Brisbane Times: Queensland mourns Sir Leo Hielscher, who brought Gateway Bridge, Expo 88
Long-serving public servant Sir Leo Hielscher has died, aged 98. Sir Leo first took a job in the public service at the age of 15 in 1942. He retired from Queensland Treasury Corporation in 2010 at 83 ...
Gold Coast Sun: Sir Leo Hielscher dies after 70 years building and shaping the state
Queensland's longest-serving public servant Sir Leo Hielscher, who helped build the state's economy and infrastructure across seven decades, has died aged 98. Born during the Great Depression, Sir Leo ...
Sir Leo Hielscher dies after 70 years building and shaping the state
The Courier-Mail: Cyclists object to 10km/h speed limit on Sir Leo Hielscher Bridge
A SPEED limit of 10km/h for the new bike and pedestrian path on the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridge has been given the thumbs-down by Brisbane cyclists. Premier Anna Bligh opened the 3km path yesterday, ...
The meaning of SIR is a man entitled to be addressed as sir —used as a title before the given name of a knight or baronet and formerly sometimes before the given name of a priest.
SIR definition: a respectful or formal term of address used to a man. See examples of sir used in a sentence.
Sir is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French " Sieur " (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exists in French only as part of "Monsieur" lit. 'my lord'.
Sir is used at the beginning of a formal letter to a man you do not know: Dear Sir