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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21123, 26 March 1934, Page 10

Personal Items

Sir William Hunt arrived fioiri Wellington on Saturday. Professor J. Shelley arrived from Wellington on Saturday morning. Mr P. E. Miller, general manager of the Lister Separator Company (N.Z.), Ltd., left on the Niagara on a business: trip to Australia. Mr P. R. Climie, who has been in Wellington on Unemployment Board business, returned to Cnristchurcli by the steamer c::press yesterday. Messrs H. Holland, M.P., and J. O'Brien, M.P., were bv the Rangatira from Welhngton o"u Saturday. Messrs Roy Tvyneham. C. S. Thomas, and A. T. Donnelly vera among the passengers from Wellington on Saturday ii.ei.mg. A Gazette notice announces the appointment of Major-General Sir Andrew Russell to the National War Funds Council in place oi the late Mr E. 11. Williams. Mr Cyril Victor Lester v,e. ; admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court by his Honour Mr Justice Johnston, on Saturday on the motion, of Mr C. S. Thomas. Among those who arrived ironi Wellington by the steamer express on Saturday morning were Messrs W. Machm, C. P. Agar, and 11. S. E. Turner. Mr R. L. M. Khfe who has been a member of Messrs Pync, Gould, Guinr.cs.;. Lid., smee the inception of that firm, will shortly be retiring from active busine.-s on account of. ill-health. He will retain his. seat on tiie directorate. Mr A. G. A. Baigent. M.A.. a graduate of Canterbury College, lias received notice > ; Ids appointment to a position on the staff of the Pr.lmerston North High School. Mr Baigent is at present relieving on tiie stall of the West Chris'icnurcii District High School. The Timaru Harbour Board carried a motion e.f enndoiee.ee with the relatives of the late S,r Arthur Dudley Dobson at its monthly meeting. The acting-chairman (Mr V-.*. T. Ritchie. l said thai Sir Arthur had taken an interest in the harbour, and although he had readied a great age his death would be a severe loss to tiie community. .Mr C. N. Thomas, who has been accountant of tiie Nelson branch of the National Bank of New Zealand Jor the: last seven years, lias received notice of promotion to the general manager's department, Wellington. Mr Thomas expects to leave Nelson at the end of April, and lie will be r ueceeded by Mr C. J. G. Da Flou, of the Wellington branch. On Ihe recommendation of "1. leopard .loubert. Consul for France at Auckland, ami by decree dated .January It. ih.i4, the French Government ha; been phased to confer the distinction of officier d'acaderrue ; en Messrs A. M. Ferguson, consul ; for Belgium m Auckland, Maxwell j Walker, and F. F. Miles, professors j of French language and literature , at the Auckland University College I and Victoria College respectively. The Mayor (Mr 1). G. Sullivan, . M.P.) arrived from Wellington e>n ■ Saturday morning and returned the ; r-r.mc evening. The importance of 1 the matters being eneiuired into by Mho Parliamentary committee in relation to the film industry necessitated Mr Sullivan'.-; return to Wellington, as the committee will meet to-dav, and is reported to rr.mplete the taking of evidence before the EeUor holidays. Mr G. 11. Macklev, genera! manager of the New Zealand Railways, arrived in Chrisichurch from the; north ye.-tcrday morning, and left for Inverca.-giil and the south by the night exnrese He will begin a tour of in.-pection of 1 lie South. Island, but will return to Wellington before he visits the Christchurch district. Mr Maekley was accompanied by Mr A. Wcllsted, the commercial manager. Mr David Carter, manager of the Union Steam Ship Co. at Auckland, who will retire at the end of next month, was born in Auckland in IGO'u. _ He joined the Union Company as a junior at Auckland on November 1, ICC3, and was transferred to West port in June. 1899, and subsection! ly to Christchurch in 1900. He was promoted chief clerk at Auckland two years later, and his next transfer was to Melbourne. He was appointed acting branch manager at Greymouth in 1906, and in 1918 wa.s appointed manager in Fiji, and served in a similar capacity at Newcastle New South Wales.* His appointment as manar/er at Auckland dates from March, 29, 1921. Mr C. B. A". Wheeler, who has been appointed general traffic manager of the Union Steam Ship Company, joined tiie company at Auckland in April, 1905. and was engaged for some years in the intercolonial and Island services of the company as purser. When war broke out Mr Wmcelcr joined tin and went on active servio" in 1015. He was wounded in action al the Sornme in 1916, returning to New Zealand in 19!,':. Mr WhceLr has been assistant iraffie manager at tie' head office* of flie company since 192e He was burn in the Federated Malay States.