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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26176, 12 June 1946, Page 6

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Mr John Andrew left yesterday for Wellington. Lieutenant-colonel R. B. Whitehead, of Oamaru, arrived in Auckland yesterday by the Port Dunedin from England. Mr M. Connelly, M.L.C., left yesterday for Wellington to attend the annual conference of the New Zealand Fire Boards’ Association to-day. The chairman of the Otago Harbour Board (Mr W. R. Clarke) left by the express yesterday on his way to Wellington.

Mr A. H. Allen left yesterday for Wellington to attend a meeting of the National Patriotic Fund Board, and will subsequently go on to Auckland. Mr E. Partridge principal of the Dunedin Training College, left yesterday for Wellington to attend the first meeting of the newly constituted Council for Educational Research.

Mr S. B. Smith (Dunedin) and Mr H. .J. Farrant (Invercargill) left yesterday morning to attend a conference of the Disabled Soldiers' Re-establishment League in Wellington. Mr Justice Kennedy yesterday admitted Mr Harold Lex Aspinall as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court. The motion for admission was moved by Mr Ralph R. Aspinall. Mr Peter Dawson, the well-known baritone, will shortly make a tour of the Dominion under the auspices of Begg’s Celebrity Artists. The tour will open in Wellington on July 8. Mr W. P. Hay, formerly postmaster at Rawene, who has been appointed inspector of post offices at Dunedin, has taken up his new duties, replacing Mr S. Dickens, who has been transferred to Wanganui. „ _ . _ ... Messrs F. J. Fraser, E. H. Ewing W. C. Reilly. W. D. Allan, and H. C. Williamson left yesterday for Wellington to attend the annual meeting of the New Zealand Fruit and Produce Auctioneers Federation. Mr Williamson will go on to Auckland after the conference. Reference to tire presumed death on active service of a member of the executive Flight Lieutenant M. R. Greenslade, was made by the president Mr J.S. Skinner, at the annual meeting of the Otago Aero Club last night. Members stood in silence as a mark of respect. Warm appreciation of the services rendered to the club during the past 12 years by Mr J. J. Marlow, as president and an executive member, was expressed by the president, Mr J. S. Skinner, at the annual meeting of the Otago Aero Club last night. It was decided to send Mr Marlow a suitable minute and to advise the City Council of the excellent service Mr Marlow had given as its representative on the Cl Mr M. Digby Roberts, of Feilding, who went to Britain in 1937 to train with the Royal Air Force, has returned (says a Press Association message from Wellington) to take up the position of public relations officer with the United Kingdom High Commissioner in Wellington. At the end of the war, Mr Roberts was senior officer in charge of airline traffic administration for the East India-Burma af Mr A. M. Broderick, New Zealand attorney for the Commercial Bank of Australia and its Wellington manager for nine vears. has been appointed attorney for the Bank of New South Wales and manager at Sydney He will leave for Australia at the end of July and will be succeeded at Wellington by Mr P. W Jackson, who has been manager of the bank’s London office for seven years. M Jackson is expected to arrive at Welling ton early next month. nunThp Executive Committee of the uun edin Returned Services’ Association decided at its fortnightly meeting last night to send to Mr N. H. Colquhoun. the retiring district vice-president of the New Zealand Retrned Services’ Association for Otago and Southland, a letter of appreciation of the able, manner in which he had carried out his duties. Mr W E. Earnshaw, who was elected to the post tion at the annual conference, was congratulated on his appointment. Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park was elected patron of the Otago Aero at the annual meeting of the club last nisht. The president, Mr J. S. sKinner. said the club had had only one patron, the late Mr Charles Todd, who had presented the club with its first ground, and since his death some years ago the position had remained vacant as the committee considered that the honour should not be lightly conferred. Sir Keith. Park, Dunedin’s most illustrious airman, had now graciously accepted the office. . Mr C. R. McLean, who retired from tne Executive Committee of the Dunedin Returned Services’ Association at the recent annual meeting, was met by the members of the new Executive Committee last night at an informal function, and was presented with an illuminated address by the president, Mr S. P. Cameron, on behalf of the members. High appreciation was expressed of the services given to the association by Mr McLean, who was a member of the first Executive Committee in 1916. He served continuously until 1921, and was treasurer in 1920. He was also elected a member continuously from 1940 to 1945. and was president in 1942. Passengers who left for the north by air yesterday were: Mr R. J. Lamb, Mr G Mooney, Mr L. Cockerill, and Mr C. Lucas for Auckland: Mr J. F. Fraser, Mr J. A Race, Mr L. J. Luff. Mrs A. Grundy, and Mr H. A. Prebble for Wellington: Mr L S Beath Mr P. Frampton, Mr J R Glover, Mrs J R- Glover. Mr J. Brown for Christchurch. Those who arrived by air from the north were: Dr R. Mcllroy, Mr D. A Barker, Mr G. R. Pollock, and Mr II A. Milne from Auckland; Mr W, Noble from Palmerston North; Mr and Mrs G. E. Russell from Wellington; Mr G. Britton from Christchurch. Passengers for the south were: Mrs V. Finn, Miss M. Finn, Mrs L. S. Dyer, Mrs J. Steel. Mr G. C. Holden, and Mr and Mrs A. M. Galt.