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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 September 1946, Page 6

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Ministerial The Minister of Transport, Mr O’Brien, will, visit Greymouth in the coming week-end. Messrs N. R. Jameson and W. Horrobin were unanimously re-elected chairman and vice-chairman at a meeting of the New Zealand Wool board. —(P.A.) Mr. Thomas J. B. O’Keefe announced yesterday that he would contest the Nelson seat as an Independent Labour candidate. He is president of the Nelson-Marlborough Trades Council, president of the Shop Assistants’ Union, and a delegate to the New Zealand Federation of Labour. —(P.A.). • Lieutenant Commander A. D. Murray, who was recently appointed special representative of the Biitish Overseas Airways Corporation for Australia and New Zealand, has.ai - rived at Auckland on his first visit to his new territory. He has been foils years in the service of Imperial Airwavs and its successor, 8.0.A.C., including executive work in England, Europe, the Middle and Far East. — (P.A.) Owing to ill-health, Mr W . H. Ward has retired from the staff of M. McDonnell, Ltd., Greymouth, after 10 years’ service. He was met by members of the staff recently when appreciation’ of his work was expressed, and, on behalf of the fiim and its employees, Mr J. Gilbert made a presentation to Mr Ward o± a hanging mirror. Occasion was also taken to present a fountain “pen to another member of the staff, Mr J. Swetnam, who has left for Chustchurch, where he has accepted another position. - Commissioner J. Evan Smith, head of the Salvation Army in New Zealand who has been appointed to take charge of a Salvation Army territorial district in Australia, was bidden farewell last evening at a gathering at which the principal speaker was the Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser). It was with real and genuine regret that New Zealand was parting with Commissioner Smith, said Mr. Fraser. Du’-ing the darkest years of the war there was no greater friend. His faith never failed. Commissioner Smith, he said, was going to a great job with a great jobe done.—(P.A.) 1