PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10718, 12 October 1920, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Mr Justice Sim is St present £j Duuedin. Mr H. E. Troutbeck, of Hastings was in Wellington at the week-end. Mr W. G. McDonald, chairman ol the Board of Trade, has been visiting Christcliurch. -L.Tajor W. A. G. Penlington, instructor in vocational training, is, on a visit to the soldiers' institutions at Hanmer. i'Le Rev G T. Brown, M.A., of Ala.sK'i'ton, U at present confined to ills room Constable Scarry, of the Taranaki street police station, has'been transferred to the Petone station. Mr H. McKeowen, of the Railway Engineer's office, Greymouth, is on a visit to Wellington. Messrs Chas. N. Cathie and T. W. Hislop have been elected' members ot i!;e Chamber of Commerce. Mr L. F. Ay6on, Chief Inspector of Fisheries for New Zealand, was in Timaru at the week-end. Mr N. P. Svenson has been elected unopposed as chairman of the Gonville Town Board, Wanganui. Mr W. Barrett, J.P., manager of the United -Friendly Wocietieu' Dispensary at Invercargill, has been transferred to .Napier. The appointment has been confirmed 'of Mr X.' G. Fielder, of Invercargill, as Officer in. Charge of the Labour Department, Christehurch. Mr J. Bolton, of Pahiatua, who unan ortiation at his home last t we-:k. is w-v reported to bo making satisfactory progress. The Rev. J. Cocke'r has been unani* mously invited- to remain as superin-u-ndtut rt.ai'Stei of the Mastertoi? Metiiodiv. cue nit- for a third year. Mr J. W. Perry, of Brentwood, Upper Plain, has been elected a life m.'iiiber of the Masterton A. and P. Association. ..I Mr Howard Spencer Bannister, of the Public Trust' Office, Wellington, has been; transferred to Auckland aa estates aduinistration clerk. Commissioner Hodder, of the Salvation Army, has gone down from Wellington to Christehurch on a short visit. Mr F. W. Phillips, chief clerk in the District Railway Engineer's office at Invfercargill, has been notified of his transfer and promotion to a similar position at Auckland. Mr F. O. Widdop, district, railway engineer in the Wellington district, has been visiting Gisborne on the quarterly tour in connection with maintenance work. Dr T. H. A. Valintine, Chief Health Officer for. tho Dominion, and Dr J. P. Frengley, Deputy Chief Health Officer, have been "on a visit to tho South Island. Mr A. J. A. Roberta, superintendent of telegraphs at Palmerston. North, has been promoted to similar duities at Wanganui. Mr V. R. Anderson, super T visor at the Wellington office, has been appointed superintendent at Napier. Mr John Murray (chairman of the WcodvilU' County Council) has been lu-iumatod as a representative o( the Waipawa District Hospital ana* Cnaritaole Aidi Board, vice tei J. Harris, who has left the. district. The Rev. H. Ryan, of Blenheim, is to be invited by the Methodist people in Waimate to become the superintendent of thtat circuit next year, subject to the decision of the conference. Mr H. H. Cornish,' barrister and solicitor, has offered to act .as hon. solicitor to the Wellington School Committees'- Association. The offer was accepted with thanks at the association's meeting last night. Mr E. B.- Sealy, who Jklb been eeo» retary of the D. 1.0., Chrtstchureh, tor a number of years, has accepted an •important new position in connection "ivith the same company'o business ip the Wellington -district. Recent appointments ndrtified in the Public Service pfficial circular are:— Medical Inspector of Schools Invercargill, Dr B, C. A. Leeper; Chief Clerk, Prisons Department, Wellington, Mr 0. A. Mackintosh; draughtsman, Invercargill, Mr A. F. Reid. v Mr K. Wilson, Palmerston North, died on Sunday night from an attack of influenza. Mr Wilson was 78 years of age and had beftt a resident tor 30 years. He founded the "Carncot" private school, which is* now being conducted by his dai!ghters. Rev A. F Hall, 8.A., who for the past two- nonths, has betn acting aa locum tentns at Woodvillb during the absence* of Ccnon McLean in Australia, u.is been appointed assistant to the ICev. G. B. Stephenson, «t St. John's Anglican Church, Dannevirke. Mr A. J. Jackson, of f;li<» Invercargill' staff of the National Bank, has ueen .transferred to Wellington, and leaves for tho north on Tuesday. Mr Jackson has been ■prominent in cricket circles in Invercargill, anil has represented the protince. Mr John Carlton, who has resided in* Hastiutrs fivr over forty years, has died in the Napier hospital. Deceased, who was Lorn in Ireland, enme to New Zealand rt <an early age, euid wa» the first man to drive a hai»oin. cab is biasings. Th° following recent promotions in t!o Post and Telegraph Department are announced: —V. R. Anderson, Senior Supervisor, Telegraph Office, Wellington, to be Superintendent, Telegraph Office, Nhpier. A. J. A. Roberts, Superintendent, Telegraph Oifice, Palmerston North, to bo Superintendent, Telegraph Office, Wanganui. The resignation"" from the executive of the Wellington R.S.A". of Mr J. 1. Fox was accepted with regret at tb* last meeting of the committee, and trie secretary was instructed to write ta Mr Fox expressing appreciation of the valuable services he' hus rendered to the association since its inception. Mr Fox was one of tho founders of the association, and bid always taken a keen part in its Affairs. He is now farming at Aumngi, near Feilding.