Presentation to Mr Warburton.
(11V TKUMKAPH.) Wku.inuton, February I At the (.eneral Post Ollice thiN morning a presentation of |tl:itu whs made to Mr J. K. Warlnirton, Public Trustee. The Hon. Mr Ward made a jirt;sc:iitnl.ioii, and •spoke at considerable length, referring In till- services rendered to the Post :iml Telegraph Department. liy Mr Warlmilun during 28 years connected witli (lie ])i>. partmcnt. The whole of the jiost aul tulegra])li service was canvassed for tliu presentation, and not the slightest dilliculty was e.\|)erienced in raising siilli-iwit for a valuable present. Mr liallaticc ami Mr Buckley also added their testimony in the worth of Mr Warhurton, tin 1 fornix defending the (Jovermnent in their sciretion of him as Public Trustee. The (in. vernment, he said, had preferred in search the Civil .Service for an «>llieer rather than select, a lawyer or eommeivul man. He believed they had got the rit;ht man in the right, place. Since Mr Warburton became Public Trustee he lnul completely restored the confidence of I lie public in the otlice.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 5208, 15 February 1892, Page 2
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173Presentation to Mr Warburton. Oamaru Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 5208, 15 February 1892, Page 2
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