PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21018, 6 May 1930, Page 10

PERSONAL.

Mr A. J. Cooper travelled by yesterday’s express from Dunedin to Christchurch.

Accompanied by Mr A. Matson, Flyingofficer Hi L. Piper, piloting hie de-Souter monocoupe plane, left the Green Island aerodrome yesterday morning on hia return to Christchurch .

At last night's meeting of the St. Kilda Borough Council motions of sympathy with the relatives of Messrs Crosby Smith and’J. B. Dick (a former town clerk of the borough), were carried, the members standing m silence. Mr A. Wyness has been appointed managing director of His Master’s Voice (N.Z.), Ltd., as successor to Mr E. J, Hyams,, who has left for England. Sir Truby King left Wellington • for - Sydney, by the Uhmaroa on'Friday, and from there he will g 6 to England. His daughter. Miss Truby King,-is travelling with him. The trip may extend to eight mopths. ■ Our special correspondent in Wellington states that Mr T. D. H. Hall, clerk of the House of Representatives, was yes* terday admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court by the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers), on' the motion of Mr A, Fair, K.O. Messrs W. K. Dallas and I. H. V. Inwood, of the Horticultural Division of the Agricultural Department, Dunedin* have received instructions to proceed to the North Island. The former goes *to the Massey College, Palmerston North, and the latter is transferred to Wellington. Archbishop Wrights, Primate of Au&v traliA, who is proceeding to England to attend the Lambeth Conference, is a passenger on the Aorangi, which arrived from Sydney yesterday (wires our Auckland correspondent). When the liner sails for Vancouver he will be joined by Mrs Wright, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs 6. W. Warren, of Hawke’s Bay.

Mr P. J. Eeoleton, formerly postmaster at Akaroa, and now in charge of the Riverton Post Office, has just recovered from a Serious illness in a Dunedin private hospital. He will return to Riverton at the end-of this week..

Captain D. M. Hatfield, who has been marine superintendent in Australia for the Canadian National Steamship Company during the past six and a-half years, has been transferred to a similar position at Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is a. through passenger by the Aorangi from Sydney (telegraphs our Auckland correspondent). Captain D. Todd, who was in command' of the freighter Waiotapu for some time and who recently retired from the Union Steam Ship Company’s service, is visiting Dunedin. He will leave by to-day’s express for the north on his way to Sydney, where he will reside. At the meeting of the committee of the Otago Rugby Union last night, the chairman (Mr H, Harris) made reference to the death of Dr Harrison.- He said that Dr Harrison had represented Otago in 1907, and had been a member of their Committee of Management in 1020. When he left Dunedin he had become a member of the Vincent Sub-union and had done a lot of useful work for country fottball. He was sure he was voicing the feeling of every member of the committee in deploring the loss occasioned by the death of Dr Harrison. He would move that a letter of sympathy be sent to the relatives of the deceased. The motion was carried in silence. •

At the fortnightly meeting of tho St. Kilda Borough Council last night, the Mayor (Air J. Beattie), refereriag to the death of Mr J. H. Hancock, said that everyone knew the active part which Air Hancock bad taken in the affairs of the Ocean Beach Domain Board. Indeed, he might well be known as the grand old man of the St. Kilda Beach, for his heart and soul had always Been in the building up of the beach and improving the Ocean Beach Domain. Cr E. Longworth, the St Kilda representative on the Ocean Beach Domain Board, supported the Mayor’s remarks, and said that Mr Hancock's death meant a’loss not only to the board but to the city and Suburbs generally. As_ chairman of the board he had given of his best, and be put his heart and soul into the work. Since retiring from active business be had devoted the whole of his time to improving the beach, and his labours bad been the means of safeguarding not only St. Kilda but the whole of the fiat. A motion of condolence with the relatives of Air Hancock was carried, the councillors standing in silence.