PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 77, 1 April 1938, Page 3

PERSONAL.

The 'Aon. J. Trevethick. M.L.C.. returned from Wellington by the Limited express this marninp. Mr. Kenneth Mackenzie has left for An-tralia to attend the annual meeting of the Australian cancer conference in Sydney. Mr. W S. Markrv. of the Australian Mutual Provident Society. Sydney, is visitinp Auckland and will leave for the South to-day. Mr. K. Hay. president of the Canterbury Sheepowners" I'nion, will leave -liorlly tor Great Pi it a in. He win be away until November. Mr. T. I". Wei]-. chairman of ihe Auckland Jvduc.'.lion Board, and Mr. ]). W . Dunlop. !-<< retarv. returned this niMrnin™ from Wellington. where they had Iveen attemjin;; a meeting. Mr. C. K. Pctrie. M P. for Hauraki. has lwvn elected to the Auckland Grammar School Hoaid by the member* of the l.epi-lati\e Council and House <if Representatives resident in the Auckland l'ro\ ince. Mr. -1. H. O'Connell. I'nderSeoretary <>f Land-, ha* retired after 40 years in the Public Serv ice. Mr. O'l'onliell w-a« apjM«intcd to •,),<- Land- department. in is'.l2 as a cadet in the Wellington offi,-e. ]„ ]S<><» he iva- transferred to the Land Audit office in the head office. Fr..ni 1!>04 1.. l'.<] t he wa* receiver of land revenue at <Of-borne, Napier and Auckland, and in 1 !*].'» he. was appointed to the j.o-ition of chief accountant at the head office. In he was made ( ..i,lro]]c r of Accounts and continued in that capacity until he »a* |iromote<l to Assi-tant I"n.ler-Secretary "f Lan<!>* in November, 19.53. Mr. John Bathurst Jordon. principal of the stores divi-ion in the (General Post Office. Wellington. «-ince 3927. is retiring on superannuation, the I'o't and Tele;rraph Department as n cadet in the accountants" branch. {General Post Office, in ISfIS. Mr. Jordon wa> promoted in 1910 to accountant in th» Po.-t and TeVjrraph stores and to *tores auditor ii 1920. Jn he attained the position of store* nu-ua r x > r, and in 392*. after a reorganisation of the Post and Telejrrajih store*, principal of the stores division in the General Po*t Office. Mr. Jordon, who is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Accountant#, has al*o been for manv years a member of the Stores Control Board, and i* chairman of the supplies and tenders committee.