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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18735, 13 December 1922, Page 6

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Sir John Roberts and Messrs 0. W. Rattray and G. R. Ritchie were passengers by the express yesterday lor Wellington, where they will attend a meeting of directors of the Union Steam Ship Company. Sir Robert Stout (Chief Justice) left tor Wellington by yesterday’s express. Mr T. K. Sidey, M.P., was a passenger by yesterday’s express for Wellington. Ttie Hon. W. E. Russell, Mrs, and Miss Russell, of Fiji, left tor the north by the express yesterday. Mr J. D. Hunter left for Christchurch by the express yesterday. ' Mr S. K. Sleigh, local manager of the Union Steam Ship Company, left for Wellington by yesterday’s express. Mr Andrew M’Kitmon was a passenger by yesterday’s express for Christchurch. Mr James Ormiston left for Wellington by the express yesterday, en route for Sydney. , Mr W. R. Waters was a passenger for Christchurch by yesterday’s express. Mr Crosby Morris left for Christchurch by the express yesterday. Mr Miller Hope , left for the north yesterday on route,-, to Great Britan- on a 12 months’ visit. Mr R. B. M'Lennan returned to Wellington by the express yesterday. The directors of the National Insurance Company have appointed Mr R. A. Crosier, of their Wellington branch, to be manager at Christchurch in succession to the late Mr W. M. Joynt. „ „ „ , j The appointment of Messrs G. P. Richards and R. G. Foster as members of the Heriot Domain Board has been gazetted. The Gazette notifies the appointment of Messrs E. A. Jolly, R. K. Smith, W. R. M’Kay, K. Munro, H. L. Paterson, and J. Colling as trustees of the Tarras Cemete, rhe death has occurred in Wellington of Mr T. W. Driver, lately a printer in the Government office. He was formerly on the staff of the Evening Post, and with an establishment in Wanganui. Ho was a compositor by trade, but will be belter remembsrefl as Kudarz, the magician, and as a, discloser of the “faking’' of spiritualism. In this role he travelled extensively in Australia and New Zealand, his last tour being through the South Island last year. Deceased was 65 years of age. He wjas born in Sydney. He leaves a widow and grownup family, comprising Messrs L. and H. Driver, of Wellington, and Mrs H. Charman, of Christchurch. There was a hearty round of applause at the mooting of the Education Board yesterday, when the chairman (Mr J. Wallace) moved a motion congratulating Mr J. Horn on his re-election as M.P. for Wakatipu. In returning thanks, Mr Horn remarked that he was doubtless occasionally useful to the board in Wellington. The High Schools’ Board of Governors yesterday received the resignations of three teachers—Miss Alice Downes, who js retiring on superannuation ; Mr D. W. Faigan, who is transierring to /iiicitland; and Mr L. D. Coombs (drawing master), who has_ resigned for business reasons. The positions will be advertised in the usual way. The board authorised the chairman and the secretary to draw up a minute expressing appreciation of the services of Miss Downes, who has been 20 years at the Girls’ High School. Baron Douglas Dickson, of Gothenburg, Sweden, a sportsman known in many parts of the world, arrived in New Zealand by the lonic on Sunday. It was his intention to visit South Africa this year to obtain some trout fishing, but his interest in New Zealand was aroused by an article on dominion sport, which appeared in a recent number of the Field. He will spend four months in New Zealand, devoting most of his time to fly-fishing. Mr H. A. Baily, a well-known African big game hunter, was also a passenger by the lonic. It is his intention to spend some months in New Zealand fishing and deer shooting. Mr James M’Pherson, of Dunedin, is taking a two years’ course of study at the Itoyal Gardens, Kew. Ho states that, while at Melbourne, on bis way Homo, he was interested to see that, the public gardens there are in possession of a kauri tree over 120 ft in height, and fully 18in through at the base. The kauri tree at Kew is only 20ft high and 4in at the base. Mr M’Pherson is (our London correspondent, writes) in communication with Professor Bais, of the National Museum of Horticulture for France, in Paris, and has for\varded him 91 packets of Now Zealand seeds. Professor. Bais expresses his delight at receiving these, . s the collection of New Zealand plants in France was lost during the war.