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Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14869, 18 September 1918, Page 2 (Supplement)

Mr A. R-. Eilis, of the Internal Affairs Department, who is proceeding to camp on Tuesday next was yesterday ■the recipient of 'a wristlet watch, presented to him by his co-workers in the Government offices, as a mark of tlieir esteem. Mr F. A. Thompson, OommissicjifM- of Crown Lands, also presented Mr Ellis with a safety razor as a token of personal regard.

Prior to his leaving for camp, Mr W.i !A. Armsti'origwas presented by the staff, <*f M:-Xnv and Son,- Ltd., with a case of; p-.TK-s ai*d a tobacco pouch as a mark ■ of "their esteem. The presentation was' xaadc by Mr A.- G. Nightingale, who; expressed regrob at Mr Armstrong's de-! parture and wished him a safe return. ] At an investiture at Government House on Tuesday evening the Gov-ernor-Gcfnoral presented the Badges Tof the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire to a number of recipients,- in-. eluding Mr" W. 'W. Snodgrass $Mayor of 'Nelson), who received the Badge of the Fifth Claw. ' ■ . • A