PRESENTATION TO HON. W. HALLJONES.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12407, 24 November 1908, Page 2

PRESENTATION TO HON. W. HALLJONES.

_j «a» - [United PKEnn Association;] Wellington, Nov. 23. About twenty members of the Wellington. Provincial Industrial Aa sociation waited o.n tbe Hon. W. Hall-Jonbs to-day, and presented him with a gold model of a locomotive in recognition of Mr Hall-Jmns, services 'to the Dominion as Mintstar of Eailways, particularly in connection with the .completion of tbe; North Island^Maiu Trunk line. The members of the; deputation: noted with pleasure that in the applications for tenders f:r the Government contrants the New Zealand manufactures were spaaified as far as possible. The funeral of the late Dr.- Car-' ' -. Smith,' a Nottingham lace mamifac-;. turer, 140 local widows and spinsters i are to receive pensions- for life pro- • vided they do not marry. Mr Smitih left nearly £250,000 for the purpose. Seventy pensions ha-^e just been, allotted. , :