu. j conductor in the company’s service. (J miner Douglas R. Mac Donald, L.M.T.8., of Dunedin, who recently returned :r.;,i tin.; id nit. scriuii.sly wounded in both Icoy, ;k .it- present undergoing IrenuiK'jtt in the. Tnumarn Military Convalescent Hospital . Lowry Lay, Widiiiwy lon, and ru iking miiistairlorv progress. Mr Jus-t'ce Edwards ]>;«, left the Dominion in order to visit AuslrMia. Mr J. Jl. M'Kk.iy. who nveidly returned from the fr-mt. In:,--, ta.ken ini rbd,y ,-R, the NTamp Ulliic, Duncijm. When he vnlisted at. tho ouF-reak of war he was in tho Wellington office.