ENGINEERS HONOURED.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 331, 19 October 1908, Page 10

ENGINEERS HONOURED.

■ ■ ;v; -y "" — THE HAWEA'S MEN. MENDING THE BROKEN SHAFT. CDY telegraph—PßESS association.) ' Dunedin, October 17. ' Representatives of the Institute of Marina Engineers and a large number of leading citizens and representatives of the engineering trade assembled in the Town Hall at noon to-day to make public recognition of the meritorious skill of the engineers on the occasion of the recent breakdown of tho Union Company's steamer Hawca. The engineers honoured were Joseph M>'Lean (Lyttelton), chief engineer; A. C. Carman (Wellington), second; and F. J. Ritson (Wellington) third. His Worship the Mayor (Mr. J. M'Donald) presided. After the toast of "The King" had been honoured, the acting Town Clerk read the following letter:—" Mr. J. M'Lean, chief engineer s.s. Hawea, U.S.S. Company. Dear Sir, —We have been directed by the Executive, supported'by a unanimous vote of the members of your institute, toplace : upon record and to convey to you 1 their congratulations upon tho splendid work achieved by you in connection.with the s.s. Hawea during tho recent breakdown. Tho engineers of New Zealand feel proud of you, and appreciate'the resourcefulness and skill displayed under such dangerous,: difficulty and trying circumstances. \ou have added to tho list of great deeds accomplished by. marine engineers, and it has been decided to bestow upon you the gold emblem of the institute as a memento'of your accomplishment. • Wei express the hope that many years o£ .'usefulness lie before you, and that your brave, action will serve as an incentive to all engineers in times of danger aud difficulty.—Yours very. Cf t) V ' J. DARLING, President. A. R. HISLOP, Secretary. In making the presentation, the Mayor (Mr. J. M'Donald) said that it fell to his very happy lot to preside and to present the gold emblems of merit on behalf of the Institute of Marine Engineers to the three bravo engineers of the Hawea. He deemed'it that the proper and most fitting place for the presentations to take place was the,-Council Chamber of this city. (Applause.) There were many happy- functions oyer which he had presided' during his - term of office as Mayor,' but there was none' he had attended tfith greater pleasure than the one this morning. The case of the Hawea'and her broken shaft was, well known, and he could assure" the three engineers' of that vessel that : while they were being buffeted about by the seas there were many friends ashore having just as anxious a time as they were. , Tho Mayor then presented the medals to tho three engineers, and mentioned, amid applause', that they were New Zealanders. Tlieir health was drunk with musical honours. / s.. ; .. V .; ; _• , . Mr. M'Lean'said he was not good at making a'speech, but'he thanked them for tho emblem of merit awarded to him. Mr. Carman and .Mr.. Ritson also briefly expressed _ their thanks. The Mayor mentioned that the firemen deserved great credit for the way in which thej assisted to repair the sliaft. The Hon. J. R. Sinclair, M.L.C., in proposing the toast of the Union Steam Ship Company, said the company were bound up with tho community, and there was no. more enterprising and no more up-to-date company in Australasia. The management had Decn most enterprising, aud they saw to-day the stamp of men the company were fortunate enough to have on the staiffs of their steamers. '■ Mr. A. Burt, in reply, said the Institute of Marine Engineers offered a valuable object lesson to the industrial community. If all industrial associations copied their methods of dealing with disputes and grievances with their employers, employers' associations would not require to devote so much attention to tho business of the Arbitration Court. The skill and resource shown by Messrs. M'Lean, Carman, and Ritson showed that New Zealand engineering factories were capable of turning out men equal to any in the world. MAIL NOTICES. 9Subject to necessary alterations, mails closs at the General Post Office as under:— THIS DAY. ■ Now Plymouth and Auckland, per Manawata train, G. 30 a.m. Blei)heim, • per Opawa,. 5 p.m. : Blenheim, per Blenheim, .5 p.m. .! Westport, Greyniouth;'-..and Hokitika, per ICoonya, 11.20 a.m. i Picton, Blenheim,. French Pass, and Nelson, also Havelock and Bays/to •'connect with- s.s. 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