PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18885, 6 December 1924, Page 12

PERSONAL ITEMS.

',':'-'•'•.' :- ' m Messrs. E. N. Valentine and O. I/nk s of Hamilton, arc at the Royal Hotel ~* Dr. T. 11. A. "Valintine, director-general of health, is at. present in Dunedin, a Mr. W. S. - Spence, secretary to the: ■'• Aucklnnd Racing Club, is an inmate of tt private hospital. . -'■;:" Mr. J. H. McCallum, of Christchuroh : and Mr. J. C. M. Phillips, of Wellui e !' - ton, are at the Star Hotel. Mr. R. W. D. Robertson, of New ■ Plymouth, and Mr. C. M. Paul, of Mel bourne, are at the Central Hotel. * \'' r - Mr. G. S. Eskdale, of London, Mr B • '"•"'"'• Ralton, of San Francisco, and Mr. L. A-]-Blok, of Amsterdam, are at the Hotel Cargen. '.j Sir Frederick Chapman, accompanied by Lady Chapman and Miss Chapman '■"' left Wellington by the Maheno yesterday' ■ ' : for Sydney. j • '~: Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lee, of Cambridge ' ■ and Messrs. C. A. Cooper, H. Raftrce'' and F. Smith, of Sydney, are at iha Grand Hotel. ' . ■ 8 :*& Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Back, of Mull am-" - bunby, N.S.W., Mr. and Mrs. R. Jamie-' son, of Dunedin. Mr. W. Peters, of Well, ington, Mr. and Mrs. C. Jamieson, o £- ; Gisborne, and Mr. H. Reed, of Sydney "j are at Stonehurst. *' Mr. E. E. Gillon, chief mechanical engineer of the New Zealand Railways is : retiring on superannuation to-day. Mr. Gillon has had a long service in the employ of the department, having joined in 1884 at the age of 16 as an apprentice in the '; Hillside workshops, Dunedin. He gradii. &t ally worked his way up until in 1914 he "■■? was placed in charge of the Addington workshops and appointed assistant loco-'-motive engineer for the South Island. He" went to the head office at Wellington in 1915 and was appointed chief mechanical engineer in April, 1919.