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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20991, 2 April 1930, Page 10

PERSONAL.

Mr A. Jacobs, of Wellington, returned north by the through express yesterday. Mr J, Knewstubb was a passenger for Wellington by the through express yesterday. Mr James Fletcher and Mr L. Stevens left on their return to Auckland by the through express yesterday. Mr J'. - R. Cameron, manager of the United Insurance Company, Christchurch, returned north by the second express yesterday. Mr G. T. Palmer was a passenger by the through express yesterday for Southland to take over his new duties an a school inspector. Mr N. G. Powell, at present manager of the Bank of New South Wales, Edendale, has been advised of his transfer to Whangarei. .... ~ Mr James Hutchison, editor of the Otago Daily Times, who is one of the representatives from New Zealand to attend the Empire Press Union Conference, left by the express last night to commence his journey to London. Mr G. W. Brown, at present postmaster at Fairlie, and formerly stationed at Lawrence, has been promoted to the position of postmaster at Waimate. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that an • election by the Academic Board of three'members of the University Senate resulted in the_ return of Professors J. B. Brown (Wellington), J. Eight (Christchurch), and E. W. Segar (Auckland), A Press Association cable message from London announces that Rear-admiral H. E. Grace, a son of Dr W. G. Grace, the famous cricketer, ,has_ been promoted to the rank of Vice-admiral and win retire. A Press Association telegram states that a wireless message has been received from the steamer Orford to the effect that Mr F. W. Broughton, aged 60. who at one time held the office of district land registrar at Christchurch, died while on a holiday voyage to England. ■ The Conciliation Commissioner (Mr W. H. Hagger) left Dunedin by the through express for Invercargill last evening, to deal with a claim, that will be made for a separate award for the Southland Hairdressers and Tobacconists Assistants Union. Ho will also be engaged on the cheese and butter factory workers disPU Mr FA. D. Barclay, manager of the A.M.P. Society’s Invercargill branch, who recently received advice of\ his transfer to Wanganui, expects to leave at the end of this month (says our special correspondent in Invercargill). During blB II years in Invercargill, Mr Barclay has been active in the formation of a branch of the Accountant Students’ Society, of which he was president. Mr Barclay's successor at Invercargill is Mr K. J. Smythe, of Greymouth. Regret at the transfer to Auckland on promotion- of Senior Sergeant T. Shanahan was expressed by Mr. E. D. Mosley, SM, in the Christchurch Magistrates Court yesterday (reports our special correspondent) . “ I wish to eay now sorry the court officials are at-losing the services of Senior Sergeant, now Sub-Inspe<v tor, Shanahan,” said Mr Mosley. 1 have known him for many years, and speaking as the magistrate who has been mostly concerned with him I have been extremely satisfied with the way in which he has conducted the business before the court. Though we congratulate him, and it is nice to see such a man getting on, still we are exceedingly sorry to lose him. We hope that he will get on very well in Auckland, and we wish him every success.” Sub-Inspector Shanahan thanked Mr Mosjey for the expressions of goodwill. He rather regretted having to leave Christchurch, but these shifts had to be taken. ~ , Mr T. R. Saywell, public trustee tor the Greymouth district, is retiring on superannuation after 35 years’ service in the Public, Trust Office. Mr Saywell a native of Nelson, and is a Nelson College old boy, being vice-president of the Nelson Old Boys r Asspciation. Shortly after leaving college he joined the teaching profession, and was appointed first assistant master at the Thorndon School, Wellington. He joined the Public Trust Office in 1895, and was district manager in Wanganui for 12 years, assistant district public trustee in Dunedin for one year, and has occupied his present position since 1920. He has also been supervisor and chairman of the District Rural Intermediate Credit Board since its inception. Colonel T. A. Hunter, late director of dental hygiene, has been appointed to represent the dentists of New Zealand at the fiftieth anniversary of the British Dental Association, which will meet in May, and is leaving, on the Remuera, which is expected to sail at dawn to-day. The British Association asked the New Zealand Association to nominate a member to be elected to its honorary membership, and Colonel" Hunter also received this honour. Prior to his departure (says a Press Association message from Wellington) the members of the dental services throughout the Dominion presented him with a silver salver emblazoned with a medallion symbolical of the service, and two enlarged and framed portraits of himself, one of which will hang in the room of the director and the other in the Training School at Dunedin, since he was the originator and first director of the service. He also received a presentation from the headquarters of the Health Department. , , At last night’s meeting of the Green Island Borough- Council the Mayor (Mr W. T. Smellie) referred to the death of ex-Cr P. F, Bennett, who, he stated, although a young councillor 1 , had_ earned the respect of the council. The town clerk was instructed to convey the sympathy of the council to the relatives of Mr Bennett in their • bereavement. Motions of sympathy were also passed to the Mayoress (Mrs W. T. Smellie) and Cr D. Stewart, both of whom had suffered bereavements, and the council then adjourned for a short period ns a mark of respect to the deceased. At the first meeting for IC3O of the committee of the University Football Club the following motion was passed:— That the University Football Club record its deep regret at the death of Dr Irwin Hunter, who in past years rendered such signal services to the elnb as player id more recently ns eoneh, It was under Dr Hunter’s energetic and capable coach ing that the University senior team not only first achieved premiership honours, but developed a type of play whieh will long be remembered in Dunedin. His fellow players of n past generation, and the members of the teams who were under liis control, will join with the present University Club in extending the deepest sympathy to the relatives and friends of the deceased."