PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20709, 6 May 1929, Page 8

PERSONAL.

Superintendent Napier, of the City Fire Brigade, was a passenger for Christchurch by the express on Saturday morning. Mr W. H. Rose, of Christchurch, arrived in Dunedin by, the afternoon express on Saturday. Mr P. Gilfedder, of Invercargill, passed through Dunedin on Saturday morning en route for Wellington. • The Public Service Commissioner (Mr Paul Verschaffelt), accompanied by the Deputy Commissioner L. Dallard), and their secretary (Mr A. C. Turnbull), left Dunedin on their way to Wellington on Saturday morning. v The Rev. J. Wilson, of Waitati, is acting as the Presbyterian Social Service Association’s chaplain to the SeacliffWarrington Mental Hospital during the vacancy in the Seacliff-Warrington charge. Messrs H. F. Drewe,-R. A. Anderson, F. Chilwell, and. Mr A, F. Hawke, M.L.C., of Invercargill, together with’Mr C. W. Rattray of Dunedin, 1 travelled to Auckland by the through express on' Saturday morning to attend the opening of the new, chocolate factory which is to be conducted under the management of Milk Products, Ltd. A Press Association message from Marton announces the death of Sir James Glenny Wilson, aged 80, for long prominent in political and agricultural circles. He was chairman of the Palmerston North Hospital Board and the Board of Agriculture, and formerly M.P, for Foxton, Palmerston North, and Otaki. The death has occurred of Mr Benjamin Watson Buttle, aged 72, a well-known Auckland business man. He was manager, in. Auckland of the. Kaiapoi Woollen Company for 24 years and for many years played a prominent part in connection with the Auckland Manufacturers’ Association., -

A very pleasant function took place in the Education Board office at Wellington on Saturday morning, when the inspectors of the district, witih their wives and the board’s staff, assembled to say farewell to, Mrg Strachan and Mr D. A. Strachan, who has transferred thg duties of senior inspector to the hands of Dr M il wraith. Inspector Burns, the senior or the inspectors, presented Mrs Strachan with seve l ral pieces of choice Ainsley china, find Mr Strachan with a walking stick. Inspector Bip/ns remarked that Mr had well sustained the honour of the great line of inspectors whose services it' had been the fortune of the Wellington district to enjoy, namely, Messrs Robert Lee, T; R.. Fleming, F. H. Bakewell, and W. W. Bird. A Press Association message from Wellington reports the death yesterday of the Rev.'Dr J. K. E. Elliott, D.D., father ofMrJ; S. Elliott, president of the New Zealand branch of the British Medical Associaton. Dr .Eliott was for 45 years one’ of the leaders, of the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand. He was born in Belfast (Ireland) 77 years ago, and wag educated at the Belfast Academy and Queen’s College. He was ordained in 1872, and for 12 years held charges in the neghbourhood of Belfast. In 1884 he came to New Zealand Four years later he was inducted to the charge of the Kent Terrace Church in Wellington when it was first opened He remained there till 1921, when he resigned from the full-time ministry without severing hie association with the church For years he wag a member of the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board; and in addition to holding the postiion of moderator of the General Assembly, he served on numerous administrative boards in connection with church property and trusts ’ n News has been received-in Christchurch l_at the New Year honours list, which was delayed by the illness of the King, contains the name of Mr W Lawrence Scott, Director of Land Records, Assam, India,/who has had the honour of Jompanionship of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (G.LE.) conferred upon him. Mr Walter Lawrence Scott is the eldest son of the late J. 6. Lawrence Scott. for many years headmaster of the East Christchurch School. Born in Rangiora, Mr Scott came to Christchurch with his parents in 1882, and received hie education at the-East Christchurch School, Christ’s College, and Canterbury College. While at Canterbury College he resided at College House, and there he ended up a brilliant scholastic career by obtaining double first-class honours for his M.A. degree and also the B.Sc. degree. Leaving New Zealand in 1902 he went to Cambridge' University, obtaining ninth place for the Empire in the Indian Civil Service examination. Since going to India, Mr Scott hag held many important Government positions with distinction. M Scott hopes to return to New Zealand on furlough next J year. ■