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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21537, 8 January 1932, Page 8

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Ministerial. The Prime Minister (Mr G. W. Forbes) will return to Wellington either at the end of this week or the beginning of the next. He has been on holiday since before Christmas. The Minister of Public Works (Mr J. G. Coates) is expected to return to Wellington early next week after spending a holiday in the north. Tho Postmaster-general (Mr A. Hamilton) passed through Dunedin yesterday on his way to Wellington. Mr D. Jones has not yet relinquished his portfolio of Agriculture, consequent upon hie defeat at the general election. It is understood that his resignation will be effected withfn the next few days.

Lieutenant Elworthy, R.N., returned to Wellington yesterday morning. Sergeant Moore, of the Kaitangata police, left yesterday morning for Christchurch on transfer, Mr Leslie Harris arrived in Dunedin yesterday by the through express from the north. Mr J. S. Sinclair returned to Dunedin yesterday from the north. Mr J. J. Fleming, of the Dunedin Training College staff, has been appointed headmaster of the Albany Street School. Messrs T, P. Williamson, C. W. Harris and Alexander Walker will leave by car to-day on a visit to the West Coast; Mr James H. Potter, of Auckland, secretary of the New Zealand Master Grocers’ Fedenation, who has been on a visit to Invercargill, arrived in Dunedin last evening, and will leave for the north this morning. Mr J. A. Johnson, ex-principal of the Teachers’ Training College, Hobart, arrived in Dunedin by the first express yesterday. Mr Johnson is well known in Dunedin, having been a member of the Forbury and High Street Schools’ teaching staffs. He intends to spend a brief holiday with his relations. The Rev. Alexander A. Murray, for 23 years pastor in Auckland of the St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church and tho United Evangelical Church, left Christchurch during 1931, after some months’ preaching in that city, for America. He has recently received the degree of doetor of divinity at the Central University of Philadelphia. Dr Murray’s thesis for tho examination was entitled “The Jew in Prophecy,” Dr Murray received his training at the Presbyterian Theological College and the University of Otago, Senior Sergeant H. Martin, who has been transferred to Dunedin from Ashburton, where he has been stationed for the past 10 years, was recently approached by members of the legal profession in the northern town and made the recipient of a presentation, several speakers expressing their high appreciation of the excellent relations which had always existed between Senior Sergeant Martin and those members of the profession with whom he came in contact. They also paid tribute to his unremitting zeal in the carrying out of his duties. The Ashburton justices of the peace, members of the police force, and the Ashburton court staff also made a presentation to Senior Sergeant Martin, all speakers _ referring to his high qualities as a police officer and the cordial relations which had always existed between himself and the officials and men with whom he was in daily contact. At a special practice of the St. Hilda Band on Wednesday night reference was made to the death of Mr Andrew 11. Nelson, who for over 20 years had been a member of the band. The conductor (Mr J. Dixon) expressed the feelings of members of the band when he said that, in addition to being a player of great ability, Mr Nelson had possessed personal characteristics which had won for him the respect and friendship of all. He had been chairman of the committee for many years and had performed valuable and conscientious work on behalf of the band—work which had helped immensely towards the successes which the band had attained. Respected by all his fellowbandsmen, and, in fact, by bandsmen throughout New Zealand, he was a man of sterling character and set a fine example to young bandsmen, The members of the band stood in silence as a mark of respect to his memory. The burial took place at the Anderson’s Bay Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon, members of the St. Hilda Band and other bands of the city following the cortege to the grave.