PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21021, 9 May 1930, Page 10

PERSONAL.

Mr J. E. Macassey was a passenger for Timaru by the second express yesterday. Mr Justice Kennedy will leave for Invercargill during the week-end to preside over the quarterly sessions of the Supreme Court, which will begin on Monday. Mr P. E. Tyson has been appointed local. manager of the New Zealand Shipping Company as from June 1. Sir John Roberts, Messrs C. W. Rattray, 6. R, Ritchie, and S. K. Sleigh left Dunedin by the second express yesterday on their way to Wellington. Mr J, H. C. Bond, Dominion superintendent, and a director of the New- Zealand Shipping Company, is in Dunedin on matters affecting the' company’s interests. .. .' -i , , Mr W. A. Smith, who attended the jubilee celebrations of the Waikouaiti School at Easter, left Dunedin' by the second express: yesterday on the return journey to Gisborne. During the absence of the Rev. V. G. Bryan King in England, Mr James Beecot has been appointed. as missioner and secretary to the Mission House, Dunedin.' The. appointment of Mr Alfred WyneSs as acting Czechoslovak Consul af Wellington is gazetted (states a Press Association telegram from Wellington). A Wellington '‘Press Association message states that the directors of the Press Association have appointed Mr A. B. Lane, news editor of the Christchurch Times and Star, manager of the association, in succession to Mr W. H. Atack, whose approaching retirement was recently announced. Since his recent illness, Dt.J. H. Crawshaw has decided to retire from the position of direct officer of health- in Dunedin, and advice has been received that he will be succeeded by Dr Duncan Cook,' of Dunedin. Dr Cook, who is at present medical pathologist at the Medical School, is a son of the late Mr J.’Cook, of the firm of Messrs Stevenson and Cook, Port Chalmers. . ; At the conclusion of the Rotorua Borough Council’s meeting on Wednesday night the Deputy Mayor (Mr G. Urquhart), on behalf of the councillors, presented the Mayor . (Mr T. Jackson) with a chain of office as .a mark of appreciation of the manner in which he had carried out the duties of the position and of his. appointment as chairman of the Municipal Conference. Mr 1 L. J. Schmitt, who has recently been. appointed. New Zealand Trade-and Tourist Commissioner to'.Australia, has been in Dunedin during the past two days for the purpose of interviewing firms interested in the export trade to Australia, Mr Schmitt was entertained at morning tea at the Savoy by the executive of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday morning. He was also interviewed by the executive of the Otago Expansion League relative to matters concerning the tourist resorts of this district. He left for Invercargill by last evening’s express. On Tuesday evening last a social gathering, representative of the various organisations of the Maori Hill Presbyterian Church, met in the Sim Street Hall to bid farewell to Mr J. S. Park, who is leaving the district to take up a position in ’Wellington. During the course of the evening, Mr J. Hogg,, after referring to Mr Park’s excellent work as church treasurer, presented. him, on behalf of the office-bearers, choir, and Sunday school staff, with a wristlet watch and a set of military brushes. Several other speakers bore, testimony to Mr Park’s character and work in the various spheres of the church’s life; 1 Mr Park .suitably responded. During the evening interesting competitions were engaged in, and solos were rendered very acceptably by Mrs J. L. Gregory, Messrs' H. Harvey and A. M’Dowell, Mr C.-A, Martin being the accompanist.