Gen, E. B. Macnaghten, Chairman' of the S. M.
In making the investiture, Mr. Brenan quoted from the despateh sent by the G. 0. C. in connection with Mr. Harpur's work for the Army. The O.B.E., he mentioned, had been conferred upon Mr. Hat pur in 1929, but apparently it had been delayed in coming to. Shany hal. Now that it had arrived he had instructions to hand it over to Mr. Harpur, so he did so with much pleasure.
After Mr. Harpur had received the congratulations of all present, the party broke up.
Mr. Charles Harpur joined the Shanghai Municipal Council in' 1902 as an Engineering Assistant, after municipal training in Willesden, Manchester and Cardiff. Upon the retirement of Mr. C. Mayne in 1909, he was appointed Deputy' Engineer and Surveyor and, when Mr. C. H. Godfrey retired in 1922, Mr. Harpur was appointed Commissioner of Public Works.
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