PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20283, 16 December 1927, Page 12

PERSONAL.

Vice-Regal. A Press Association message from Blen- [ heim states that their Excellencies, Sir Charles and Lady Alice Pergusson, accompanied by their persona! staff, are spending 10 days in the Marlborough Sounds. 1 A residence at Nikau Bay has been placed at the disposal of the party. It is hoped i that the_ restful period will assist to restore his Excellency to full health. ; Mr H. S. S. Kyle, M.P. for Riccarton, i passed through Dunedin yesterday on his , way to Christchurch. Mr J. R. Marks, district public works engineer, left for Wellington yesterday morning on departmental business. Mr W. S. Fogg and Mrs Fogg left for 1 the north yesterday. 1 Mr P. Shaw and Mr A. H. Mackrell arrived in Dunedin yesterday from the . south. Mr E. A. Rosevear returned from Invercargill. yesterday morning. Mr J. Blair, of Outram, arrived in Dun- ■ ■ edin by the south express yesterday from Invercargill, where he had been acting as judge of some of the horse classes at the Southland Summer Show. Mr M. Thompson returned to Timaru yesterday. . At _ last night’s meeting of the Otago Hospital Board the resignations of Drs P. Gray and W. Reid as senior house surgeons at the Dunedin Hospital were accepted. Sir William Sim will return to Dunedin from the north to-day. Mr W. Robertson, assistant under-secre-tary of the Lands Department, is at present on a visit to Dunedin. He will leave for the north to-day. Mr N, Jones, of the staff of the Greymouth post and telegraph office, has been transferred to Tuatapere, Southland. The death occurred at Te Arpha yester. day (says a Press Association telegram) of Mr A. W. Edwards, a popular sportsman, and secretary of the Te Aroha Jockey Chib. Mr J. W. Smith, of the Wyndham postal and telegraphic staff, has received notice of his transfer to Owaka, He will be replaced by Mr S. A. Grant from Invercargill. At a meeting at Alexandra on Monday last the Central Otago Presbytery sustained a call from Wanaka-Hawea congregation addressed to the Rev. C. M. Sullivan. probationer. Mr W. G. K. Kenrick, S.M., has forwarded his resignation from the bench (says the Rotorua correspondent of the New Zealand Herald). It is expected he will be relieved from his duties about the end of January. Mr H. W. Slater, M.A. B.Sc., formerly on the staff of the Otago Boys’ High School, and now of the Wairarapa High School, will leave Wellington to-day for England to take up a position in the George Dixon Secondary School for Boys, Birmingham. Mr Slater will be absent from New Zealand for a year on exchange. Members of the United Congregational Church Choir offered congratulations and a token of goodwill to Miss Alice Wilkinson, L.A.8., on her approaching marriage. Reference was made to Miss Wilkinson’s vocal gift, and to the loyalty with which it had been placed at the disposal of the choir and church over a period of years. In a neat speech Miss Wilkinson acknowledged the compliment. Mr L. B. Beale, his Majesty’s Trade . Commissioner, will leave New Zealand for Vancouver, en route to London, by the Aorangi, sailing from Auckland on December 20. At the midweek gathering of the Wellington Rotary Club the opportunity was taken of wishing Mr ■ Beale an enjoyable trip, a pleasant stay in the Homeland, and a safe return. Dr J. Fitzsimmons, who was recently i appointed resident surgical officer and surgical tutor at the Dunedin Hospital, graduated from th? Otago University Medical School in 1924. During 1925 he held the position of house surgeon in Wellington Hospital, and in 1926 left New Zealand to take up the Medical Travelling Scholarship in England, where he passed the primary examination for the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in December of the same year. In July he completed the examinations for the diplomas of M.R.C.S, and L.R.C.P. (London). During his stay in London Dr Fitzsimmons spent seven months in resident appointments in hospitals in that citv six months as assistant medical officer at the Islington Infirmary, and one month as casualty officer at the Miller General Hospital, Greenwich. In addition to actual resident appointments, he spent a great deal of time in the late 12 months at medical and surgical clinics and operating theatres of the leading London hospitals. Dr Fitzsimmons will sail for New Zealand on January 20 next. The death occurred at Timaru on Wednesday evening of Mr Edmund Robert Bowler. For many years Mr Bowler was a prominent figure in Otago. He was the youngest son of the late Mr E. Bowler, or Inchclutha, and was educated at the Otago Boys’ High School. After passing the necessary examinations he entered the service of Messrs Duncan and MacGregor, subsequently establishing himself in practice as a solicitor at Gore, where he remained till about a year ago, when he moved with his family to Timaru. lie excelled in all sports, being a good rifle shot and cricketer, and also one of the most prominent players in the Pirates Football Club in its early days. It was, however, perhaps in connection with volunteering that he was best known, and he commanded the No. 2 Regiment, Otago Mounted Rifles, with conspicuous ability. He saw much active service in the Great War, and was in charge of the landing party at Gallipoli, being one of the first New Zealanders to set foot on the peninsula. He is survived by his widow (a daughter of the late Mr William Hepburn of M'Landress, Hepburn, and Co.) and three daughters.