PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Issue 145, 22 December 1928, Page 11

PERSONAL MATTERS

The -Minister; of! justice! (the Hon. T. M. Wilford) leaves to-morrow night for Auckland on ten days' holiday. " Tlio'-Minister .of Marine (The Hon. •J. G. Cobbe) is to -represent the Government at the civic reception to the. Australian bowlers next Thursday. " '\; The Minister of Labour,">,"(the\' Hon.-' W. A. Veitch) returned:to Wellington yesterday. He-will.leave on Monday for Wanganui, where he will spend the.holidays. ■ . ;■''■ : " ■' The Minister of Marine,. Industries, and Commerce, and Immigration (the Hon. J. G. Cobbe) hss left'to spend' the Christinas arid New Year vacation at Feilding. ■.■.'■ ■. .;'■ '„ „-,'■. The Hon. T. M., Wilford \ has received cabled advice that Mrs. Wilford will be leaving London for New Zealand on 2nd January. : . ; : ' .-.'■'■ : VyLieutenant M. Osborne, Ist Battalion Wellington Regiment, has'boen gazetted as1 captain, as from ,12th September.^ Mr. B. 13. Todhunter, a director of Imperial Chemical Industries,' Limited, passed 'through ', Wellington this': week on his way. to the South Island. ■ He will .'Colonel J. M. Semmens, chairman of the Australian .^Repatriation.7, Commission, sailed' for Sydney, by. the Marama. He 'has been investigating/New Zea-: land's method of. dealing, with soldiers'; pensions and other, problems arising gut' of -the, war. - '• .-;"■:.■ ..; '■■',■■ ■ ;.' ;:.y "-.j -;>,■;_■••. ■'■„'< The Revs.. P.. Cleary, of Gordonton, Hamilton, find A. Neild have been granted licences to officiate temporarily in the Waikalo Diocese. Mr. Neild,' who is chaplain at To Aute College, Hawkos Bay, is examining chaplain to Bishop Cherrington. Squadron-Leader Kiugsford Smith, Flight-Lieutenant Ulm, and Mr. C. C. Maidmcnl, who were to leave Sydney recently for, America, were farewellcd at the annual smoke social of the Australian .Flying Corps Association. The president of the association, Mr. G.eorgo llartman, occupied the chair, and those present included Mr. John" Garlick, Chief City Commissioner, and BrigadierGeneral Llyod, Air Commodore Williams, chief of the 8.A.A.F., and Squad-ron-Leader L'ukis. Tho London Board of Directors of Messrs. Lever Brothers, Limited, has presented to Mr. P. J. S. Truscott, works manager of Messrs. Lover Brothers (N.Z.), Limited, Petone, a i suitably inscribed gold watch upon Ms completion of fifteen years' sorvico' I with . the Lever companies. Tho presentation was made 'by. Mr. T. J. Burton at a meeting of'the New Zealand 1 Board yesterday. | return, to Wellington shortly. I Mr. W. P. M'Go wan, who is retiring on superannuation' after 28 years' service on the reading staff of the Govcrn- | nieut Printing Office, was last night i presented with a travelling bag from ! his fellow officers on the staff. Mr. L. A. Browne, who is retiring from the temporary composing staff after 14 years' service, received a silver-mount-ed wallet. The presentations wero made at a gathering round the "stone" by the Government Printer (Mr. W. A. G. Skinner), who expressed the thanks oJj tho Department for the satisfactory sorvico rendered by both-retiring officers. . ' - , >■ Employees of the Wellington Gast Company gathered yesterday to farowell Mr. A. M. Taylor, appointed, en-gineer-manager of the , Timaru Gas Company. The general manager (Mr. M. J. Kennedy) presided, and the different working' departments and their responsible heads wero well represented. On behalf of tho employees Mr. Kennedy presented Mr. Taylor with a gold watch and .chain, suitably inscribed. ' Speaker's wcro'Messrs'. Cbisholm, representing ,f;ho , v Gasworkers' Union, Glovor, secretary" of .the- union, Banks, for the gasfitters," J. T. Hungerford, gasworks engineer, ana othors. THe sentiments exchanged were of the best. The death occurred yesterday in Dunedin of Mr. John O'Shea, father of Mr. John O'Shea, City. Solicitor, of Wellington. Tho late Mr. O'Shea, an octogenarian, had served for many years under Sir -Robert Stout, when the former Chief Justice was a practising barrister in Dunedin. He was .predeceased by his wife. Other- members of the family, besides Mr. John O'Shea, are Mr. Thomas O'Shea, solicitor, of Dunedin; Mr. K. o 'Shea,' Eegistrar of the Auckland University; Mr. Alex. O'Shea, a clerk in tho Wellington Tramways Department; : and Miss O'Shea, of the Child Welfare Department. Mr. John O'Shea was summoned to Dunedin on Wednesday. Mr. W. D. Eevington, who has been appointed engineer to the Christehurch Tramway Board from 52 applicants, was educated at Nelson College. After experience in Now Zealand workshops, lie travelled extensively in Britain, the United States,,and on the Continent, attending lectures on engineering subjects. His practical experience included a period spent in 'the Thornycroft workkshops at Southampton and Basing-stoke. He spent some time at sea, obtaining his marine certificate. Mr. Eevington was for a period in, the service of tho Greymouth 'Harbour Board. He obtained a commission dirring the war by examination and, after suffering wounds, joinedthe Koyal Air Force. After the war ho was appointed to a position under .the Public Works Department at tho Horahora hyro-electric 'works. Later ho joinod the staff of the Christehurch Tramway Board, his experience including work in the carshed and power station.. For some time ho has teen chief ongineer at the power station.