Mr. Gatty Retires
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From Tuna Fishery
Prom Our Own Correspondent M__ SUVA, July 10 R HAROLD GATTY has retired from the posts of chairman and . managing-director of South Seas Marine Products, Ltd., and president of the associated company, Island Packers, Ho announcement about the future of la^?f; SCa l e fis t ei T, organisation, which ? att Z has smlt5 mlt U P in Fiji since 1945, has been made, and when Mr. Gatty was presented with a farewell address y J? e^ ei ? P i2 ye ! s ifc cont ained the state ment that the testimonial was presented with the knowledge that the future of time 7 ” 0116 of u s is in the balance at this Gilt-printed on tapa, the address paid a tribute to Mr. Gatty’s gift for organi st 1 ?, 11 and hl l- capacity for inspiring loyalty among his employees of various races, in Fiji. He would be remembered, it said, as a man who had successfully d ° ne h. ls utmost to raise the wage-levels of Fijian and other workers in the Colony and who had established new standards of employer-employee rela tionships.
The address was presented with a gold inscribed tortoiseshell cigarette case \Vhen acknowiedging the presentation, Mr. Gatty indicated that he intended to make his home in Fiji permanently.