PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 18408, 17 October 1923, Page 8

PERSONAL

Th-o Hon. 0. J. Parr, Minister of Education. will pass through Dunedin- by the express from the north to-morrow evening, and- will stay at Baidut-ha to-morrow night. The Minister has accepted an invitation to attend a. concert in the Balolutha,- Oddfellows’ Hall in the evening in aid of the Women's Rest House, and will deliver a short address. On Friday morning, in company with the chairman, of the Otago Education Board (Air J. Wallace) and the local members of the board (Hon. D. T. Fleming and Mr 0. W. Mood-), he will inspect tho site of the proposed high school at Rosebn.ii'k, and -also visit the District High School. He will leave for Invercargill the same morning, and- will return to Dunedin on Monday evening, spend all day Tuesday in Dunedin, and leave for the novih on Wednesday morning.

His Honor Air Justice Adams left this mnniirc for Christ church.

Air A. E. A 1 ‘Oregon, who has been appointed chief postmaster at Dunedin, joined tho department in 1885, and was stationed at Akaroa and Christchurch for a.’ time. He was chief post-master at Hokitika, end afterwards assistant postmaster at Dunedin. He also served as chief postmaster at Gisborne, and for the last two years has occupied a similar position at Napier. Mr C. F/. Alatthews, Unde.r-Rccreta.ry of Justice, arrived, from tho north last evening.

Air U. P. Ward, inspecting officer in the Justice Department, is at present on a, visit to Dunedin on departmental business.

The Rev. John Kilpatrick has been nominated by the Dunedin, Dinislan, Wanganui, Oamani, and Westland Presbyteries a« Moderator of the Assembly.

Mr T. E. Fogarty, assistant engineer to the Invercargill Borough Council, has been appointed assistant, engineer to the Christchurch Drainage Board. A private message adviser- of the death (Ids morning, in a private hospital at Christchurch, of Mr W. Devcnish Me,ares. Many Dunedin residents will remember Mr M cares. He wan hero, as general manager for New Zealand, of (he Victoria Insurance Company, in the lato seventies, Hi- went to Christchurch as general manager for Now Zealand of ihe Union Insurance Company; and when the Alliance Insurance Company bought out the Union Air Mean's, became its general ma-uager for New Zealand until ho retired u number of years ago, when In; went to England and spent many years there. it may be fairly said that. Mr Mca.-rcs was one of the best known insurant e iih n in New Zealand. Old-time cricketers will member him as a-n Otago interprovincial rep. Air Herbert Beattie, aged forty-seven, assist ant librarian to the UVliingl on City Council, died on Monday. I lie deceased hail been under tin' treatment of Dr Makin. He appeared to bo in good Inta.lli previous to his death.. The deceased was discovered in th- custodian's ofiice, at the library, death apparently being due to heart failure. A London cable announces that Lord Haig will not visit, .'.n.-tralia in 1925. He has never had any sac 1 : munition.