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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23887, 15 August 1939, Page 10

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Ministerial The Minister of Defence and Post-master-general (Mr F. Jones) was engaged yesterday on departmental business, and he also paid a visit to the Otago Boys' High School. This morning the Minister will officially open the new assembly hall at the King's High School. Mr P. Neilson. M.P., left yesterday morning for Wellington. Mr A. E. Ansell left for Wellington by the express yesterday morning. Mr Justice Smith will return from Invercargill this evening. a.id will preside at a sitting of the Supreme Court to-morrow. Mr C. E. Beckingsal-J was a passenger by the express for the north yesterday morning, en route tc Wellington. Mr S. J. Smiley, who har been transferred to the Oamaru Post Office, left by the express yesterday to take up his new duties. Professor W. C. Johnstone, of the George Washington University, left by the express for the north yesterday to connect with the Monterey for the United States of America. He was accompanied by Mrs Johnstone. Dr P. P. Lynch has retired from the position of honorary secretary to the Wellington Division of the Cancer Campaign Society, after having held the position for 10 years. He has been replaced by Dr K. B. Bridge.

Captain L. Vaughan Morgan, formerly second naval member of the New Zealand Naval Board, has been appointed to command the Royal Sovereign in the 2nd Battle Squadron. Home Fleet, in succession to Captain J. W. S. Dorling. Passengers for the north by air yesterday morning included Miss M. Farquhar for Wellington. Southbound nassengers in the afternoon were Messrs J. D. Paterson and J. R. Campbell from Palmerston North. Messis Stronach Paterson and N. Goodman from Wellington, and Messrs H. T Tidswell. G. A. Montgomery. S. Fitches and R. Laidlaw from Christchurch. Two nominees for the New Zealand 1939 Rhodes scholarship from Auckland University College (says a Press Association message) have been selected bv the Professorial Board. They are: Paul Woodford Day. aged 22, and Murray William Speight, aged 20. Both have had distinguished scholastic, administrative, and snorts careers. Reference to the illness of the Prime Minister (Mr M. J. Savage) was made bv the Mayor (Mr A. H. Allen) at a meeting of the Dunedin City Council last evening. Mr Savage had undergone a very serious operation, and it was very gratifying that he was making such a good recovery. " His condition must have been due in a large measure to his devotion to duty and the personal sacrifices he has made in the course of that duty." the Mayor said. He added that he had written to the Acting Prime Minister (Mr P. Fraser) before Mr Savage's operation, and to Mr Savage himself after it. Crs W. B. Taverner and H. L. Gibson endorsed the Mayor's remarks, and Cr Gibson paid a warm tribute to the Otago Daily Times leading article on the subject of the Prime Minister's illness.

Mr D. M. Davin, M.A. (N.Z.). B.A. (Oxon). who, it was announced recently, has passed his final degree examination at Oxford with first-class honours, is the second son of Mr and Mrs P. Davin, of Invercargill, and is a former pupil of the Marist primary and high schools, where he qualified for a scholarship to Sacred Heart College. Auckland. At the end of two years at the college Mr Davin won a University National Scholarship and continued his course at the Otago University. In 1933 he completed his 8.A.. gaining first place in Otago in Advanced English and Latin, and a senior scholarship for New Zealand in Latin. The next year he completed his M.A. with first-class honours in English, and in 1935 he won the James Clark prize with honours in Latin at the Otago University. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1936. and has been at Oxford since completing his degree work. Mr Davin has been a brilliant linguist throughout his course and his first in Litteras Humariores at Oxford is a fitting climax to his studies. Mr Davin.is at present tutor aj Balliol College. Oxford, and his M.A. degree and Drofessorship are expected to follow in due course.