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Evening Star, Issue 20988, 30 December 1931, Page 7

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The head office of the Alliance As* surance Co. Ltd., London, has advised the general manager for New Zealand (Mr R. Caughley) that the following appointments take effect as from January 1 next:— Mr L. A. Hutton (assistant manager of the Wellington: branch) to be manager of the Wellington branch. Mr D. T. Todd, of the Wellington staff, to be manager of the Timaru branch. Mr W. W. Callender,, at present rhanager at Timaru, to be manager at Dunedin. Mr A. Burn, the present Dunedin manager, retires on superannuation. The death occurred at Christchurch last evening, after a brief illness, of Mr Bernhard Baffin, aged 83. The deceased was born in Germany and came to New Zealand fifty-five years ago. For, some time he carried on business at Thames, and later transferred to the West Coast of the South Island, finally, settling in Christchurch, where he established the business of Baffin Brothers, wine and spirit merchants. For some years he was president of the Canterbury Jewish congregation. Mr Ballin married Miss C. Phillips, of Auckland, and is survived by Mrs Baffin and six children. Christchurch correspondent. A Press Association cable message from London states that Dr C. _ P Scott, who was for many years editor and proprietor, and is now governing director of the ‘ Manchester Guardian.’* is lying seriously ill at his home in Manchester. A bulletin issued yesterday reported that he had had a good night and was somewhat better. A cable message received in Christchurch announces the death at Perth of Mr W. O’Sullivan, at one ’ time wellknown in all parts of New Zealand, particularly in theatrical circles. He joined his elder brother, Mr Tom Pollard (who died in Christchurch ten; years ago) in the management of Pollards’ Opera Company in 1898, acting as treasurer during the company’s tours of New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa. When the company eventually disbanded in 1912, Mr O’Sullivan settled in Western Australia, and had been a resident of Perth most of the time since then. He had two daughters,, one of whom lives in South Africa. Tho other, who was the wife of Mr Albert Cutts, the well-known Riccarton trainer, died some years ago. The latest arrivals at the Excelsior, Hotel are Mr and Mrs A. Legge and Mr S. Campbell (Wellington), Mr A., R. Harris (Christchurch), Mr D. Cowio (Wanganui), and Mr J. Parcell (Cromwell) .