PERSONAL

Otago Witness, Issue 3889, 25 September 1928, Page 35

PERSONAL

The appointment of Mr J. J. Marlow as a member of the Duned'n South Licensing Committee has been gazetted. Mr Frederick de Malmanche. oi The Charles Haines Advertising Agency. Ltd., who has been in Dunedin for the past eight months, has returned to Wellington. Bro. Higgins, who has been ou the stall of the Christian Brothers’ School for the past 14 years, left for Sydney on Thursday on Sir Walter Stringer, who arrived in Dunedin on Saturday, presided over the sittings of the War Pensions Appeal Board, which commenced yesterday. -ar J. Horn, M.P., was re-elected as the representative of the Technical College managers on the Otago Education Board at the meeting of the board on Thursday. The Gazette issued last week announces the appointment of Mr J. G. L. Hewitt, S.M., as president of the Assessment Court. A telegram from Wellington reports that Mr J. H. Gilmour has resigned from the position of general secretary of the United Political organisation. A cable message from Montreal states that Mr W. Nosworthy,. member for Ashburton, will leave San Francisco for New Zealand on October 3. Mr Warwick Braithwaite, of Dunedin, has been appointed to the position of conductor of the National Welsh Symphony Orchestra at Cardiff. Mr Roy Spackman. who has been appointed organist and choirmaster of Knox Church, arrived from Napier on Thursday afternoon. He assumed his new duties on Sunday. Air C. L. Pettit, chief clerk in the office of the North Island divisional superintendent of railways, Auckland, has been promoted to the position of chief train control officer, Christchurch. Dr S. B. Strain returned to Dunedin on Saturday from Christchurch, where he had been attending the funeral of his brother. Mr Percy Strain, who died on Tuesday. Mr W. A. Loye, of the Dunedin branch of Messrs J. Hott, Ltd., has received advice of his transfer to the head office of that organisation, and will take up his duties m Wellington early this week. The Health Department reported to the Education Board on Thursday that Dr Grace Stevenson had been appointed school medical officer in place of Dt Champtaloup, who had been transferred to Auckland.

Professor J. P. Grossman, professor of history at Auckland University College has been granted leave of absence. for the remaining lecture period of the present year, owing to illness. Mr J. O Shearer 8.A., will lecture in his place The only nomination received to fill the extraordinary vacancy on the Canterbury Agricultural College Board of Governors, caused through the retirement of Mr John Studholme, was that of Mr H. A. Knight, of Racecourse Hill. No election will' therefore, be necessary. Mr A. M. G. Christie, at present chief clerk at Oamaru railway station, has b en advised of his transfer on promotion *n Dunedin as assistant station mastr. Mr W. Hartley, assistant station master at Auckland, has been ’■romoted to the position of station master at Oama-u. The resignation of Dr L. H Booth of his position of resident nv-dieal officer Pleasant .Valley Sanatorium, has been received and accepted by the Otago Hospital Board Sanatorium Committee and at his request he is to be relieved 'from duty, if possible, on November 20. The following members of the Caversham Women’s St John Ambulance Class have been successful in their examinations: —Mesdames V. Crawford. S. Homer Keach. Mason, M'Tamney, Misses E. Brough, Al. Davidson, and Al. Harrington. « Sydney papers refer tn his Grace Archbishop Redwood, of Wellington, as an outstanding figure at the Eucharistic Congress, his record in having been a Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church for over 54-years, being acclaimed a remarkable nn-. a w ' ; . !Vd man. his G”n o nmt in- — old.friends from overseas at the congress.

lhe Rev. Clyde Carr has received word from Mr W. Nash general secretary of the New Zealand Labour Party, of his appointment as organiser for the party in Dunedin. Mr Carr will leave shortly for Dunedin to begin organisation work in anticipation of the general election, and later he will go t > Timaru to conduct his own election campaign. Mr Ken Clark, who had been handicapper and a member of the Hagley Golf Club (Christchurch) was tendered a farewell by the members of the club on the eye of his departure to take -up the position of manager of the Burnside Freezing Works. Mr E. J. Ross said that Mr been- a very valuable member of the club, and had held the position of captain of the Russley section. He had made an appropriate finish at the Hagley Club by winning the championship. A resident of Temuka has received a letter £rom Mr Donald Macdonald, of Edendale, who states that he is in receipt of a communication from Sir Harry Lauder, in which the well-known Scottish comedian- states that he contemplates spending Christmas at Edendale, with Mr Macdonald, in fulfilment of a promise made on the occasion of his last visit to the Dominion. Sir Harry states he is looking forward to the fishing and to renewing old acquaintances in Southland. Sir Harry expects to leave London in the middle of November, arriving in Wellington just before Christmas. Mr R. B. Loudon, who captained the New South Wales Rugby football team which is at present in New Zealand, was born in Canterbury, his father having been manager of the Bank of New Zealand, at Leeston, for many years. Mr R B. Loudon’s brothers, Jack and Derby, will be remembered by schoolboys of 15 years ago as enthusiastic cricketers and footballers in Christ College teams (says the Press). Dr Derby Loudon, of Macquarrie street, Sydney, was with the Sydney University football team visiting New Zealand a few years ago, and this is the second time Mr R. B. Loudon has visited New Zealand with representative football teams from New South Wales. Dr Drennan forwarded to Tuesday’s meeting of the University Council his resignation of the chair of pathology, having been appointed professor of pathology in Queen’s University, Belfast. The vicechancellor (Air W. J. Morrell) said it was a matter of regret that they were to lose Dr Drennan’s services. During his time at the University he had conferred distinction on the chair he held. At the same time, it was a matter of gratifica tion that one of their professors should receive au important appointment _at Home. It was decided to accept Dr Drennan’s resignation as from January 31 next, and a suitable minute will be drawn up at a later date for inclusion in the council’s proceedings. The lady superintendent of the Auckland Hospital, Aliss A Taylor, will retire on superannuation at the end of the year, after 30 years’ s rvice as a nurse in various parts of New Zealand. She has been superintendent at Auckland for 10 years. Miss Taylor commenced nursing as a probationer at the Christchurch Public Hospital in 1399. and remained there until 1910. She was then appointed a sister at the Auckland Hosnital, being acting-matron in 1912. In the following year she was appointed matron at the Waihi Hospital. After four years’ service at Waihi, Miss Taylor enlisted for var service and spent 15 months overseas. Returning to the Dominion, she took up her position at Auckland. Mrs Huxtable, who has retired from the service of Messrs Brown, Ewing, ko., by whom she was employed for 29 years in charge o f the droesmakin” department, was the rec pi nt of three presentations frsm the firm and the staff as a mark of the •min v. h : ch «h was held and as a reminder of her long asso elation with the business. Ou behali oi the directors the manager presented her with a cheque for a substantial stun, and she was also the recipient of a handsome ladys handbag and a-i eiderdown quilt from the workroom staff and the shop assistants respeciiv-flv Annrer : a.t:v» references were made to-the excellent manner in which Mrs Huxtable had at ways discharged her responsib’e du'ies and to the happy relations that had existed between her and the other m-in-kers of the staff.

Mr F. W. Marris, manager of the Bank ot New South Wales in Dunedin for some years past, who has been promoted to the position of assistant inspector of the bank for Hew Zealand, with headquarters at \v elhngton, was invited to meet a number m clients of rhe bank at the office of Alessrs W. Scoular and Co., Ltd., on Friday. Mr John Aloloney, in presenting Air Alarris with two travelling rugs and a case of pipes, said that they were sorry to lose Mr Marris. but they congraulated him on his promotion. He wished both Air Alarris and his wife good fortune, long life, and happiness in their new sphere. Mr Moloney’s remarks were ab supported by Mr J. Sutherland Ross and Air Vv . r. Edmond. Mr Marris, in repiv ing, thanked those present for their gifts and said he appreciated very much the remarks that had been made about him It was a great satisfaction for him to know that he had the goodwill of the clients of the bank. He had been veiv happy in Dtmedin, and was genuiimh sorry to leave. Opportunity was taken to welcome Air C. W. Cox, who has been appointed successor to Mr Marris After having been 33 years in the Police Force, Senior Sergeant Ryan, who -for the past three years has been in charge of the Mount Cook Station. Wellington, has retired from active service. Senior Sergeant Ryan has had a varied and interesting career. He started work at the age of 17 in the coal mines at Bridgeford, Cape Breton, but later the same year he went to sea, and the following years were packed full of interest for him. At one time he was on the Rotomahana. the ..“Greyhound of the Pacific.” and he was on the Wairarapa when she was wrecked at Great Barrier Island Among those who lost their lives hi the Wairarapa wreck were the senior sergeant’s , wife aniT mother. . Subsequently, after having been on the Manapouri. he joined the Police Force. After being stationed in Wellington five years, four of which were, spent at the wharf station, he went to Kumara for 11 years, after which he was promoted to the rank of sergeant and transferred to Auckland. Four years in Reefton followed, and then six years as' senior sergeant at Westport.At the end of that period-lie returned

to Wellington, where he had been for the past three years. The schoolroom at Cargill Road Methodist Church was crowded to the doors to say farewell to Dr Clifiord James and Mrs James, who left Dunedin yesterday en route for the Solomon Islands, where Dr James will be engaged as a medical missionary in connection with the Methodist Church. A large number assembled at the station to say good-bye. The departing guests were both active members of the Cargill Road Methodist Church. Mrs James was the co-leader of the Young Women’s Bib*e class, while Dr James had been organist of the church and leader of a very successful junior endeavour society. A short musical programme was provided, and farewell addresses were made by several church workers. The Rev. W. B. Scott then presented to the departing guests, on behalf of the congregation, a wadet of notes to be expended by Dr James on materials that would be required fnr his work in the hospital. Dr James made a brief and suitable reply. The mission party will leave Auckland in the Maratt-a for Sydney on October 12, en route to their destination, accompanied by the Rev. W. A. Sinclair, general secretary for the New Zealand Alethodist Foreign Mission Board. Already two beds have been endowed in the new hospital that will be under the control of Dr James. Mr C. J. Ronaldson, manager of the Christchurch branch of the National Bank, has announced his retirement from the service of the bank, on pension, in December next. Air Ronaldson joined the bank’s service 50 years ago at Tokomairiro, now known as Milton. Tne greater portion of Mr Ronaldson’s time with the bank was spent in the Dunedin branch. After spending some time in the Invercargill branch he was appointed manager of the Christchurch branch in 1917. In Christchurch (savs the Press) the progress of the branch under Mr Ronaldson’s management is well known. Not the least of the results of his management was the shifting from the North Island to the South Island of the record for the highest profit-earnng branch of the bank in the Dominion —a record held by the Christchurch branch for severed years past. Air Ronaldson conies of pioneering stock. His father, the late Rev. William Ronaldson, an Anglican minister, landed in Wellington in 1844. having previously landed in Sydney in 1839. It is a noteworthy coincidence that Air Ronaldson’s service with the bank has been practically coterminus with that of the general manager, Mr G. W. AlTntosh Alessrs AlTntosh and Ronaldson are the two oldest officers in the bank’s service. After his retirement, Air Ronaldson intends to continue to reside in Christchurch. He will be succeeded in the managership of the Christchurch branch of the bank by the assistant manager, Mr J. S. Middleton, who has been in the Christchurch office for many years.

The Alayor (Air W. B. Taverner) has received an inquiry from Australia with regard to the whereabouts of two ladies at one time resident in Dunedin. Their names are' Ellen Amy Loader and Alary Sherring Loader. It is stated that these ladies resided in Dunedin some 30 years ago. Air Taverner would be obliged if any citizens having knowledge of these ladies would communicate with him. The inquiry comes from a sister living at Orange Grove, Woy Woy, Australia. Persistent attention has been drawn to the drink traffic by Sir Robert Stout ’ll questions and motions introduced in the Legislative Council during the current session. Several have been disposed of (says our parliamentary reporter), including two or three challenging the right of propriety of the Public Trustee in advertising the produce of certain brewing trusts. On Friday Sir Robert Stout gave notice to move—“ That whereas the Dominion expends in alcoholic liquors between £8,000.000 and £9,000.000 a year, whereas the common use of such liquor leads to much crime, disease, and poverty, and whereas many of our citizens of different religious beliefs and political parties have formed an association to try and put an end to the common use of alcohol, the Council much regrets that tljp Public Trustee has become a brewer and a vendor of intoxicating liquors, and has by advertisement sought to encourage their use, and has debarred officers of his department from taking a prominent part in the association formed to prevent the use of intoxicants.”

Upper Hutt Borough councillors were jome time ago faced with the neceSsitj’ of deciding whether Sunday cricket should be allowed on a ground leased by the council at Alaidstone Park (says the.Doniinion). In view of the fact that Upper Hutt had not a population to support Saturday cricket only, and that the ground would be used extensively on the holiday, the proposal was carried, Cr J. O. Duff dissenting. Regarding this matter the council received at its meeting last weekt he following motion passed at a meeting of the four churches of Upper Hutt (the Church of England, Presbyterian, Alethodist, and Salvation Army): We recognise that Sunday is a Christian religious festival, constituted for the double purpose of rest and of public worship of God in Jesus Christ. We, therefore, regret to see the increased disregard for these uses, and we ask those who control public life in New ’Zealand, and especially in our own borough, to protect the sanctity of Sunday, and to discourage all that tends to the excitement and the neglect of worship. We do so on the following grounds: (1) We fee] that this disregard is not in the highest interests of the community; it means an ever-increasing number of people are employed in providing facilities for others, and are deprived of the recognised day of rest. (2) The effect of this growing tendency to secularise the Lord’s Day upon the growing minds of our youth, is calculated to lessen a reverence for, and a due observance of,’ the one day in seven as one Divinely ordained for rest and worship; we pledge ourselves to set the example of using Sunday as it ought to hr used.” The letter was received without any comment.