PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22907, 15 June 1936, Page 10

PERSONAL

Mr W. F. Alexander left on Saturday on a holiday visit to Haiimer. , ~ p D r D. G. M'Millan, M.P., and Mr P. Neilson M.P., returned from Wellington bv the express on Saturday afternoon. " Mr Harold Gatty, the famous American airman, who spent the week-end in Dunedin, will leave for the north this morn'"Mr Percv Coyle.of Wellington, left on Friday bv the Monowai on a business trip F. Andrews, who has been addressing meetings of the Student ChriS Movement during the past week, will leave for the north this morning. Mr M L. Reading, who was tor some years editor of the Lyttelton .^ s . f a »f has been for the last 12 years editor of the BVisban" Telegraph, has announced hi intending retirement from, active join l, Hh m 'v. Trewby, of. the Queensland Inwirai.ee Company, Ltd., has arrived n Duncdin to take upj.is dut.es as manage of the local branch, in succession to JJi EL, White, who has been transferred to Auckland as manager. Prior to Us departure, Mr White was met by the member., of the St Clair Bowling Club, of which he has been a member for several years, and tendered a fniw-eH. The president Mr J'. J. ,™»™,.*™ others expressed regret at.his departuie and wished him all success in the future. The Union Airways liner Xor.makolett the Taieri airport .at 8.15 a.m. on Saturday for Christchurch, Blenheim and Palmerston North with Miss J. M'AnuHy or Palmerston North Mr C. B. Wong for Wellington, and Messrs 1. R. Miller and W. G. Fernie for Christchurch. The K-ion arrived at 12.50 p.m. from the forth with Mr Harold Gatty, Flight-lieu-tenant A. G. Gerrand, and Mr 1. Maurice Clarke from Palmerston North, Messrs J Trengrove and W. H. Trengrove from Christchurch. The Karoro left.at 8.15 a.m. yesterday for the north with Ml S. Kelton for Wellington and Mr W. H. Trengrove for Christchurch. The Kotuku arrived at 1 p.m. without Passengers. Dr P C. Carman, a former pupil oi the Southland Boys' High School, who later gained the degree of doctor oi philosophy when at the London University, has been appointed lecturer in applied chemistry at the Capetown University. Advice to this effect has been received by Mr A. C. Carman, of Invrecargill, father of Dr Carman. For the past two years Dr Carman, who will proceed to Capetown in August, has been attached to the explosive branch, near Glasgow, of Imperial Chemical Industries/Ltd. The fact that next month he would become a rear-admiral was mentioned by Commodore the Hon. E. R. Drummond, commanding the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, speaking at the'Annual prize night of the Roya New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Auckland on * may ni"ht. Commodore Drummond said Hint next month, age and seniority would put him over the top of the captains list, and he would become a rear-admiral. He would continue as a commodore second class ill New Zealand until his appointment expired. " I ehall become what a boy on being interviewed for the navy described as the lowest type of admiral, he concluded.