Lot 2510

Description

Dunedin Drainage & Sewerage Board, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (probably 9ct, 6.0g, 23mm) and enamel, no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented To/H.E.Moller Esq./Chairman/By Staff/Dunedin/Drainage & Sewerage Board/on his Retirement/30.5.17'. Very fine.

The following courtesy National Library of New Zealand - Papers Past, from the Evening Star, 16 August 1917:

"DRAINAGE BOARD
The ordinary meeting of the Drainage Board was held yesterday afternoon, and attended by Messrs J.J.Clark (chairman), Wilson, Small, Lunn, Kilpatrick, Sincock, Black, Taverner, and Scurr.

THE LATE CHAIRMAN.
The Chairman presented Mr H.E.Moller, the last chairman of the board as formerly constituted, with a vellum copy of the minutes of the final meeting of the late board. The resolution recorded in the board's minute conveyed to Mr Moller their appreciation of his splendid work on behalf of the ratepayers. The Chairman said they regretted the loss of Mr Moller as a member of the board. He had hoped personally that Mr Moller's health would have sufficiently recovered to have permitted him standing for a seat in the City Council. Mr Moller was a loyal and true friend, and a good public servant. He hoped, that the time was not far distant when he would take a foremost part in public affairs. Mr Moller in returning thanks, referred to the excellent staff that the Drainage Board had had. Taking Mr Foote, their secretary, for an example, he was an officer who stood on his own. He started in board's service as a boy, and eventually became their chief executive officer - a record hard to beat."

Mr Moller was later Mayor of West Harbour, retiring from that position in October 1927.