PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 142, 18 June 1919, Page 6

PERSONAL MATTERS

Sir James Allen will return to Wellington to-morrow evening. The following evening he will go to Christchurch, whence he is due back in Wellington on Sunday morning.

Councillor Norwood returned from Christchurch this morning.

Mr. John Mill, governing director of Messrs. John Mill and Co., Port Chalmers and Wellington, is leaving for England with Mrs. Mill and daughters1.

A Press Association telegram states: Mrs. O'Shea, a very-old resident of Havvera, and mother of Archbishop O'Shea and Mr. J. E. O'Shea, farmer, Ohangai, is dead, aged 85.

Captain H. Clayden, master of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's liner Arawa, now in Wellington, has been appointed: Marine Superintendent for the South Island for that company, in succession to the late Captain M'Dougall. Captain Claydeu, who has had command of the Arawa for some time, will be succeeded by Captain B. S. Lewis, of tho Pakeha, and Mr. Hartman, chief officer of the Arawa., will take command of the Pakeha. Captain Clayden will take up Ms now duties shortly. ■

Commissioner Howard, Chief of Staff of the Salvation Army, who arrived . in. New Zealand by the Niagara . from America a fortnight ago last Friday, has since paid- visits of inspection to Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Wellington. Ho is now going on to Australia as soon as he can, and will there hold Jubilee Congresses in five or six of the principal centres. Afterwards, ho will proceed to India for an inspection of the work thca-e, before returning to England.

■ Highly complimentary reference was made at the National Dairy Association Conference at Palmerston North yesterday to Mr. A. Jiacfarlane, of Pahiatua, who was retiring after many years of active service in the dairying industry; also as a pioneer member of the National Dairy Association, of New Zealand, as director for seventeen years. The. association at its conference placed on record its grateful recognition <tl Mr. Macfarlane's sterling service to the association, and to dairying generally. Mr. Macfarlane, in responding, said when lie joined the association tiiere were sixty members, now there were 280. The greatest compliment that the association could pay to itself was done that day when, for the first time in its history, it hsifl pMJSod thn report ftnfl balance&heflt< without diseusaion.