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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25175, 16 March 1943, Page 2

PERSONAL

It was reported at the meeting of the City Council last night that the chief sanitary inspector, Mr E. J. King, would retire on'May 2. Major J N. Irwin, district commandant of the W.A.A.C. for the Southern "Military District, arrived in Dunedin yesterday on a visit to the local fortress area. , Mr J. R. Luff was re-elected chairman of the Dunedin Manufacturers’ Association Footwear Group at a meeting of the executive yesterday.. Mr A. W. Lilly was a passenger yesterday for Christchurch, where, in collaboration with his brother, Mr Arthur Lilly, he will give an organ recital in St. Paul's Church, Mr R. H. Miles, chairman of the Council of the New Zealand Amateur Swimrqing Association, who has been visiting Dunedin, will leave this morning on his return ‘to Christchurch. Passengers who arrived from the north by the airliner yesterday were: Mesdames W. Barber and L. B. Rogers from Auckland, Messrs L. C. Hazlett, A. G. Hewitt, Herrick, and Hudson ■ from Wellington, and Mr F. Williams from Christchurch. The members of the Industrial Manpower Committee—Messrs M, 'W. Grantham (chairman), H. H. Gillard, S. D. Macpherson, 'and'W. J. Mathers (secretary)—Will '..'leave to-morrow morning to hear appeals at Milton and Invercargill. They will return on Friday. Mrs R. S. Black', president of ,the Townswomen’s Guild, and a former mayoress of the city, has been approached to accept nomination as a women’s candidate for Dunedin West at the forthcoming election. In response to an inquiry by a Daily Times reporter yesterday, Mrs Black said she had not yet definitely made a decision in the matter.