PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22257, 9 May 1934, Page 8

PERSONAL

• ■» —i Dr C...H. King left recently for Morpinsville to take over a private sanatorium. Mr S. Bowman was a passenger foi Christchurch by the mid-day express yesterday. Dr and Mrs Bellinger i left by the through express yesterday for the north, en route for England. Mr G. W. Reid was a passenger bv.the through express yesterday for Wellington to attend a meeting of the Railways Board. Mr E. Michaelis left Dunedin yesterday on his return to Australia, whither he will go by the steamer Wanganella from Wellington. Major J. C. Findlater, acting, commandant of the Legion of Frontiersmen in New Zealand, arrived in Dunedin from the north yesterday afternoon. He will visit Balclutha to-morrow, and will return north on Friday. Mr A. 0. Heany, secretary of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, will arrive in Duaedin by the express from the north this afternoon. In the evening he will address a general meeting of members of the Dunedin Chamber of Comerce. _ Miss Mary Pratt, the well-known Dun edin contralto, left for Wellington by the mid-day express yesterday. Miss Pratt, will sail for Sydney by the Wanganella on May 10. A Press Association cable message from Perth states that Lord Huntingfield, the Governor-designate of Victoria, accompanied by Lady Huntingfield and their four''children, arrived at Fremantle by the.Maloja yesterday. . A Press Association message states that Archbishop Redwood will leave Wellington for Sydney by the Wanganella tomorrow, and will spend part-of the winter in Brisbane. ■ A Press Association cable message trom London states that Mr Malcolm MacDonald has 1 accepted.a unanimous invitation from the Executive Committee of the United Kingdom Branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association to represent it at the Melbourne centenary celebrations. . . , , , . Miss M. Eaton, who is about to be married, was entertained by her fellow teachers at the Union Street i School recently. In presenting her with, some articles of cut-glass, the headmaster (Mr J. Fleming), eulogised her work as a teacher, and expressed the best wishes of the staff for her future happiness. , At the Christchurch competitions, on Monday, Master Bernard Larsen _ (Dunedin) secured first place in the recitation for boys eight and under 12, and was placed third (equal) in the junior recitation for boys eight and under 12. Miss Ethel Thomas (Dunedin) was awarded third place in the recitation for girls, 12 and under 14, and in the vocal solo, soprano, own selection, the performance of Miss Lucy M'lntosh (Dunedin) was highly commended. Dr William Irving, who was one of the six members of the Board of Governors elected by members of the Christ a College Old .Boys' Association, retired from the board recently (states our correspondent), and the nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy closed on Friday last. Mr Denys Hoare was the only nominee, and has been declared elected. A meeting of representatives of the Otago and Southland Fire and Accident Underwriters' Association was held in the association rooms on Monday afternoon to bid farewell to Mr Thomas Tyrrell, Of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, on the occasion of his being transferred to his company's head office in Wellington. Mr Tyrrell has been branch manager for the company in Dunedin for the past 11 years, and was well known and highly esteenKed by his fellow underwriters. The chairman of the association (Mr H. V. Lawry), in handinjr Mr Tyrrell an attache case as a memento of hie association in the underwriting profession in Dunedin, gave expression to the regard in which Mr Tyrrell is held, congratulating him on his promotion, and extending the best wishes of those present for his future haziness and prosperity. The chairman's remarks were supplemented by several of those present.