PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 65, 17 March 1915, Page 6

PERSONAL.

» ! Mr. H. M. Smeeton was last night elected president of the Auckland 1 V.M.C.A., for the ensuing year. Mr. Smeeton is on his way back from England, and the election is subject to his consent. During his absence from England Mr. Smeeton has attended a world's conference of Y.M.CA. delegates. Reference was made at to-day's meeting of the Education Board to the 1 death of Mr. A. H. Benge, who, previous to his recent retirement, had been headmaster of the Waihi District High School. The members of 'the Board noted, with appreciation, the distinguished service that had been rendered by the late Mr. Benge. and a resolution of condolence with the bereaved family was adopted. Mr. ('. A. Bay, who has been on the municipal staff at the city abattoirs, Westficld, for the past four years, and has recently been transferred to the engineers'" department, was presented with a smokers' outfit by his fellowworkers yesterday. Mr. \V. E. Bush, City Engineer, made the presentation, and expressed the good wishes which Mr. Bay's former colleagues felt towards him. Mr. G. W. Murray, of tbe Education I Board, was to-day appointed as the Board's representative on the Board of Appeal to consider protests received from teachers against their gradin". The Teachers' Institute will be asked to appoint a representative to the Appeal Board. A passenger from London by the Rotorua, which arrived this morning, wag Captain Taylor, N.Z. Veterinary Corps, who left New Zealand with the main Expeditionary Force, as veterinary officer on board the Athenic. Captain Taylor, who is veterinarian at Lincoln College, Canterbury, remained only four days in Egypt, as his services were not j required there. Ten veterinary surgeons were sent away in the first place (one for each troopship), but after the' force landed only seven were needed. Captain Taylor consequently went on 'to England, in the Wiltshire," and spent a month at Home visiting relatives in Scotland. He reports to the Defence Department, who may make use of his services for future reinforcement drafts. Mr. E. K. Mulgan, Chief Inspector to the Auckland Education Board, who will be leaving on a visit to the Old Country towards the end of the month, was given a cordial farewell by the members of the Board this morning. This wag the last meeting at which the Chief Inspector would be present before leaving for England, and the Chairman and other membere took the opportunity to express in some measure their high estimation of Mr. Mulgan's scholarly and skilled service in the interests of the Board, and their high estimation of hi 3 personal qualities. •