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Evening Star, Issue 22194, 23 November 1935, Page 17

PERSONAL

Advice has been received in Dunedin that Mr Andrew Oswald Melville has passed the examination of the Australasian Institute of Secretaries, Messrs P. Hockley (New Zealand manager) and W. Mortimer (South Island manager) of Messrs Gordon and Gotch, Limited, who have been on. a business visit to Dunedin, left for the north this morning. visit to Dunedin, left for the north this morning. Mr E. F. Kavanagh, of the Dunedin Railway staff, left for Methven .this morning. • ; Mr W. Paget Gale was entertained at a social tendered by the Maori Hill' Choir in the Jamieson Hall on Thursday evening, when Mr W. Mitchell, on behalf of the choir, presented him. with a fireside chair. Mr W. C." Todd,' Mosgiel, has resigned as one of the East Taieri Ceme. • terv trustees, - after a service of 45 years. Mr j. S. Blackie has been 1 elected in his place. Constable B. Sullings, who has been stationed -in Dunedin for the past four ' years, has been detailed, for duty At Samoa. He will leave Dunedin on Monday. ! Before commencing business at the opening of a special general meeting of the Vauxhall Power Boat and Sailing Club, the ; chairman, Vice/sommodore’ W. J. P. M'Culloch, requested ' the . members to stand in silence as a mark of respect to the memory of Earl Jellicoe, a great admiral and a keen and skilled yachtsman. Vice-commodore M'Culloch, it will be remembered, sailed the - Heather in the first contest for the, Sanders Cup in 1921, when the ■ Otago" boat defeated Lord Jellicoe’s Iron Duke. ' * Cavalier G. Formichella, Consul for Italy in New Zealand, has received notice of his transfer to the Ministrv of Foreign Affairs in Romo. He will leave Wellington iy the Monowai on November-29, His successor, Cavalier, Dqtt Mario Dessaules, has ‘been ap« pointed, but the date, of his arrival in. the Dominion is not yet fixed. A farewell social was ’tendered to Professor A. Gi B, Fisher and Mrs Fisher in the _ Allen Hall by. the students and friends of the Workers’i Educational Association. Mr W. JMorrell, a vice-president, was iri the chair. Under the baton of Mr J. Simpson, community singing ivas conducted during the early part of the : evening, and, later, Mr Lindsay Smith supervised the competitions. A. presentation to. Dr Fisher was made by Mr - Morrell on behalf of the students, small mementos being included for Mts . Fisher and- Master Fisher. Mr " Morrell’s remarks concerning the* close re- ' lationship which bad existed between the director and students were supported by Messrs W. R. Young, J. Turner, J. Cunningham, R. J. Seddon, and Ralph Harrison. Dr Fisher feelingly i . replied, referring to the pleasant assoV ciation of 11 years. Interspersed’ in the programme were items by Miss Mavis M'Cormack (violin solo),'Mrs C. Searle (vocal solo), Mr G. Bridges (song), and Mr Howell (recitation). A dance was held at the conclusion, for which Mr J. Cunningham acted 1 as M.C-, with Mrs J. Simpson at the piano. For the purpose of honouring one of the oldest bandsmen in New Zealand, a reunion of former members of the Otago Regimental Band will be held on! Friday evening next in the' M.U.1.0.0.F. Hall. The ' guest - 66 honour will be Sergeant Percy C. • . George, who, although- nearly 80 years of age, is still an active member of the band. Born in London in 1856, Sergeant George arrived in New Zealand witli his parents at the age qf eight. He joined the Middle District School Cadets in 1870, and the following year he transferred to the Dunedin Navals. He joined the Artillery Band in 1874. and served with it for four ' years, after which he became a tnember. of the City Guards Band. When the Ist Battalion Band was formed in 1880; Sergeant George was appointed bandmaster of it, and he held ;that position until 1883, when_ lie joined the Garri- t sou Band under "Bandmaster Wishart, He is still a member of that band, which is now known as the Band of the Ist Battalion, Otago Regiment. Grand Hotel guests are "Mr S. Canaghan (Sydney), Mr T. P. Bevau (Auckland). Messrs G. C, Claridge, H. N. B. Marshal, and F.’ W. Vickerman (Wellington), and Mr R* Dossor (Timaru). Guests staying at the City Hotel are Miss A. M‘D. Mitchell (Cape Town), Mr T. Jackson (Auckland). Messrs W, A. Hislop and -T. A. J’aryie (Wellington) , and Mr S, Marlin, (Christ- - church). _____