PERSONAL ITEMS
The Minister of Labour (tho Hon. 9. G. Smith) left last night for New Plymouth. It is expected that he will return early next week.
Dr. J. P. D. Leahy has been appointed a member of the Medical Council, under the Medical Practitioners Act.
The appointment of Judge H. . H. Carr as Deputy Resident Commissioner of Raratonga is gazetted.
Air. E. J. .Riches, of the International Labour Office of the League of Nations at Geneva, arrived from Christchurch. this morning, and will leave to-morrow afternoon for Auckland, en route to tho United States.
•Major H. T. Ho"bbs,; Corps of New Zealand Engineers, has relinquished command of the Central Depot, N.Z.E., and has been transferred to the Beaerv* of Officers. He has been succeeded by Captain H. F. Butcher, N.Z.E., in "command of the Central Depot. •_ ' Mr. Ilonald Oliver Robert: Clark-was this morning admitted as a barrister an solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand by his Honour the, Ohief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, on the motion of Mr. «i Meltzrr.
The death of Mr. James Ferguson, retired superintendent engineer of the Union Steam Ship Company,. occurred at his residence at Matamata this week. Born in Newburgh, Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1854, Mr. Ferguson served his apprenticeship as a marine erigini eer, and one of his earliest undertakings before going to sea was being commissioned to erect the railings surrounding the monument to Robert Burns in Glasgow. Mr. Ferguson; worked' for a considerable time in the shops of Denny Brothers, engineers and shipbuilders, of Dumbarton. Later he was associated with the Union Steam Ship Company for a number of years. His first shin was the Hero, and he was also chief en-< gineer of. the Rotomahana, the greyhound,of the fleet, and other vessels. He also held the. position of superin-tendent-engineer for some time in Wellington. On retiring from the employ of the Union. Company Mr. Fergusoa joined Messrs. A ; J. Parker arid Company, removing from Dunedin to Auckland. During the past seven years he had resided at Matamata. ; •
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 125, 30 May 1930, Page 11
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