PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 117, 13 November 1935, Page 13

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. R. Speight, who recently re- "% signed from the position of curator 6t' -'■ ' the Canterbury Museum, will sail on Wednesday from Auckland" on a visit to England. Until the appointment of- > a successor to Mr. Speight, Professor E. Percival and Dr. R. S. Allen will be in charge of the work at the museum. Mr. I. Duncan returned by th& Wa-' V nine from the south yesterday. J Mr. T. E. King,, chief engineer in the Government Printing -Office, who is retiring on superannuation owing" to ill health, was the recipient of a travelling bag from the staff of the office. In a covering letter, the lGov-" ernment Printer (Mr. G! H. Loney) expressed the thanks of" the Department to Mr: King for his skill in in-"' stalling modern machinery in the office " ■- and maintaining it in good order. -The- - - Government Printer further expressed _ 3 a, hope for Mr. King's speedy recovery. Special reference was made at Mon- ' day night's meeting of the Lower Hutt .'- Borough Council to the good work" done by Mr. Robert Martin, wha'h^s " ~. been for years a member of the engineering staff. Mr. Martin has obtained a position with the Public Works De- - partmcnt, and the Mayor (Mr. J. W. -" Andrews) said that while the council rejoiced that he had been promoted -it ' was sorry to lose his services. A testi- T- - monial under seal, of the council1 was. '" given tp : Jiim. - _ A motion of sympathy with the- re-, latives of the late Mr. J. W. Longman, "- of Petone, was passed by the Lower Hutt Borough Council on Monday Z evening. Sir George King, an English visitor, '- who several times previously has'spent the summer ih Now Zealand, arrived by ( the Aorangi from Sydney. Mr. W. D. Barron, of the administra- , tive staff of the Malayan Civil Service* j arrived "by the Aorangi frqm. Sydney; _ on a holiday visit to New Zealand, He\ |is accompanied by Mrs. Barron. Dr. Hardwick-Smith is leaving for • - a short trip to England by the Fort e i Chalmers from-Auckland tomorrow. Mr. A. W. Sneddon, general manage* " of the A.M P. Society, and Mrs. Sned- ' don. with Mr. Cranswick, the new business manager, together with Mr. |W. T. Ikin, manager for New • Zealand, and Sir William Hunt, the New Zealand director, arrived in Wellington on Monday. Mr.. andrMrs./ Sneddon and Mr. Cranswick are staying at the Hotel. St. Geprge. Sir James Grose, general managerl of the National Bank of New Zealand, Limited, announces that. Mr. R. D. Macdonald, manager of the Balclutha branch, will retire on pension-on December 2, after 38 years'' service with - 1 the National Bank of New Zealand. He will be succeeded by Mrr 'L. R. |McDonald, at present manager-of' the Cromwell branch. Mr. T. M. Ellis, - manager of the Hawera branch, will. , transfer to Cromwell, and will be succeeded by Mr. L. V. Smith, accountant < at Newton,; Auckland. Mr: S. B. Hay-, ward, of the general manager's office at Wellington, has. been-appointed accountant at the NewtD'n -branch. . A tribute to the work of the society's' " inspector, Mr. R. A. Nicol, was paid at ~ the annual meeting of the WellingtonSociety for the Prevention of Cruelty - to Animals last riight by ■the president, - Colonel G.'Mitchell. ?'Mr.-Nicol, he - said, had carried out his'humanitarian, work in a most able and conscientious - manner in' the- face of considerable op* position; fmm certain quarters.