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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27380, 19 June 1954, Page 6

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The Minister of Industries and Cctt merce (Mr J. T. Watts) returned 1 Wellington by air yesterday. Mr Wall met private deputations yesterda morning. * Sir Charles Hercus, dean of th medical faculty in the University ( Otago, and Lady Hercus, left Harf wood by Skymaster for Australia y« terday. Sir Charles Hercus will a’ tend a meeting of the Australian an New Zealand Insurance Medical search Committee in Sydney. Th committee administers funds mad available by insurance companies ft medical research in New Zealand an Australia. On his way home Si Charles Hercus will' visit brane facilities of the Otago faculty in th public hospitals in Auckland, Welling ton and Christchurch. Mr H. D. Smith, who has held & position of general manager of A M Satterthwaite and Company, Ltd., some years, has been appointed man aging director of the company. Messrs J. Acland, of Mount Peel and James Andrew, of Masterton, wn are members of the New Zeman Wool Board, arrived at Harewood ft Skymaster yesterday morning. Wit other members of the board the; recently attended a conference of w wool boards of South Africa, AUS tralia and New Zealand in Pretoria t consider adjustments of the consu tution of the International Secretariat. Messrs Acland and An drew were among five members of board who left Harewood on tnei way to South Africa toward the ew of last month. In addition to spw® ing a week in conference they spen a week looking at sheep farming 11 South Africa. Dr. W. Gordon Rich, officer » charge of the Canterbury and we Coast district of the St. John Amom ance Brigade, has been promoted iro the rank of assistant-commissioner commissioner. The appointment tas® effect from June 1, 1954. Mr R. K. Milne has been reappo> nt ? as the Canterbury Education Boar • representative on the board’s sp ec classes after-care committee. Sympathy with Mr A. E. the Timaru member of the Cam. bury Education Board, in the of his wife, was expressed W motion carried by the board day. Mr S. A. La Roche has been W appointed as the Canterbury tion Board's representative on Summit Road Scenic Society.