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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 156, 1 July 1916, Page 6

PERSONAL.

Dr. l'\ C. Tibba, dentist, of Auckland; was nrpopted as (it for active service this morning. The Hon. Dr. R. McNab, Minister for ! Marine, will arrive in Auckland to- ; morrow on a abort visit. j Mr. J. Acheson-Jones, of Auckland, jan old Thames School of Mines student, i has been appointed consulting metal- ! lurgiet to the Kandfontein Central G.M. Com.pa.ny, South Africa. Tlie death is announced at Eastbourne, England, of Mr Malcolm Macphcrson, i formerly general manager of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company, Ltd. Tlic late Mr Macpherson occupied j this position from 1898 to 1905, in which j year he went to England to live. I Mr William T. U. Davey, of Nelson, I was presented at a parade of the ! National Reserve recently with a Maori J War medal. Mr Davey saw service in ,the New Zealand Militia during the ; Taranaki War, serving under the late Major Sir H. Atkinson. Commissioner H. C. Ilodder, accompanied by Mrs Hoddcr, arrived from Wellington by this morning's express. J-iieuteiuuit-Colonel A. Powley, chief secretary, and Mrs Powley were also amongst the passengers. Mr. Goddard Jackson, attendant at the Dominion Museum, Wellington, died recently, aged 70 years. He landed in Auckland forty years ago, and waa afterwards overseer in the "Aavertieer" office, Thames. Later he went to India, and was appointed a captain in the bodyguard of a rajah. Returning to New Zealand some years ago. be was appointed to the Mnseom I