PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17636, 28 May 1919, Page 6

PERSONAL

Mr R. L D. Blair has been appointed head master of th© Momona School. Mr C. F. Monk, secretary of the Auckland Trotting Club, is paying a short visit to Dunedin. General Richardson, accompanied by his aidode-camp, Lieutenant Ridler, will leave Dunddin by the first express to-day. .Mr A. G. Kemp, who two years ago was transferred to Invercargill from Greymouth, £> district agent of the Australian Mutual Provident Soeiety, has received notice of transfer to Oamaxu. The lately formed Orari Co-operative , , aif y Company has appointed Mr Herbert Maxwell, formerly of Blenheim, Waiko.uaiti, and Barry's Bay factories, and more recently manager of th© Wamui (Peninsula) lJairy Factory, to be its first manager. ■ Mr beorge Brown, Clandeboye, is chairman of directors, and Mr S. R. Muff, Orari vicecnairmaxu Mrs Jacob Crowe, of King Edward street, bouth. Dunedin, received information yostcrday that her second son, Douglas Hodgson, of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force has been aocidentaly killed in London' pother son was unfortunately killed in • ,^ ars liall, for many years clerk in the Crown Lands Office in Dunedin, and' at the present time chief, clerk in Invercarhf nW? V n i S . tra j?s fe rced to the position of chief clerk in Blenheim. He -will leave ma. few days tune for his new home. On Saturday the Lands Department at Inveroargill met and presented Mr Marshall with a totecco pouch, cigarette case and holder ma : k ™S the Presentation, "rCipient would be restored to better health in his new town. On the occasion of her retirement after 16 years service from the position of superof the Women's Training InSe of the Presbyterian Church of New Zeiland, Mrs Blaokie was entertained by Professor and Mrs Hewitsoh at Knox College lodge on the 17th inst., and presented Jifh th ° J? 6 n? has sSce been iS wflf S fmm y th« TV of goodwill from the Training Institute Committee ana some friends.-' uuunnje© On Sunday, the 18th inst., there passed away at. Palmerston, in the person of Mrs ? 111 an d a very highly respected resident of that district With W husband, Mrs Fleming arrived in New ZeaiL • p Pladda m 1861 After a short stay in Dunedin they removed to resided yea? In 1869 they went to th© Palmerston trict, where Mr Fleming died in June 1894had rSd evi since. The deceased lady leaves a famflv • a 7 6 t SOnS and thr6e daughters. v ' T At last week's meetin°- of t\j„i Presbytery the Rev. W.°M'Ara 111 J Tie tC\ W3S a^T ted bb moleS^ St fSy"£ ciation of the work of the Rev. M* iffiT of Kaikoura, where he had labored 41 years was moved by the Rev Mrßnhh seconded by Mr BliVtjvty) Z.' • j ■ Kob °. mously. It was decided to' ask thTce Assembly to grant the Rov. Mr M'Ara' dolls integrity and kindliness, to hfs T- d c °™derateness in H° f H "lvf 5 Vmre prescEt °d 'tolim fes tV]ZK',VL his ci , lJ - M' MKrcJ'iS !»»; BasH Whitcombe, who succeeds Mr Liddcll manager of Messrs Wliitcombe and ombs, wi" present, and was introduced to the gentleman present. OTa r ~^~ L Pre® s Association message from Wol hngtoiustetes that Mr Ernest R GiUon r the . four years has be'en ft motive engineer in the' Chief MechaS Engineer s office of the Railway Department a PFomte3 Chief Engi' neer, m succession to Mr H W T„„i GmJ CC T ly - T^h red J rom th ° "Mr FT' r^°J S ° ,dOSt son of th « late Mr if n ' ior ™any years editor of the Evening Post, was born in Dunedin joined the Railway _ Department in 1884 as an apprentice m the HiUsid© WorkTops Since then_ h© has served the Railway DO- - m various capacities at ICaihu Whangarei, Westport, Dancdin, Addington and, lastly, m the head office at Welling The prartic© of welcominff Portobello returned soldiers with a concert, surmer and dance was repeated on 'Friday niiht ' Tli" following new arrivals were welcomed home Sergeant C. Nelson, Driver H. C Browii, Privates G. Seaton, J. Dalton', A Roger, W. Morns, and T. Cochrane The local jVfnsical Club excelled itself in the quality of its items, especially those with tableau effects, which were heartily encored Speeches were made by Mr S. Miller (ehairman) and Mr J. Dicteon, M.P. The opnor turn ty . was taken by the Rov. G. M'Donald" to present Mrs H. C. Brown, on her departure, with a gold wristlet watch and chain from the residents. Supper was supplied and dancing was kept up till a late hour.'