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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21941, 16 November 1936, Page 8

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The Hon. W. E. Parry (Minister for Internal Affairs) and the Hon. D. G. Sullivan (Minister for Industries and Commerce) left Christchurch for Wellington on Saturday evening. The Hon. R. Semple, Minister for Public Works, arrived in Christchurch from the north on Saturday. Mr Semple was on holiday over the week-end. To-morrow he will visit Lake Forsyth and Lake Ellesmere. Mr W. F. Robinson, of Nelson, formerly lecturer in surveying at the Canterbury College School of Engineering, has been elected an honorary associate member of the New Zealand Institute of Architects. Mr J. Wood, engineer-in-chief of the Public Works Department, arrived in Christchurch from Wellington on Saturday. Mr A. B. Carroll, of Wainui, has been appointed a deputy-registrar of births, deaths, and marriages for that district. Professor J. Shelley returned on Saturday from Wellington. Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., was a passenger by the Rangatira from Wellington on Saturday. Mr R. T. Tosswill, accompanied by-Mrs Tosswill, returned to Christchurch 'on Saturday after three weeks’ holiday in the North Island, spent chiefly in motor touring. Mr Alfred James Baker, assistant engineer-in-chief of the Public Works Department, has been appointed deputy-chairman of the Main Highways Board, according to the latest issue of the Gazette. Mr C. T. Webley, of Nelson, has been appointed an officer under the Fisheries Act for the Nelson Acclimatisation District, according to a notice in the Gazette. Mr Oscar Carraro has been provisionally recognised as acting-consul for Italy in Wei-, lington, 'according to the latest Gazette. He will replace Dr. Mario Dessaules, whose death occurred recently. ' The appointment of Mr Alexander Thomson to the Marlborough Land Board for a further term cf two years is contained in the latest Gazette. Mr Howard Elliott, who, with Mr A. W. Gibson, founded the “New Zealand Financial Times,” has relinquished his association with that journal. Mr Elliott was the first managing editor and director# Cable advice has been received that Mr D. M. Tombs, M.Sc., is returning to New Zealand on December 16, having completed the two years’ Blair Fellowship awarded him by the London University, which was spent in the Hertz Laboratory for short-wave wireless research in Berlin, Germany. He hopes to be present at the meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science to be held in Auckland in January next year. Mr J. W. Fergie, senior clerk of Lambton railway station, has been transferred to Gisborne as stationmaster and will shortly leave to take up his> duties. Attending the recent triennial conference of the Independent Order of Oddfellows at Hobart as a representative of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand, Mr D. F. Smillie, of Palmerston North, was elected to the position of grand treasurer for Australia and New Zealand. This is the fourth time that an executive position has come to New Zealand. Mr A. Macintyre, who has retired from the news room mechanical staff of the “Dominion” after 29 years’ service, received a presentation from the staff last week. Mr Macintyre, who joined the “Dominion” when it was founded, has had to retire from active work on account of failing health.