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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIII, 24 May 1922, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr J. C. McLauchlau wrote to the Waimate County Council this morning acknowledging his appointment as Clerk and Engineer to the County and advised the Council that he would be prepared to tak e up his duties on June Ist.

A Press message from Hokitika states that Mr William Jefferies was elected Chairman of the Westland County Council.

At the meeting of the Waimate County Council to-day the chairman (Mr T. L. Hart), referring .to the pending departure of the County Clerk (Mr g. R. Wright), said that many of them did not recognise the arge amount of work that was done by Mr Wright. Mr Wright had had to do a lot of hard work recently in connection with the balance-sheet, and he thought it was only fair that the Council should recognise his services. He had much pleasure in moving that AD Wright be granted two weeks’ additional holiday on full Pay. Mr Bitchener, M.P., also paid a tribute to his services, the motion emg earned unanimously. Mr Wright thanked the Council for the consideration -that had been given him. He must admit that he had had a strenuous tune since April, but Xs:d a z e \ andnobody - Pleased than h e was.-“Exeept my-

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