PERSONAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13322, 6 March 1914, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr J. Orr, of Hangaro-; '-ope .'of .;-„le recentl''^.'appointed . J*uatiees-; of the Peace was sworn m this morning ' before ''Mr'--.' W. A. Barton, S.MV / .•■.-*-* Mr C. B,: McCliire, of vDannevir^e;r who is now stuidyirig at Otogb''University, has received- the .pleasing -iritgfli? ,s:J 'gence that he has secured nis JJ.A.' de- " -, gree. ■ **.''_ ":"" '/ V V f .' .'••■•.' ;'■ Mr W. H. Gavin, inspecting fengiyeer for : the Public Works Departmental --,'"' the North Island, who has been pa^nrg his initial visit of inspection to thea-alk' ,'". way works of this district, returns* Sou,th this evening. .- '.-..'"'■■■ Mr A... Cowles, ; 8.A., -..0f the Wellington Training College, was appointed ; by ; the Carterton District High Sfehool Committee to succeed Mr A. N. . Burns^ M ; A., as, headmaster of the ''Carterton; - District High School. : > J *-- I Mr R. F. Houlihan, :officer m cnasgof. the local telegraph office, , will procbably be retiring shortly. He has been stationed at Gisborne^ for about _eyen" years, : and, his service;; with the' s PbsMtodr 4 Telegraph Department coriirmenced ini^e early seventies. •* . ;., , Bishop Sedgwick arrives m- Gisborne by the s.s. Takapuna on Sunday,, March, . 15, and proceeds out to Waerenga^hika, where he will hold hisv iirs't- eervicei m this district. His Lordship dutfing^he »veek will proceed up the Coast. fie. will not conduct a service. : in ■ .Gisborne; _ ; oil jthis ' occasion. ' ';- ' . V* '-,-•, , The Rev. J. Dawson, secretary qf the '■' N.Z. Alliance, who,; was a PrimitivMethodist minister, j hii,^ is now^ a'member oi the Sfetihoais't ChurchY as the result of -union wassecorid m the voting.; for the presidency 'of the Methodist Gtm.4 j-: ference. Thjs. practically , ensures;*: Mr > - Dawson's . election , next year. /■"The^_sev*i : G. N. Knight who is down to succeed', the Rev. -P. H. Law, 8.A., at Durharis ; Street Church, 1 Christchurdh, isceming ,. from Victoria, and is a well knbwii arid able preacher. * * ' ' . Mr Duncan Hepburny who is moving to Aiicklandv-in aweek's tiriie with >f -i view to retiring, is tendering his resignation as a member : of- the Giaborn» 5 Licensing Committee., Mr \Hepburn'sassociation . with the local - Licensing ' Bench Mates back 30 years, and he is thus the oldest member of -the " -local: Djcensing Behch; m- fact, lie was^assp'- ; v ciated m tliis capacity with Gisbornes 1 ' first Magistrate, Dr. Nesbitt,' arid/^s ; .. sat continuously on the Bench ever since.' As mentioned recently, Mr Hepburn' has also beeir a\ member of the Borough^ . Q)imdl-.'tor''.' :^ v '*yV»rs.-:. His health i'jm. recently not been all that 'could:,be -de> , sired. Under medical advice; " he is*-'" moving North for a change of cliina'te, and it is to be hoped the change will, he 'beneficial.