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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18198, 19 March 1921, Page 10

PERSONAL.

A Christchurch Press Association telegram reports that Sir Thomas Mackenzie lias accepted a call to the Legislative Council. ' - A Christchurch _ Press Association telegram states that it is understood that Sir James Carroll will shortly be offered a seat, in the Council. Mr C. A. Piper, who was for many years in the railway service, is visiting Dunedin, and will leave shortly for Auckland. Drs J. W. Hall and I. Alien have received cabled advice that they have passed the examination for the degree of M.D. Lieutenant-colonel R. R. Grigor.has relinquished his command of the Otago Mounted Rifles (wires our Wellington correspondent), and is transferred to the reserve of officers. Miss A. I. Somerville has received advice that she has passed the final section of the B.Sc. degree. Mr Gj G. ’ Hancox. M.A., has received advice that he has passed the final seotioni of tho B.Sc. degree examination. ' Mr J. P. Hawke, first assistant at Maori Hill School, has received cabled advice that ho has passed for, the M.A. degree with second class honours in philosophy. Mr William A. Ritchie, Dunedin Training College, has received word that he has passed the first section of his examination tor the B.A. degree. A Tnmaru Press Association message states that Mr F. J. Rolleston, a solicitor, who is chairman ,o£ tne Timaru Harbour Board, was waited on by a large number representing all sections of the community. Mr Rolleston agreed to accept tne nomination lor the mayoralty, ’ ’ The Otago District Committee of the Returned Soldiers’ Association passed a resolution at its meeting last night congratulating Dr Boxer, who was included m the New Year’s honours list, and the Hon. W. Downie Stewart. Both gentlemen are members of the association. Mr J. H. C. Bond, who was recently appointed dominion superintendent for the New Zealand Shipping Company, Ltd., has taken oyer the duties of his new office at Wellington. Prior to taking up his last appointment as manager tor the Union Steam Ship Company at Auckland, Mr Bond was general traffic manager for the company, stationed at headquarters, Dunedin. Mr Allen H. Hunter, of the Vacuum Oil Company, was, at the last meeting of the Federal Council of the Institute of Marine Engineers of Australasia, unanimously elected president. Mr Hunter, who is a ■ brother of Professor Hunter, of Victoria College, and of Dr Irwin Hunter, of this city, served his apprenticeship at Port Chalmers. After 10 years’ varied experience in all branches of the. profession in Great Britain and America, he passed for extra chief engineer in London in 1908, subsequently being admitted a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, London. In the Glencuun nail at Tomahawk on Monday night a presentation was made to Mr W. Smaill on the eve of his approaching marriage. Mr H. Warren, who occupied tne chair, presented Mr Smaill with a silver teapot, at the same time conveying the good wishes of the people of the district ror his happiness in tne future. His remarks were endorsed, by Messrs A. J. Ings, D. L.» Robertson, R. Brunton, W. MTntyre, W. Pryde. and W. M’Culloch. The recipient’ suitably responded, after which a programme of musical items was rendered by the followingMr W. Hurrell (song), Mr D. L. Robertson (song), Mr R. Brunton (song), Messrs D. L. Robertson and A. Smaill, juu. (piano and cornet duet). Major Stewart, a well-known English sportsman, who has been spending some time in the south pig-hunting and troutfishing, returned to the city last evening, and leaves for the north by the first express this morning. He caught some fine trout,, and had some exceptionally fine sport with large eels. On two successive days Major Stewart landed six large eels, one lot weighing 421 b, the largest being 16lb. The second lot weighed 751 b, the largest weighing 221 b and 201 b, and measuring 52in and 54iin in length. After hooking the eela Major Stewart struck them with a 10ft Hardy fly rod, and experienced splendid sport landing’ the monsters. While pig-hunting in the Blue Mountains he was fortunate in discovering a splendid fallow deer head shot by a sportsman last season. On another occasion the dogs forced a stag into a stream running into tho Pomahaka, and after a short time the .animal became cramped and sank. Altogether Major Stewart had some splendj/3 sport, and intends doing some pig-hunting and sword-fishing before returning Home.