PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 82, 31 December 1929, Page 10

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. Lionel Speakman, manager of the London office of Dalgety and Company, Ltd., has been appointed general January 1, 1930etaoishrd taoird dodo manager of the company, as from January 1, 1930. Air. E. V. Reid will continue to occupy the 'position of managing director.

Mr. Norman J. Carson has been appointed by the board of directors of the Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Company, Limited, manager at Melbourne, following on the retirement on December 31 of Mr. Robert J. Boyne, C.M.G., who will join the company’s local board of advice.

Mr. W. W. Ryan, of Sydney, has been appointed a director of the Atlantic Union Oil Co., Ltd. He has been associated with the company since its inception, first as city sales manager, and more recently, as general, sales manager.

Described by his companions as “the foremost Indian of Canada,” Mr. Jack Flahiff, a chief of the Mohawk tribe, arrived at Auckland from Vancouver by the Aorangi with the party of 28 Canadian bowlers (states a Special Service telegram). He is a good bowler, but has slight difficulty with the English tongue. Mr. Flahiff is . a nephew of the famed “Sitting Bull.” He lives with his family in a spacious residence in Paris, Ontario, and this is the first occasion on which he has been out of North America. Mr. Flahiff, who is approaching 60 years of age, is the mouthpiece and arbiter of his people. He frequently travels between Canada and United States on diplomatic business, and he is widely informed on tribal matters and the control of Indian reserves and territories. One would not know him from an European among his bowling companions. He is a cheerful, alert man, and was universally known on the ship as “Prince.” “I have nothing to say officially; lam here to enjoy a holiday in this new country,” he said, and he turned the conversation to bowls.