PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21649, 20 May 1932, Page 8

PERSONAL

Ministerial. The Postmaster-general (Mr A. Hamilton) travelled by the through express yesterday from Invercargill on his way to Wellington. ! Mr C. W. Weller, chief manager for New Zealand of the Southern Cross Assurance Company, Ltd., arrived in Dunedin from the north yesterday afternoon. Mr J. A. Hunan, M.L.C., arrived in Dunedin by the express from the south yesterday. Mr P. S. Beath travelled north by the express yesterday on a visit to Wellington.

Dr W. Main left for Wellington by the express yesterday en route to England, where he will continue his studies.

Mr W. Ellis was a passenger by yesterday’s express on his way to Wellington, where he will attend a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Master Builders’ Council.

Mr J. Calder, of Wharanui, Marlborough, who has been visiting Dunedin, left by the express yesterday on his return to the north. Cable advice has been received from London of the death of Mr Montagu Laing, a director of Messrs Sargood, Son, and Ewen, Ltd. Mr Laing has been associated with Messrs Sargood, Son, and Ewen since 1888.

Mr F. Waite arrived in Dunedin by the express from the south yesterday. Mr Colin C. Byar, who earned his pilot’s license while a pupil at the Otago Boys’ High School, . and who is the youngest air pilot in Otago, left by the express yesterday en route to England, where he intends joining the Royal Air Force. Mr W. Ritchie, who has until recently been a member of the teaching staff of the Musselburgh School, left Dunedin yesterday to take up a position at the Petone Technical School. Mr J. K. Macfie, district secretary, and Mr H. C. Williamson, D.C.R., of the Otago district, A.0.F., left Dunedin for Invercargill yesterday morning. Two well-known Dunedin singers, Misses Dorothy Sligo and Bertha Rawlinson have been successful at the Christchurch Competitions this week, Miss Sligo being placed first in the English song in the soprano section and Miss Rawlinson second in the sacred contralto solo. Mr J. Rodger, architect to the Otago Education Board, will retire shortly from the board’s service on superannuation. At yesterday’s meeting the chairman (Mr J. Wallace) said that since he had_ been on the board he had had close relations with Mr Rodger, and he could assure him that in going out. of harness he was carrying with him the best wishes of everyone who had been a member of the board. (Hear, hear.) Mr Rodger would go out on leave of absence on June 11; on October 11 he would have reached' the age of 65 years, and under the regulations he must retire from the service. The board was losing a servant who was more than a servant —he was a friend to the board, to the committees, and to all with whom he had had to work. He had a keen sense of his duty, and he had carried out that duty. Members endorsed the remarks made by the chairman. Mr Rodger said he would take that opportunity of thanking the members of the board and his fellow-employees for the consideration they had shown to him during the time he had been in the service. He had been for 30 years in the employ of the board, and from first to last his experience had heen that the board members had treated him exceptionally well, besides which, in the criticism of his work, they had been fair and generous, making his task very pleasant indeed. Mr E. H. Sharp, secretary of the Auckland Returned Soldiers’ Association, has resigned on account of ill-health. Mr. Sharp served with the Otago Regiment in France, attaining the rank of captain, and receiving the Military Cross.