PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13999, 4 September 1907, Page 6

PERSONAL

Tho Mayor otDunedin (Mr J, London) loft Wellington for the south last evening, and will icich Diinedin to-inorrow or Friday evening.- ■ .•■''■

Mr A. Cunningham, who has been for 11. years .manager of the Wyndb&m Dairy ..Factory, was on Friday evening presented with a gold inscribed pendnnt and albeit by the milk suppliers. Hx CunninghaA is retiring through ill-health. Mr John 'Wilson, a well-known resident, ol Inverciiigill and Kiverton, has just died. He came to New Zealand in 1862, and joined in' tho rush to the jroMficlds. Later he' was traveller for lleEsrs 'Whittingham Bros, and Instono to the Orcpuki goldnelds. Ho after-. wards started'in business in Riverton, then a very, nourishing place, whoso decay wai brought about by the advent of the railway.. Mr Wilson was. particularly skilled in d»ir) .produce, and frequently judged at shows. Constable M'Chesnoy, whose impending retirement was mentioned a few days ago, was former.'.y connected with the Police Force in Dunodin. He- joined the Irish Consta'milarj in ifiGi,'and h*s therefore had 43 years' police service, 26 of them being in New Zealand. Ho was presented with- a handsoim, easy chair by his brother guardians of the; peace at Invercargill on Saturday. . . Mr David Thomas, who has retired from business at Ashburton, has , the honour of being the oldest auctioneer in Canterbury. He waa-ftleo the first .breeder of English Lcscester sheep in the province. lie brought soma purebred ■ English Leicesters to Canter, bury m 1865. . . Mt C. Stevenson, forraerly of Edehdale, has been Appointed nianager of the CaicUS Dairj Factory.' Mt Thomas Dunlop, son of Mr.W. Dunlop, of Fine <Bush, Iwe received the appointment of cheoaemakcr at' Wangaehu, near Wanganui. As a mark of esteem andof appreciation of his services as registrar of electors &nd clerk' of the Vatdsn'a, Magistrate's, and Licensing Courts, 'Mr F. W. Hart, who has been Iran*: ferred to Ashbuxton, w»s. presented with "a. nice case of pipes by Iho people of Naseb) on Monday night. The presentation was made by "tho Mayor (Mr J.- R.-Kirk), and speeches eulogieinß tho work of the recipient were made by Messrs Malcolm, James, Reed, Barnard,.and Francis. . :'■.-.