AUCKLAND POSTMASTER.
RETIREMENT OF MR CLOUSTON.
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Dec. 18.
The retirement of Mr J. P. P. (Houston, chief postmaster at Auckland, is announced. This afternoon farewell presentations were made by the staff. Bom in the Orkney Islands in 1881. Mr Clouston was educated in (Scotland) and came to New Zealand in 1897 with his father (Dr. J. Clouston). He joined the department at Waiuku, and was subsequently at Christchurch, Auckland, and Hamilton. He was appointed postmaster at Devonport in 1921 and chief postmaster at Dunedin in 1931, coming to Auckland in 1934. He has taken an active interest in public affairs and sport.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 18, 19 December 1936, Page 2
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