PERSONAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17951, 1 December 1932, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mr. A. F. Salmon left Gisborne today to spend iris vacation at Lake Botoiii.

A well-known resident of Cambridge, Mr George E. Clark, celebrated his ninetv-,second birthday on Monday.

Captain T. Atwood, formerly marine superintendent at Auckland, lias returned after an eight months’ holiday visit to England.

'The Rev. E. C. lletherington. formerly curate at Rotorua, has linen appointed rector of Flemptou with ([engrave, Billfolk.

Mr. I diaries E. Wheeler, of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, and Airs. Wheeler have returned to New Zealand from a visit to England. Dr. fl. IS. Lange, a New Zealander who has been for the past three years a. district medical officer under the Tongan Government, has returned to the Dominion.

Constable E. Edwards, who lias been orderly at the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court for the last six years, lias been appointed Inspector of Police for the Cook Islands. Miss li. Rees and Mrs I. Scott are passengers for Gisborne by the Shaw,SavilJ and Albion Company’s liner lonic, due at Wellington from London on December f-t.

Captain 11. \\. I). Bold, of the Port Philip pilot service, Melbourne, and formerly for 24 years in the service, of the Union Steam Ship Company, arrived at Auckland by the Monowai on a holidayvisit to New Zealand.

Air P. H. Harper, S.AL, left Gisborne yesterday afternoon for Wairoa, to preside at a sitting of the Magistrate’s Court there to-day. .Air Harper is expected to letum to Gisborne tomorrow.

Mr. A. S. Parker, whoso retirement from the staff of Messrs. Williams and Kettle, Limited, was signalised yesterday by a testimonial from his fellowemployees, to-day took up an appointment as stock agent with Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, for the Gisborne and East Coast district.

Dr. J. J. North, president of the Baptist Union in New Zealand and principal of the. Baptist, College, arrived in Gisborne yesterday in the course of a, Jteetare tour, end is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Toneyclilfe. lie will lecture this evening at the Baptist Tabernacle on “Cromwell and Freedom,” and will preach oil Sunday at morning and evening services, and also give an afternoon address. Dr. North will leave for Rotorua on Aloud,ay, in continuation of his Lour.

A. founder and past-president of the London Rotary ('lull. Air. R. il. White, accompanied by Airs. White, arrived at Auckland on Monday on a fortnight’s tour of New Zealand. Air. .White, who has retired from the Dublin printing establishment of R. T. White, in .which he represented the third generation of the family, said that Dublin Rotary Club was established in 1911, being the “rst Rotary Club to be founded in Europe. A few years ago when on tour he visited all the Rotary Clubs in South Africa. He had travelled a great deal. He was a member of the committee, in London, of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, and had visited .the Society’s mission stations in India. Burma, Ceylon and West Africa. At the time of the outbreak of the. Russobipaiiose War he was visiting Russia For four veurs he was a member of the Dublin Corporation, of which the ex’'resident, of the Irish Free State, Mr. W. T. Cosgrave, was then a member.

Staff members of the Gisborne Refrigerating Company assembled last evening to farewell an old colleague. Air. 'Thomas Cochrane, who after 27 years’ service in the employ of the company and of the Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Frozen Meat and Mercantile Company, is retiring. The gathering was attended by many former employees of the freezing organisation, who joined in wishing Mr. Cochrane long life ami good health to enjoy his retirement. Air. J. L. Smaill. chief engineer, presided at the function, and pa id a warm tribute tn the excellence of the services rendered to tiie linn and to the firm’s clients by -Mr. Cochrane during the past 27 years. Mr. Cochrane’s character was so widely recognised, said .Mr. Smaill. that no question was ever raised as to the accuracy of his figures, even though these might not have corresponded on all occasions with the anticipations of suppliers to the works. His work had been honorably and efficiently performed, and bis place would be hard to fill, but nevertheless all present would rejoice in the fact that Air. Cochrane was retiring with good health arid the means to enjoy comfort in bis declining years. On behalf of the directors, officers and employees of the company, Mr. Smaill made a presentation to Air, Cochrane of a Handsome silver tea service, engraved with a record of Iris services, together with a companion set in Shelley ware. .Mr. A. F. Salmon, manager of the Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Frozen Meat and Mercantile Company, added a tribute to Mr. Cochrane’s efficiency and sterling character, and on behalf of the directors and employees of his linn presented the guest with a fine mahogany clock; and later various fellow-employees of Mr. Cochrane took the opportunity of expressing their regret at his retirement. and (heir good wishes for his future. Air. Cochrane made a brief but filling acknowledgment of the presentations. and expressed the. regret lie felt at severing so many ties of close association.