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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16376, 25 June 1927, Page 15

A contract to build n 20,000-ton liner for the Peninsular and Oriental■ .Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., London, has been received by Messrs. .Alexander Stephen and Sons., Ltd., LinthOUSC shipyard, Govan, Glasgow. After 1)0 years' service in the Public Winks' Department, live of which were spent as distriel en- I ginoer, Mr. John Hannah has retired ' from I lie Department. A large gathering of the Wellington stall' assembled to farewell Mr. Hannah, who 1 „;i,; presented with a Chesterfield ( suite and a .smoker's outfit. I" 1010, when work was commenced on the Knsi ('nasi Alain Trunk Railway, Mr. Hannah was made engineer in charge, a position which he occupied until 1920, when he went to Wellington, Apart from a short stay in Nelson as ■ relieving engineer, he filled the position of district engineer in Wellington and had a. big part in (he erection of Padianjent Buildings and carrying out. of 'other important works in the district,