PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 September 1924, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr H. L. Roberts, who for the past 16 months, has been attached to the New Plymouth branch of the National Bank, has received notice of his transfer to head office, Wellington,, and leaves by mail train on Tuesday.

Mr. C. J. Carlyon has resigned the position of secretary to the Wairarapa Racing Club. The stewards have ap>pointed Mr. N. C. C. Shepherd, of Featherston. to the position. Mr. J. R. Menzies, of Pahiatua, has been appointed to and has accepted the position of general manager of the Eastbourne (Wellington) Borough. Mr. Menzies has had a wide experience on municipal work, has a considerable knowledge of engineering, and is a qualified accountant.

Promotions and transfers in the police force are notified as follow: Constables J. S. Hodgson, of Dunedin, and G. A. poggett, of Picton, have been promoted to the rank of sergeant and transferred to Wellington, and Sergeant G. Sivyer, of Wellington, has been transferred to Wanganui. Sergeant E. Quayle, of Wellington, is now stationed at Napier.

Dr. J. R. Boyd, of Kauonga, has disposed of his interests in 'that town, and will shortly commence practice in tho Lower Hutt, Wellington. D|r. Munro Hockin, at one time in Manaia, will succeed Dr. Boyd in Kaponga. It has been announced that. Sergeant Sivyer, of Wellington, has been appointed to succeed Sergeant J. Reid at Wanganui, and will. arrive to take up his new duties at an early date. Sergeant Sivyer joined the force in 1909, and as a constable was in charge of important stations. He was also Court orderly at Dunedin for four years and attained the rank of sergeant two years ago.

Mr. W. M. Luke, South Island representative of the Canadian Government Merchant Marine and Canadian Natiorial Railways, has received notice of his appointment as general travelling representative for New Zealand, and takes up his new duties immediately. Mr. H. L. Penny, of the Christchurch office, succeeds Mr. Luke as Christchurch agent. Our Tokaora correspondent, states that there passed peacefully away at Tokaora this morning an old settler, Mr Thomas Lavery, who was widely known and respected. His end was not unexpected, as he had beSn in failing health for some time. In early manhood, Mr Lavery was in business on the West Coast of the South Island. Coming to this coast, he was one of the successful selectors at the first ballot of Tokaora on November 20, 1901, and he had remained at his farm ever since, where his family were reared. Two of the sons went to the front, where one made the supreme sacrifice. As a settler and neighbour, Mr Lavery was ever ready to help and assist, until his health failed, all who needed assistance. The family consists of five sons and threp daughters.