LAND OFFICER HONOURED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19550, 4 February 1938, Page 3

LAND OFFICER HONOURED

PROMOTION TO NAPIER STAFF PRESENTATION A presentation of a handsome chimin'' clock was made yesterday afternoon by the staff of the Lands Department and of associated offices tc Mr. A. C. R. Anderson, chief clerk ot the Lands Department, prior to his departure from Gisborne on promotion to Napier. The commissioner of Crown lands, Mr. H. L. Primrose, made the presentation on behalf of the staffs and lhe members of the Land Board, and remarked upon Mr. Anderson’s efficiency in all work with which he was connected, including the Waihirere Domain Board, the Land Board and the Adjustment Commission. The department realised this efficiency, and was bringing Mr. Anderson back to Gisborne for the purpose of attending the Court of Review in its Gisborne sitting.

Crown tenants also recognised Mr. Anderson’s work, and only the previous day Mr. Primrose was speaking at Wairoa to a number of Ardkeen settlers who said that they were sorry Mr. Anderson was leaving because tie had been very fair in his dealings with them.

"I am sorry members of the Land Board are not here,” Mr. Primrose added. T know they would like to have been, but they believed that Mr. Anderson’s departure would coincide with the next meeting of the board."

Other Departments Represented Representatives of other sections of the stall's who came into contact with Mr. Anderson also spoke, expressing their regret at his departure and congratulations at his promotion. They were:—Mr. J. S. Strawbridge. chief surveyor; Mr. J. Hutchins, ollicer in charge of the Valuation Department; Mr. W. F. Kennedy, otlice stall'; Mr. P. B. Wright, drafting staff; Mr. R. C. Tuke, fields inspector; Mr. F. V. Venning, public accounts; and Miss Whilelord, on behalf of the lady clerks. All expressed their thanks for the help and co-operation Mr. Anderson had provided. The feelings of the Gisborne branch of tin- Public Service Association, ol which Mr. Anderson was chairman, were expressed by Mr. L 5. H. Dodge. Congenial Conditions In reply, Mr. Anderson said that during his 38 years with the department in seven different offices he had not had such congenial conditions under which to work as in Gisborne. The reason why the department had come through the difficult post-war period was due to wonderful team work, which was nowhere more evident than in Gisborne. All had helped to make his stay in Gisborne pleasant and harmonious, and Mrs. Anderson and he would treasure the handsome clock as representing one of the happiest periods of their lives. The liapoy associations formed had made it diificult for them to leave, and it pleased him to know that they were not going very, far away. It was the willingness and helpfullness displayed by all in the otlice that had made their stay in Gisborne a most happy one.