PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26707, 28 February 1948, Page 6

PERSONAL

Vice-Regal • The Governor-General, Sir B +hfrtvFrevberg, officially opened the thirty fifth annual conference of the United Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen’s Association of New Zealand yesterday morning. In . the aiEternoon his TVrellencv handed privately to the hext of kin insignia, decorations, and medals t aW arded to deceased service personnel. Ladv Freyberg, attended by Miss RoseEley, was the guest of the Victoria League at a garden party held at Mount * Lodge?” Melville street. In the evening their Excellencies were Present at the Scottish national concert held in the Town Hall.

Ministerial - T he Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, accompanied by the Minister of Defence, Mr . Jones, and Mr R. Walls. M.P., visited the linseed oil factory in Dunedin yesterday They were escorted through the factory by- Sir James Fletcher. Mr Fraser expressed his appreciation to the Daily Times last evening of the attractive appearance of the factory and the surrounding gardens as well as the effective lay" out of the permanent factory. A visit was also made to the Corstorphine State " housing area. Accompanied by his daughter. Mrs H. Kemp, the Prime Minister called on Mrs Susan McFarlane, ' Dunedin’s oldest resident, who will be 103 ? j n May. Last evening, Mr Fraser attended - the Scottish concert in the Town Hah This afternoon, the Prime Minister will visit the Truby King-Harris Hospital at Anderson’s Bay. The Acting Minister of Railways, Mi Hackett, returned to Duhedin yesterday after visiting ihe scene of the railway disaster in Marlborough.

The Leader of the Opposition, Mr Holland, accompanied by his wife and daughters, will leave for Invercargill tomorrow morning. Mr Holland will then start a tc&r of Southland accompanied bv other National Party members of Parliament. He will return later in March for further centennial celebrations. Mr K Falloon. of Dunedin, has been advised by the University of New Zealand that he has been awarded the advanced accountancy prize for 1947. Mr George S. Edgar, public accountant, of Dunedin has been admitted as a member of the Dunedin Stock Exchange. The oldest operating member of the Dunedin Stock Exchange, Mr D. J. Calder, has announced his intention of retiring. He has been engaged in business in Dunedin for 59 years, of which 27 have been spent as a member of the exchange. Captain G. M. Simpson, superintendent of mercantile marine at Dunedin, has been appointed to a similar position at Auckland in succession to Captain A. Davies, who retired in December. Captain Simpson will take up his new duties . next month. . . . _ . . At a meeting of the Associated Trustee Savings Banks of New Zealand held m the Dunedin Savings Bank yesterday, Mr M. Connelly, M.L.C.. was appointed New Zealand delegate to attend the centenary conference of the South Australian Sav- •< lngs Banks at Adelaide next month. After sympathy with the relatives had • been expressed, delegates attending the annual conference of the United Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen s Association ir).-Dunedin yesterday stood in silence -'As a mark of respect to the : memory of those members whose deaths had occurred during the year. The president Mr C. O. Mathias, made special reference to the deaths of Messrs S. A. Orchard and' W. Hustler Smith, both-of whom were past United presidents who had given many years of service to the association.