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... the portraits of Lord Provosts Graham and Reid be displayed to the council chamber and that the portraits of Sir James Taggart wd Sir William Meff be returned to the Art a Counclllor Magee »ld wondered the lord Pro’?** could bear to mind, when rearranging ...
... stranger to Aberdeen for was long connected with the fishing industry here. At one time be worked in the office of the late Sir William Meff, former lord provost the city, as agent for the German trawlers discharging at this port He has. therefore, an intimate ...
... Aberdeen, Mr Metf was associated with h.s brothers in the firm of Meff Brothers, traw er owners and fish salesmen. Commercial Quay. Aberdeen One of his brothers was the late Sir William Meff. a former Lord Provost of Aberdeen. In nis younger days Mr who ...
... a place in council history. He was elected to the . council in 1919 under the banner of the Independent Labour Party, Sir William Meff, a craggy, stern-willed individual was liord Provost. Labour was just beginning to gain strength on the council $o it ...
... to their shafts and generally preparing for war. In the face of this preparation Italians continue leave the country. Sir William Meff, Lord Provost of Aberdeen from 1919 to 1925, for 30 years a member of the town council and for an even longer period ...
... M- Duncan Fraser. The newcomers are Sir James Tasgart (1914-19), Sir William Meff (1919-25). Sir Andrew Lewis (1925-29). Mr James R. Rust (1929-32). Sir Henry Alexander (1932-35). Mr Edward W. Wall (1935-38), ...
... Town Clerk under Lord Provosts Lewis, Rust, Alexander, Watt and Mitchell, as well as deputy for two years under the late Sir William Meff. High Pay Lure THE 240 men and women who took part in interviewing Aberdeen's sixteen and seventeen-year-old boys and ...
... and reclaim the last ti gious trophy. It was first jointly pre- sented b the Lor Provosts of the two cities, keen bowlers Sir William Spence of Aberdeen and Alexander of Dundee, in 1921. Spence City of Aberdeen team: R Smith, A Rennie, L enderson, JD Yule ...
... Baillies Smith, TJiomson, and Hutchison. Sir Alexander Lyon, Dean Guild Meff, ex-Baillic and Todd, H. A. Holmes, and J. Milne. The appeal the H. J. Gray, advocate, on behalf of the trustee on the sequestrated estate William MTheraon, formerly hotelkeeper Aberdeen ...
... tha baniT* annual ganaral matting tatfay with (lain Sir Baarga Wllliamaan, chairman, and Sir Malvina Olnatlddla and Mr A. J. Millar, bank aotuary. (Evanlng Capra**'’ eapyrlght) DEATH OF MR A. G. L. MEFF Mr Alexander G. L. Me(l. well known in the Aberdeen ...
... seconded by ex-Convener Forbes. Master of Mr William Yule, proposed b: Hospital Ledingham, and seconded by Mr A. R. Gray. There will, therefore, be a contest. Mr Cook does not seek re-election. Owing to Mr Meff’s election to the Town Council, there is another ...
... father the head ouyer. That theory is exploded. Mr Hunter, sen.—His father not the head buy er, sir. (Laughter.) Mr Wilson—Who the head buyer? Hunter—John, sir. Come on with the truth. (Laughter.) Bargaining Over Son. The put it to applicant whether he ...