ROTORUA POSTMASTER TO RETIRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5288, 28 December 1946, Page 5

ROTORUA POSTMASTER TO RETIRE

Mr. H. L. Walden - • \ After 40 years of service ip-^lje v; Post and Telegraph Departmerii, i Rotorua postmaster, Mr. '■'.Iii . - Walden, is to retire early nexttmon|J}« His place will he taken temporhy|l|f| " by Mr. G. A. Wilkes, at prfeseht'ROflrJ/ master at Wellington East. ' On the occasion of his retirenjefiti'/v Mr. Walden has received a latory letter from the deputy-directpr? .general of the department, Coad, expressing appreciation ;pf^ hfe"; long and excellent service in offjciftUcapaeities over nearly half a century-.., Mr. Walden began his career in'.ijhp- ^ department as a message hoy Greytown, hecoming pOStmaster/a| the Dominion Road office in 1931./^m 4; next appointment was to- Otahuhu1939, and five years later he hpcaMfr: postmaster at Cambridge. His 'ste; .* there, however, was a short ' ohe^ahp^. 1'2 months later he was trariSferrpd, - . to Rotorua, where he has remain^d-^/ until his retirement. ' • The Postmaster at Hamilton,* Mr. - L. Oppenheim, has joined witli^tneh deputy-director-general in ^wishii^;;,, Mr. Walden farewell from the depa#r* ment. ' " / /;• After relioiqiudshing his position at-; Rotorua, Mr. Walden will, for the p tWt . sent, remain in the district. ,