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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23087, 1 August 1940, Page 6

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. ——♦ — : —* The Bishop of Wellington, the Rt. Rev. H. St. Barbe Holland, has been ordered into hospital to undergo an operation in'the near future, It is expected that he will not be able to fulfil his duties for the next two months.— Press Association. Mr "F. H. Clapshaw has been appointed assistant-manager of the D.1.C., Christchurch, • Upon the resignation of Mr H. % G. Dillon, who has entered business on bis own account. Mr Clapshaw formerly held the position of buyer in the furnishing department. Messrs W. G. Macartney, E.' S. Taylor, G. Gardiner, and R.,G. Bishop ; were elected to the district Council of primary production at a meeting of farmers yesterday. Advice of his appointment as shipping identification officer at -Wellington from August 3 has been received from the Naval Secretary by Mr G. F. Bothamley, Clerk Assistant of the House of Representatives. Mr Bothamley, who holds the rank of lieutenant-commander, served with the Royal Navy for three years ahd a half during the Great War. The temporary vacancy caused by his absence from Parliament Buildings will be' filled by Mr H. N. Dollimore, Second Clerk Assistant.—-Parlia-mentary Reporter. Mr T.l F. Chambers, who for 41 years has been a, member of the staff of the Sumner School for the Deaf,’ was given farewell presentations yesterday by the teaching, house, ground staffs, arid pupils, on his retirement from the directorship of the school. For those present Mr L. P. Longuet, senior master, presented! Mr Chambers with an easy, chair, and ons of the scholars* George Rees, presented him With a cushion, Mr Longuet spoke eulogistically of the work done by Mr Chambers and referred to the progress made during his term of office In the erection of buildings and the development of up-to-date equipment at the school. .. ■ ■ ' ",