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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22743, 2 December 1935, Page 10

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' Mr G. Benson travelled by Saturday’s express from Dunedin to Christchurch. Dr Doris Gordon, of Stratford, is at present on a visit to Dunedin. Mr James Begg returned to Dunedin on Saturday afternoon from a visit to Wellington. Mr E. Ottrey, of Heriot, arrived in Dunedin on Saturday morning by the express from the south. Mr T. O’Byrne, M.L.C., arrived in Dunedin on Saturday morning from Invercargill. * Mr W. C. Denham, the newly-elected member for Invercargill, arrived in Dunedin on Saturday morning by the through express.

Mr E. C. Hands, general manager, and Mr H. D. Vickery, chairman of the New Zealand Broadcasting Board, arrived in Dunedin on Saturday afternoon from the north. Their visit is in connection with the official opening of the new 4YA transmitting station, which takes place tonight. The following members of the new Parliament will leave Dunedin by the express this morning for the north, en route to Wellington:—Messrs J. W. Munro (Dunedin North), F. Jones (Dunedin South), P. Neilson (Dunedin Central), Dr D. G. M'Millan (Dunedin West), Messrs A. Campbell (Chalmers), W. C. Denham (Invercargill), and the Rev. A. H. Nordmeyer (Oamaru). Captain P. W. G. Spiers, M.C., of the Ist Battalion, Otago Regiment, was a passenger by Saturday’s express for the north, en route to Wellington. He will attend an investiture at Government House this evening to receive the insignia of the order of M.8.E., with which he was honoured in His Majesty’s last birthday list

Colonel J. L. Sleeman is expected to arrive in New. Zealand early in January, snd has been booked to leave Wellington for Sydney by the Wanganella on February IS. Colonel Sleeman, who is now chief commissioner of the St. John Ambulance Brigades Overseas, is to combine pleasure with business, and will take occasion to visit and inspect the various brigades throughout the Dominion so far as time will permit. Colonel Sleeman is no stranger to New Zealand. A distinguished officer in the British Army, he was wounded early in the Great War, and in 1916 was loaned to New Zealand by the British Government as director of military training, and remained in this country in that capacity until 1920, when he returned to England. Mr A. M‘Neil, senior inspector to the Canterbury Education Board, will retire at the end of January, after 40 years’ educational experience in the Dominion. His successor will be Mr W. A. Service, senior inspector to the Otago Education Board. Mr M'Neil was born in Southland and educated at Southland primary schools and Otago University, of which he is a graduate. It is a coincidence that Mr Service has three times succeeded Mr M'Neil in important educational positions. He, too, is a Southlander and a graduate of Otago University. For some time he was a lecturer at the Christchurch Teachers’ Training College, and then he took over Mr M'Neil’s position on the Southland staff of inspectors. Again he followed Mr M'Neil as senior inspector in Southland, and now he will take over Mr M'Neil’s duties as senior inspector to the Canterbury Education Board.