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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1980
CHIEF JUSTICE TO OPEN
FIRST CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS CONFERENCE
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THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN THE FIRST ASIAN AND PACIFIC CONFERENCE OF CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS AT A CEREMONY TO BE HELD IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 25).
DELEGATES FROM 14 COUNTRIES IN THE ASIAN AND PACIFIC REGION AS WELL AS CANADA WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFERENCE WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS FROM FEBRUARY 25-29. THE CONFERENCE IS ORGANISED BY THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FIRST ASIAN AND PACIFIC CONFERENCE OF CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, TO BE HELD IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 25) STARTING AT 9.15 AM.
TELEVISION CREWS ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.
RETIREMENT SOUVENIR FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPUTY DIRECTOR
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THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR WILLIAM BELL, WILL PROCEED ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE EARLY NEXT MONTH AFTER 27 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, MR DAVID MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, TODAY PRESENTED HIM WITH A SOUVENIR ON BEHALF OF HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES,
*LIKE MANY OF THE WORLD'S MOST RENOWNED ENGINEERS BILL
IS A SCOT, + MR MCDONALD SAID.
HE GREW UP IN THE CLYDESIDE AREA AND AFTER LEAVING SCHOOL HE WORKED INITIALLY FOR A CONTRACTING FIRM BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF THE COUNTY OF DUNBARTON.
+HIS CAREER WAS, HOWEVER, INTERRUPTED WHEN HE WAS CONSCRIPTED DURING WORLD WAR II FOR SERVICE IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, MR MCDONALD CONTINUED.
/+DURING THESE