Personal Items.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20510, 1 April 1932, Page 10

Personal Items.

During a short visit to Havelock on' M Monday, Lord paid a call fl upon Mr W, Boers, who celebrated hiB.M 97th birthday the other day, and who m enjoys the distinction of being the old- M est Freemason in the world. ;a Messrs A. C. Williams, C. Wood, and <| L. Whiteombe arrived from the north J by yesterday's ferry. Mr J. A. Trerise, of Dunedin, has i been appointed to a responsible posi- jj tion in the Christchurch branch of A the D.I.C. 1 Messrs F. W. Duckworth (New Ply. I mouth), J. C.'Stuart (Dunedin), and-,*] Howard Statt (Auckland) are guests ~1 at the Royal-Hotel. ' ,1 Messrs A. Soanes, E. Malcolm, and % W. Adams were appointed life members $j at the annual meeting of the Canter- ' bury Gladiolus Society last night. Mr W. F. Graham, of Lever Brothers ~ : A (New Zealand), Limited, will leave | Wellington on April sth, on the Mono- "^ wai, on a visit to England. —. j| Messrs H. G. Miller (Wellington), J. yi L. Webb (Auckland), G. J. Beed, aria" $ Gi Tapper (Invercargill) are staying J at the United Service Hotel. ' | Messrs A. J. Hyder and G. W. Millar !jj (Wellington), F. O. Bridgeman 'i| (Wanganui), T. Koizumi and A. Kui- : J| tomi (Japan) are among the guests at H Warner's Hotel. "| .The Mayor (Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P.) is expected to arrive from Wei- :1 lington by this morning's ferry M steamer. He is to perform the open- ,jj ing ceremony in connexion with New % Regent street in the evening. % % Messrs J. McCombs, M.P.,H. T. Arm-,"'j§ strong, M.P., and Clyde Carr, M.P., arrived from Wellington by yesterday'a *l ferry steamer. Mr McCombs left for 'fi the north f again last night. On Sun- ra day he will address a Labour Party rally in Palmerston North with Mr W. ag E. Barnard, M.P. f Mr A. R. White, "who has held the Jj position of accountant at tho Lands *fi and Survey Department, New Ply- , d mouth, for three and a half years, has 'fs received advioc that he has been ap- 1 pointed to the position of accountant,',,! New Zealand Reparation Estates, j| Apia. Samoa. Mr White leaves to take jg up his new position about the middle % of April." . M Mr David Stewart Dawson, who eatab- Vj| lished the jewellery business of Messrs 'M Stewart Dawson and Co., of Australia m and New Zealand, was a passenger to- ~M Sydney last week by the P. and O. liner % Strathaird, on her maiden voyage. Mr "'•'k Stewart Dawson, who is aged 83 years, ;'] began business at Sydney and Auckland i$ (N.Z.) about 50 years ago. Because he expected economic depression he changed '>£ his business in Sydney and Melbourne -| from an ownership basis to a rental "5 basis, selling Jus' Sydney property for J £770,000 and the Melbourne property '.s for £250,000; He is accompanied on -3 the Strathaird by his son and daughter- "j| in-law,' Mr and Mrs Norman Stewart :>4 Dawson. Mr Stewart Dawson served, in,- the war as an officer of the _"'!jj 15th Hussars. ' .'£ '■ . •$ After forty years* servico in tthe New "*> Zoaland Police Force, Superintendent' ■' * E. Eales, of the Canterbury district, S has begun' his final leave, prior to his • t retirement. Yesterday afternoon the' , f | officers and men -of the district gath- - ] ored at the police station to say fare- Pi well to him. and' Mrs Eales, who are' *3 leaving Christchurch for Auckland on Saturday evening. Inspector A. Cam--eron, in presenting Superintendent Eales - with a Westminster chiming dock, and. Mrs Eales with a dressing case, on be-, half of the Force, referred to, their gopft, qualities. The Superintendent' was re- ' 'garded as a strict disciplinarian, but', he was always just and honest. The offi?ccrs and men regretted his - departure ' j and congratulated him on reaching'the t | time when he could enjoy a well-earned f'% rest. They wished tW Superintendent t<S and Mrs' Eales she best of health, and Hj happiness.' Sub-Inspector G. B. Edwards, ;''| Senior-Sergeant J. -Fox, Sergeants D. ;3 Hyland and M. Hodgins, and Constable ~ -'M E.~ T. Bosworth, also spoke. Beplyihg to, sjj and thanking those present/ the Buper~ ■-H| intendent' paid a tribute to the loyalty y| of the poliee in the Canterbury diß-, ~m trict, saying that there was at present J| no better section of the Force in the :'M Dominion. Inspector Cameron will, tern- M porarily fill the Superintendent's ' posi- *m tion, and Sub-Inspector, Edwards act as Inspector, until an appointment' M is made. - ,