PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18874, 29 May 1923, Page 8

PERSONAL.

Dr ’T. M‘Kibbin, Medical Officer of Health, loft for Invercargill yesterday. The health of the Hon. D. H. Guthrie, who is at present in a Wellington private hospital, is reported to be improving. Mr O. V. Davies, president of the New Zealand Dental Association, and Mr A. J. Chrystall, president of the Otago branch, left yesterday to attend the annual conference of the New Zealand Dental Association in Christchurch.

Mr Geo. P. Cuttriss, organising and financial secretary of the Associated Churches of Christ, in New Zealand, will leave Dunedin to-day for Wellington to attend a meeting of the Conference Executive Comnflttee. rho Otago Education Board has made the following appointments:—Mr W A. Sproat (formerly head master at Waihopai, Southland), head master at Forbury School; Miss E. H. Hondra, sole teacher, Hindon; Miss M. N. Grey, sole teacher, Maungawera: Miss O. E. Wynne, assistant, Manngatua: Miss J. W. Traynor, assistant, Wakari. Picton’s centenarian, Mr William Foriesoue, celebrated his 105th birthday last Thursday. Mr Fortescue was born on May 24. 1817, in Devonshire.' He is still hale and hearty, and ieta ns all his faculties. A Press Association message from Invercargill 'announces' the death of Mr J. J. Wesney, a prominent Prohibitionist, after a brief illness, from pneumonia, aged 65. 1 ' He had been resident in Southland for 60 years. Dr Wilson, superintendent of the Wellington Hospital, who intended leaving for San Francisco by the Maunganui last week, did not do so, owing to business arising out of the recent inquiry. Dr Wilson has now arranged to leave New Zealand from Auckland on June 5 by the Makura. Mr >v. Bannerman, who has for the past 20 years occupied the responsible position of accountant of the Bank of New Zealand in this city, will retire this week upon his pension. Ho entered the service of the Colonial Bank in 1874, and was accountant of that institution in Invercargill at the time of its amalgamation with the Bank of New Zealand in 1895. He was one of the officers of the Colonial Bank whose services were taken over by the Bank of New Zealand. He remained in Invercargill,. filling the position of assistant accountant in the Bank of Now | Zealand there, until 1900, when he was transferred to Dunedin. He shortly became assistant accountant in the local office, and after holding that position for about three years' was promoted to the, position which he has held ever since. In all, Mr Bannerman’s banking service extends over 49 years, an of which have been spent, in the South Island, and nearly all in Otago and Southland—the last 23 years in Dunedin. During his long connection with the Bank rf New Zealand in Dunedin he has necessarily made a great many acquaintances among its clients, by whom his courtesy and efficiency have been generally _ recognised, and ho will have the satisfaction of knowing that ho - carries their cordial goodwill with him in his retirement.