UNBEATEN RECORD

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18367, 9 April 1934, Page 7

UNBEATEN RECORD

... . f .... . UNION CO. ENGINEER TRIBUTE BY COLLEAGUES; (Pe* fyeß* 4f»qoi|tio^) WELLINGTON, 'this day. Mr. * James- Smith; retiring superintending engineer of the Union Steam Ship Company, was the guest of honor at a complimentary social given by the branch of ‘the New Zealand InstitSe of Marine .and Power Engineers cn Saturday evening. Mr. Smith was bora on the Clyde and served his time at Glasgow. He went to , sea in 1882, one of liis first ships being a paddle steamer. From (1890 to the present 'he has been' with- the -Union Company. ’ , , . “His record-,of semce is second to none in the history of‘ the 1 ' mercantile marine of the British Epipire, said the president;.Mr. P: Mackenzie, “apd I-iim pleased to, think that is still to be id harness, "alnd i)> g;pjiig Home to compete with 'intelligences in engineering.”, ' ; ; . Mr. Smith was presented with a pair of field glasses. “Not,the least important event in the history of New Zealand was the formation, dn 1875, of the Union Steam Ship Company,” said Mr. J. Sommerville, secretary of the institute, in proposing tlfe toast of the company. “From a small company it has become one of the great shipping concerns of the Empire.’ -Replying, Mr. W. S. Falla, joint general manager of the company, saijL' “If isb’b'pfotabt'tlfat; wb'irt tJhipr coiinti-y and Australia should -develop our own nationalism to withstand, shall I say, the attack from other quarters. If wo do not give this. question study there are grave dangers ahead for local concerns. We are'all vitally affected.”