PLEASANT PERSONALITIES
Mr. F. W. Nicholson, late New Zealand manager of the National Mutual Life Association, was met last evening by' about forty members of the office and field staffs to compliment him on the occasion of his retirement. Mr. W. A. Martin, A.I.A, the new manager, who presided, spoke of Mr. Nicholson's long and faithful record of 54 years in the life assurance world, the last fifteen of which had been is his late managerial capacity. "Mr. Martin then handed Mr. Nicholson an elaborate encased silver salver suitably inscribed, with a cheque, as an indication of the regard in which Mr. Nicholson was still held by all with whom he had been associated. Several other speakers endorsed the sentiments expressed by Mr. Martin. Mr. Nicholson made a suitable-.response, in which he referred to the fact that his first experience in New Zealand was during the war years. It was a source of considerable satisfaction to him to know that the new business written annually had increased by fully 100 per cent, during his regime.
Mr. Nicholson was born in Melbourne in 1860 and entered life assurance at an early age. In 1914 he was appointed manager for New Zealand to succeed Mr. Orton Stevens, who was killed in the Main Trunk railway smash that year. His actual active connection with life assurance has been 54 years, and apart from statutory holidays, Mr. Nicholson has not relaxed from the stress of business for fifteen years. Occasion was also taken by the manager and staff to say farewell to Mr. T. E. Lorimer, of the Wellington office, who was about to take up his duties as district secretary for the association in Christchurch. Mr. Martin handed to Mr. Lorimer a case of pipes, a silver cigarette case, and a cigarette holder, all suitably engraved. Other speakers endorsed the expressions of esteem in which Mr. Lorimer was held, and joined in good wishes for his success. Mr. Martin was formally welcomed to New Zealand by the gathering.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19291207.2.74
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 138, 7 December 1929, Page 10
Word Count
335PLEASANT PERSONALITIES Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 138, 7 December 1929, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in