PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20354, 10 March 1928, Page 12

PERSONAL.

Ministerial. The Prime Minister (Mr J. G. Coates) will return to Dunedin from Invercargill by the first espreas to-day. lie will wave for the north on Monday. The Minister of Public Works (Mr K. S. Williams) and the Minister of Lands (Mr A. D. M'Lcod) who have be«n Vi6lt parts of Southland, will arrive in Dunecun to-rnorrow, and on Monday morning thev wTleave for the north.. McWilliams will break his journey to visit Kurow in connection with the Waitaki power scheme. Mr Victor Bonney left Dunedin for Queenstown yesterday. He intends to go to Pembroke on Monday and to Mount Cook ° n The Ue mombors of the Railway Board (Messrs F. J. Jones, chairman, t. C. Widdon and J. Kemp) will arrive in Duned n to-day and will stay at the Grand Hotel. Mr C. Todd travelled to Christchurch by the second express yesterday. Mr P. L. Ritchie and Mr S Angell left Dunedin yesterday for Mount Cook. Mr E J. Denny was a passenger to Christchurch by the second express yesterda Mr H K. Wilkinson left Dunedin by the through express yesterday on his way to jS a i/caard Wood left Dunedin by the second express yesterday on h.s way to *aTa meeting the Wanganui County st°ckl cor^spciMent) 1 a bonus of £SO and increasing his salary t>y P °W. aII e! Gladstone (registrar births, deaths, and marriages) l® f t D»“ edin by the through express yesterday o his way to Wellington. , Mr B. S. Irwin, who is proceeding to Wellington, left Dunedin by the second eS Sir M Wm£m da Sim will leave Dunedin this morning for Wellington to attend sitting of the Court of Appeal. A Sydney cablegram states that the New Zealand swimmers, Misses Kathleen Miller and Miss Ena Stockley, were pass,engers by the Maunganm, which sailed for Auck land from Sydney yesterday. Mr F. W. Furkcrt (Under-secretary of the Public Works Depaidment lett Dunedin yesterday for North Otago tUe object of inspecting proposed sites iear Kurow in connection with tne W aitalu P °The death occurred yesterday morning fsavs a Press Association telegram from Wellington) of Mr Olliver Mewhmney, of Pipftea street. He was eecretary to Messrs R. J. Seddon, T. x. Duncan, and, R. M'Nab, ami latex; was associated with Mr J. D. Ritchie, Jand purchase clßcer. Before joining the public service he was a journalist on the nq.xv defunct Globe, which was published u Dunedin. At that time, when a cimu. was appearing in Dunedin, Mr Mewhmney accepted a challenge and entered the ca,e of a roaring lion, for which act he r.“S SdlShtorf the British Me.lic.l Journal was relinquished on January Id bv Sir Dawson Williams, his being Di Norman Gerald Horner. Dr Horner was educated at Tonbridge School, Gonville, and Cains College Cambridge, and at St. Bartholomews Hospital. He nas for a time assistant editor of Die Lancet before going to the British hledioa) Journal as assistant editor In tne '>purse of the war he served for two yean, in France as captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps. His connection with the British Medical Journal catenas oxer ! more than 10 years. On the occasion of his departure tor Christchurch, where he is to occupy the position of a senior reporter on The Press Mr F. W. G. Miller was. yesterday met by his colleagues of the literary staff of the Otago Daily Times, and presented with a solid leather suxtease. Mr b. V. Minn, in making the presentation, laid emphasis on the good feeling that had always existed between Mr Miller and t*ic other members of the reporting staff, and described him as a loyal and popular associate. Many young men who had entered the higher ranks of journalism had graduated on the staff of the Otago Daily Times, and he felt sure that the experience which Mr Miller had gained in Dunedin would be of great service to him in his nexv sobere of activity. They all regretted his departure, and wished him well m the future. Mr Miller, in an appropriate reply, acknowledged the gift and the kindly expressions by which it had been accompanied, stating that be would always look back with pleasure to bis connection with the Otago Daily Times. Mr Robert Francis (managing director of‘Messrs' Robert ■ Francis, Ltd.), Christchurch, died at St. George’s Hospital on Tuesday last, following an operation. He was -16 vears of age, and was the second eldest son of Mr Robert Francis, who settled in Dunedin on his arrival from England. He was born in Dunedin in 1882 and at the age of 11 moved with his father and family to Nelson, where he remained for two years. In 1894 the family went to Christchurch, where Mr Francis, sen., established a music warehouse, known as the “ Musical Exchange,” in Manchester street. Mr Robert Francis started work in his father’s business, and on the latter’s death in 1905 he became managing director. . Under his supervision the firm grew and prospered, and when the new premises were entered at the corner of Manchester and Tuam streets 11 years ago, it became knoxvn as Robert Francis, Ltd. The deceased was a member of the Anglican Church, and his genial personality, honesty, and business integrity won for him the respect of the community. Mr Francis is survived by his wife, one brother (Mr Charles Francis) and six sisters —Mesdames G. E. Moreton (Dunedin), G. Smail (England), E. C. Rowe (Wellington), C. Charlsworth (Wellington), and Sisters Francis and Teresa, of the Community of the Sacred Name (Christchurch).