PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21300, 2 April 1931, Page 12

PERSONAL

Mr J- S. Douglas was a passenger for Christchurch by the through express yestCMryC. Johnson left Dunedin yesterday by the' through express en route tor A passenger by the Air Travel plane . yesterday to Christchurch was Mr E. L,. Kaula, managing director in hew Zealand of the Texaco Oil Company. M r John B.ennetts, of Roxburgh, travelled from Dunedin to Oamaru by yesterday's through express. Mr James Roberts, secretary of the New' Zealand Alliance of Labour, left for Wellington by the second express yesterdaMr John Macdonald, Commissioner of Crown Lands for Southland, arrived in Dunedin yesterday on holiday leave. Mr J. Himburg. president ° fhe Ota o Rugby Referees' Association, left by the second express yesterday for Hamilton, where he will attend the annual conference of Rugby referees. r n „nnil At the meeting of the City Counci last night it was decided to grant Or Clark, who is in indifferent health, an other month’s leave of- absence. Mr W. T. Smellie, the Mayor of Green Island, in response to representations h again consented to offer himself as candidate for the office of Mayor. . Air Charles S Eade, assistant night editor of the London Daily Mirror who is at present engaged on a world tom, arrived in Dunedin yesterday afternoon. Mr J. W. Furrie, assistant postmaster at Dunedin, who has been promoted to the position of assistant postmaster at the General Post Office, Wellington, was presented by the combined Post and Telegraph staffs of the Chief Post Office, Dunedin, with a travelling bag and other articles, and also a bag for Mrs Furrie. .M■ • P. P. Clouston, chief postmaster, in making the presentations, referred to Mr Furrie’s capabilities and wished him every success in his new position. Messrs Hope Whinray, M‘Lean, Martin. Gladding,’and Orr also spoke. Mr Furrie, in repfv, thanked the officers for their gi to himself and Mrs Furrie,. and expressed his appreciation of the assistance he had ahvays received whilst stationed at Dun edin He also referred to the goodwill which existed between the various branches of the-service. in the Dunedin Chief Post Office. ■ , Mr St J. J. Dunne, who has been accountant in the Post Office Savings Bank at Christchurch for the last seven years, and who has been promoted to be accountant in the Wellington office, was honoured bv the Management Committee or the Canterbury Rugby Union on Tuesday night Mr Dunne was a member of that committee until early this year and hi 3 qualities of hard work and loyalty to the game of Rugby were stressed by the speakers. Reminiscences of the days when Mr Dunne was treasurer of the Otago Rugby Union were told by Messrs b. h • Wilson and A. Dey. Mr Dunne thanked the members for their kindness, and stated that his work with them had been- a pleaSU Last Friday evening, Miss Beeby, who has been on the teaching staff ot the Berwick School for the past two years, and who has been transferred to Kananui, was entertained by the residents at a social and dance in the Public Hall. Mr Wither occupied the chair, and on behalf of the residents presented Miss Beeby with a rug and a case of teaspoons and afternoon tea forks. On behalf 01 the Lawn Tennis-Club. Mr Wither asked Miss Beeby to accept a box of handkerchiefs. The chairman referred in complimentary terms to the work done by Miss Beeby on behalf of the Farmers Union and the Lawn Tennis Club, and Mr Lyall spoke of her excellent qualities as a teacher. Miss Beeby, in returning thanks for the gifts, expressed her regret at leaving Berwick, where she had spent such a happy time and had made many On Tuesday afternoon, at the office of the South British Insurance Company, Ltd., the staff assembled to bid farewell to Mr F. H. Carr, manager of the Otago and Southland branches, who is retiring after long service with the company. Mr G. S. Warwick, on behalf of the staffs of Dunedin, Invercargill, and Oamaru, presented Mr Carr with a small memento as a mark of the esteem in which he was held and wished him many years in which to enjoy his retirement. Mrs Carr was also the recipient of a suitable gift. Mr Carr suitably replied, sincerely thanking the members of the staff for their kind sentiment and practical expression of goodwill.