PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 208, 30 May 1936, Page 10

PERSONAL

Mr. C. W. Nielsen lias returned to Wellington from the South Island. Mr. Otto Ballin arrived at Wellington yesterday from Christchurch.

Mr. F. J. Miller, Wellington, left last night for the north. Mr. G. H. Loney, Government Printer, Wellington, left from Auckland by the Monowai yesterday for Sydney. Mr. and Mrs. A. Beauchamp, Wellington, left Auckland by the Monowai for Sydney yesterday. Mr. Alan C. Browne, the well-known alpine lecturer, left for Auckland by the Limited express last night. Mr. 11. W. Piper, of the A.M.P. Society, has returned to Wellington from the south.

Mr. D. Henry, president of the New Zealand Manufacturers’ Association, who has been visiting Wellington, has returned to Auckland.

Professor J. Shelley and Mr. Edgar Stead, Christchurch, were present at the meeting of the Royal Society of New Zealand, held at Wellington yesterday.

Brigadier George Dry, of the Salvation Army, has been appointed men’s social secretary for New Zealand, in succession to Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Macaulay, who will retire at the end of June.

Mr. John Albert Carrad, of Wellington, was admitted yesterday by Mr. Justice Blair as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Mr. W. P. Shorland made the application. Mr. M. B. Peat, who for the past three years has been manager of the National Bank of New Zealand at Whangarei, has received notice of his appointment as manager of the National Bank of New Zealand at Gisborne.

Mr. C. L. Bishop, town clerk and general manager of the Eastbourne Borough Council, is at present engaged in an investigation of the organisation and administration of Blenheim borough affairs for the Blenheim Borough Council.

Mr. A. Cassie severed his connection witli the railway service in Wellington yesterday, after 33 years’ service. He joined the Wellington and Manawatu railway in 1892 as a porter and worked up to the positions of ticket-clerk, shunter, guard, coaching-foreman, stationmaster at Paekakariki and goods foreman at Wellington. When the Slate assumed control of the line he was appointed to the last-named position. In 1913 he resigned and for eight years he acted as manager of three Petone theatres, after which he managed for three years two theatres at Levin. In 1924 Mr. Cassie returned to the railway goods department at Wellington, where he has been ever since. During his connection with the railway service Mr. Cassie has been prominent in work for the welfare of the employees. In 1900 he organised the W.M. railway library, and he acted as its secretary for a number of years. He was connected with a number of other social activities.