PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 101, 2 May 1933, Page 9

PERSONAL ITEMS

'. Captain and Mrs. J. Geere Watso. returned from Sydney by the ilouowai yesterday. The death is announced by the Press Association of Mr. W. B. McEwan, city librarian at Duncdin, after a suddeu illness, and operation. He was sixty thro© years of age. Mr. G. W.Clinkarcl, general manage* of the Tourist.Ddpartnient, left for the South Island last evening. Sir Andrew Russell arrived in Wcl« lington from the South Island tins morn- ■ iiig. • .' ' ■ ' Sir William Hunt was among _th« passengers who arrived in Wellington tJlis morning from the south. Mr. P. MeSkimining, M.P., arrived in AVellington this morning from tho Sottth Island. Messrs. R. B. and N. E. Tingey wera passengers Iroin the- South Island thil morning. Mr. T. Kornain, of the North Wand, Motor Union Mutual Insurance Company, .returned from Sydney by tin Monowai yesterday afternoon. Mr. N. E.'Aitken and Mr. H. P. Wood returned yesterday afternoon by tin Monowni from Sydney. Mr. \V. Ogicr, of the Otuki'Ptot Office, has been appointed postmaster at Blackball, and leaves next week foi tho south. ■. i Mr. I. C. Geddcs, of the Orient line, and a member of the London Board of--the Bank of New South Wales, is visit" ing Wellington. • ' Mr..George TaUa, formerly station' master at Auckland, ,who in recent years tvas au active figure in the public life of Devonport,' died at Auckland on Sunday. Mr. Falla,- who was born in Sydney in 1860, came to New Zealand with his parents in 1869, landing at Nelson. The family settled at West-' port, where Mr. Falla joined the rail' way scrvido in 1879. Ho served "at Westport, Hokitika, Lytteltou, and Palmcrston'North, then being appointed stationmastcr at llawcra. He held tn« same position at Mastcrton and lavcrcargill before. being transferred to Auckland in 1915. Mr. Falla retired from the service in 1920, and since then had lived at Devonport, where he took a keen interest in public affairs. Mr. Palla is survived by1 his wife and fou* children. A motion, of sympathy with the rela* tives of the letto Sir - Alexander Gray was passed at la|t evening's meeting o£ the Council of tho New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. .The chair* man, Mr. R. W. McVilly, spoke Of Sit Alexander's great interest in the association, for which, he had rendered valuable service in the very amiable and charming manner which character* ised all his actions in life. Those pre« sent stood iv silence 'as a nark of respect. ' '