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Mr F. Z. Moore returned from the Home Country on Wednesday night. St. Raul’s Presbyterian Church, Kaiapoi, has given a call to the Rev. F. Robertson, 8.A., of Wellington. . Nurse Jeans, a trainee of Wellington Hospital, has been appointed matron of Clyde Hospital, Otago Central. Mr Ramsay, of the British Empire Trading Company, AVellington, is at present visiting Dunedin, lie is staying at Wain’s Hotel.
Mr James Begg returned from Wellington by the first express yesterday. Mr J. Hislop, Under-Secretary for Internal Allairs, is at present on a visit to this city. . ... Lady Philp and Miss Munro (her sister), of Brisbane, are at. present on a visit to Dunedin, and are staying at Wain’s Hotel. Messrs A. Levy, A. G. Crust, and A. Macbeth have received advice that they have passed the M.Sc. degree examination. The Hon. Sir William Hall-.lones, M.L.0., returned north by the through express yesterday. Mr A. H. Fisher was a passenger by the second express yesterday for Wellington, en route to Sydney on a business trip. 'The Hon. W. Downio Stewart, Minister of Customs, arrived by the first express from the north yesterday, and will return north to-morrow. The Hon. G. J. Anderson. Minister of Labour, was a passenger by .the through express yesterday on a visit to Southland. Mr Anderson will return north on Tuesday. A London Press Association cable message announces the death of M. Francois Flameng, the famous French painter, aged 67 years. Mr George A. Green, secretary, New Zealand Association of Nurserymen, will*leave by tlie express this morning for Christchurch and the North Island. There will bo a presentation to Mr V\. Bowles, the retiring district traffic manager, by the employees of his district to-night. The, function will take place at the Dunedin Railway Station. , The Rev. Da* J. T. Pinfold has been granted permission by the Methodist Conference to visit the Old Country during the year, and has been accredited to the British and other Conferences. Mr H. P. Rawson, chairman of directors, and Mr Frank Hurley, general manager, of the Mercantile and General Insurance Co. (Ltd.), Wellington, are visiting Dunedin, and are staying at the Grand Hotel. Sir John Roberts, Messrs Ewen Cameron, T. Glendining, C. Grey, W. L. Wood, and A. S. Cookson loft for Christchurch by the second express yesterday to attend tho annual meeting of the Woollen Mill Owners Association. Messrs II F. Nce s (president), F. W. Mitchell, and James Brown, who will represent the Otago Comniercial Tra\ ellers Association at the annual meeting in Auckland, were passengers by the second express yesterday. . . A London Press Association cable message announces that Mr W. Elmslie, assistant director of the Overseas Trade Departmont, has been appointed Trade Commissioner in New Zealand. He spent 12 years in the engineering profession, including four in Australia, Ho served in the war (191418) and then became section director in the Ministry of Munitions. He will sail for New Zealand on March 3. Mr G. H. Holford, B. Agric., who for tho past six years has been head of one of the departments of the New Zealand Fanners* Co-operative Association, has been appointed South Island representative of the Now Zealand Fanner. Mr John Mac Gibbon will take over the management of the Christchurch branch of the Bank of New Zealand during the absence of (he manager (Mr G. A. U. Tapper), who left to-day for England on a holiday. Mr Mac Gibbon was for some lime accountant at the Christchurch branch, and a few years ago he was appointed inspector. Mr Spencer H. Gollan, well known in New Zealand sporting and athletic circles some years ago, left Auckland by the Uhniaroa last week for Sydney, en route for England. Mr Gollan, who was formerly a large ruiiholder in Hawke s Bay, took up his residence in over 20 years ago, and was a prominent, figure on the turf. He has just' concluded a six weeks’ visit to the dominion. , At a meeting of the Otago Harbour Board yesterday, (bo chairman (Mr H. C. Campbell) took the opportunity to bid farewell to Mr J. A. Robert*-, who, with Mrs Roberts, will leave shortly on a visit to the United Kingdom and the Continent. Mr Campbell wished Mr and Mrs Roberta a pleasant trip, and also expressed the opinion that the information gained by Mr Roberts on his travels would be of distinct value to the board and to tho community generally. Members endorsed the chairman’s remarks, and Mr Roberts, on behalf of Mrs Roberts and himself, made a suitable response.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18801, 2 March 1923, Page 6
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