PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18545, 4 May 1922, Page 8

PERSONAL

Sergeant J. Dougan, who was recently transferred from Port Chalmers, to St. Albans (Christchurch), is at present on ■ a visit to Dunedin.A very interesting evening was spent at Kolsey-Yaralla Kindergarten Mothers’ Club on Tuesday, when a good mtmber of mothers met. to hear Mrs Balfour give what she -termed one of her “Mothers’ Talks.” During the evening a presentation was made to Miss Golrlsm-th on behalf of the committee in consideration of her past work at Yaralla. Miss Goldsmith suitably responded, and a very pleasant evening was brought to a close with the singing of the National Anthem A Press Association cable message from Lohdon announces that Lord Balfour’s title .will be Earl of Balfour.- The second will be Viscount Tiaprain of Whittinghame. The Earl of Balfour’s father was James Maitland Balfour of Whittinghame, which is a small town a few miles to the west of Dunbar. Traprnin Taw lies two miles to the north of Whittinghame. The death took place at Lawrence recently of Mi - John Donaldson, at the age of 76. Mr Donaldson was born at Fct/lar (Shetland), and was a. sailor till about 25 years of ago, when ho settled down in New Zealand as a miner. He worked on Gardiner’s diggings at Beaumont, and in later years followed the dredging in Otago, qualifying ns master, and having charge in turn of the Happy Valiev, Wetherstones, Waipori. and Tuapekn Elat dredges; then taking a turn on the West Coast, afterwards returning to work Adams’s dredge at Waitahuna.