PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24421, 5 October 1940, Page 12

PERSONAL

...... Vice-regal . ; The Governor-General (Lord Galway), attended by Captain Lord Dcrmer, A.D.C., left Wellington last night for Christchurch, where his Excellency is to fulfil several engagements. - Mf S. A. Lawn left for the'north by the express yesterday morning.. >: ; Mr\'J:,D. Hunter, left for Auckland by the through express yesterday morning. ; Mr J. A. Burtcn, of.the Roxburgh Post. Office Staff, has been transferred •f,o JBaltlutha. Mr Kenneth Cameron, of Dunedm, has been unanimously elected the first life-member of the Council cf Duhedin Scottish Societies since its formation in 1925. Mr T. M. Wright, assistant district engineer of the Public Works Department at Whangarei, has been appointed residen 1 engineer. Christchurch. Sergeant-pilct A. Mee was recently entertained by residents of Brighton and surrounding district, when Mr J. McLauchlan (chairmah of the Farewell Committee) presented him with a notecase and sum of money Passengers by the .northbound plane yesterday were Mrs R, B. Lambert arid Mr A. R, Weston for Christchiirehi and Mr F. Scctt Miller and Mr'A. :L: Gatland for Wellington. Southbound passengers in the: afternoon, were Colonel Hunter. Mi*'L. J.' Pfirlebu's and Miss A. E. Stevenson from Wellington. Mr T. Fordyce '.from Auckland, and Mr R. Mac Alister from Christchurch Prior to their departure for Riccarton. Christchurch, Mr and Mrs J. N. Stewart were tendered a farewell on Wednesday night by members: of the Maori Hill Presbyterian Church Both had been members', of the congregation for. the past 16 years, for the greater Dart of which Mr Stewart had been an elder.' A presentation of an electric clock'was jnade te Mr and Mrs Stewart by the Rev A C W: Standage and Mr D 'Leslie. A presentation was also made to Mr Hector Smellie. treasurer of the church, who is shortly to be married Dr J. F. Staton conductor jl the Sheffield Choir and. for the time being examiner for ■ the Royal College of Music, has had to relinquish his examining duties in Taranaki en account of illness, and with Mrs Staton is now en route to Sydney whence they will fly to Ceylon, the next venue for his adjudicatory duties. What will happen after he- fulfils 'lis mission there Dr Staton could not say Musical matters were moist unsettled in England owing to stringent war conditions, so that after he leaves fey lon he may reutrn to New Zealand. Mr T. McFarlane has retired after 20 years' service with the Public Works Department at Auckland Mr McFarlane entered the service of the Railways Department just over 50 years ago He resigned in 1896 to taKt up private practice as a mine and land surveyor. In 1907 he ioined the engineering staff of the Auckland City Ccuncil. Two years later he transferred to the Auckland and Suburban Drainage Board. Subsequently he was again in private practice and acted for a period as engineer to the Coromandel and Bay of Islands County Councils. After joining the Public Works Department in 1920 Mr McFarlane supervised the construction of many important works.