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Southland Times, Issue 19101, 20 November 1923, Page 4

ABOUT PEOPLE

MINISTERIAL. The Hon. J. G. Coates, Minister of Rawways and Public Works, will leave Welling* ton to-day on a visit to the East Coast di*trict, and will also proceed to Coromandel, Rotorua and Kawhia. After Christmas he intends to visit Nort Auckland. Hon. G. J. Anderson (Minister of Labour, Mines and Marine) will leave Wellington on Wednesday'on a visit to Auckland and the Waikato. He will be away for about a week. Mr J. E. Winsloe is expected to return to Invercargill this morning. Mr A. C. Hanlon, of Dunedin, arrived in Invercargill by yesterday’s express. Mr J. O’Callaghan, of the Money Order Department, Invercargill, has received word of his transfer to the Christchurch office. His Honour, Mr Justice Sim, arrived by yesterday’s express to .. preside over the quarterly session of the Supreme Court. A Melbourne cable states that Mr Regin. aid Shell, of Trinity College, has been aj> pointed Victorian Rhodes scholar. Mr J. C. Thomson, M.P., left by yesterdays express to attend a meeting of the University Council at Dunedin. Mr Justice Hosking, being indisposed, has been granted twelve months leave of absence and intends going to England. Mr T. O. Fox, the newly appointed engineer to the Invercargill Town Council is expected to take up his duties about the beginning of December. The Southland Motor Association last evening appointed the chairman, Mr J. F. Lillicrap, to represent the Association at the quarterly meeting of the South bland Motor Union. Mr A. D. McLeod, M.P. for Wairarapa, Mr W. S. Glenn, M.P. for Rangitikei, and Mr O. Hawken, M.P., for Egmont, will arrive in Dunedin by to-day’s express and wiff subsequently come on to Southland. Mr Robert Mcßride, chairman of directors of the Mataura Dairy Factory, the largest manufacturers of cheese in the South Island has been nominated in the producers interests for the Dairy Control Board. * Mr A. L. Adamson, secretary of the Invercargill Chamber of Commerce, has left to represent the Chamber at the annual conference of Chambers of Commerce which is to commence in Auckland to-morrow morning. The other representative will be Mr I red. Chambers of Auckland.

Mr J. W. Macdonald, Public Trustee, has been elected chairman of the Public Service Superannuation Board. Mr Macdonald is a member elected by the contributors from the Public Service and was first elected in 1914, and has been re-elect-ed at each succeeding election. He has lately filled the position of chairman of the Claims Committee of the board.

After twelve years’ service in the employ of the Southland News, latterly as head reader, Miss Jean Summers relinquished her duties in that connection on Saturday afternoon. On Saturday she was made the recipient of a handsome presentation, Mr B H. Ayling, Advertising Manager, referring in eulogistic terms to Miss Summers’ gooc qualities. Miss Summers suitably re sponded.

An old Maori war veteran, Mr Janies Shanaghan, died at Auckland on Saturday. He was on active service during the Maori war, and was present at the fight at Te Ngutuotemanu when Major von Tempsky was killed. Mr Shanaghan was close to Major von Temsky when the officer fell, and made a gallant attempt to rescue his leader, but was himself seriously wounded and was carried off the field by his comrades when the force retreated.

Mr F. W. B. Greville, editor of The Dairyman, died at Wellington on Sunday after a brief illness, aged 67. The deceased gentleman was intimately connected with the dairying business for over a-quar-ter of a century, and for the last twenty years was editor of the Dairyman. Any movement for the reform of dairying found an enthusiastic supporter in Mr Greville, who worked hard that the industry might be put on a better footing. His death will be regretted by those who have known Mr Greville personally, and by the thousands who have subscribed to the journal which he so ably edited.

The first survivors of the earthquake disaster and the fire which completed the devastation at Tokio and Yokohama, Japan, on September 1 to arrive in the Dominion reached Wellington by the Ulimaroa from Sydney. They are Mr and Mrs Michael Shathin, with their little girl of 2J years, and they went on to Christchurch. Mrs Shathin (nee Daphne Mclntyre) is a native of Christchurch. Mr Shathin was manager of the Japan Advertiser, which is the largest English newspaper outside any English-speaking country in the world, and which had its offices and plant in Tokio. The whole offices and plant are a complete loss.

On Saturday evening a party of Gore residents visited Mr W. Cronin’s Commercial Hotel at Waikaia with the object of making a presentation to him and his wife before they sever their long association with the hotel (reports the Mataura Ensign). Mr W T . L. McGoldrick headed the visitors, and in presenting a ailverbacked hand-mirror and brush to Mrs Cronin and a Loewe pipe to Mr Cronin voiced the feeling of deep regret experi enced by all present at the guests’ departure from the town, and expressed the high regard and esteem in which they were held throughout the district. Others to speak were Messrs L. Thomson, P. Shave, T. R. Royds, H. Poppelwell, R. Telfer and E. Sutton, and Mr Cronin returned thanks on behalf of himself and Mrs Cronin.

A pleasing function was held last Friday evening at Maungaturoto Railway Station (North Island Main Trunk), the occasion being the retirement on superannuation of Mr Smythe, a well-known engine-driver, after 42 years spent in the public service. Mr Temm (stationmaster), proposed the toast of the guest of the evening, and said that Mr Smythe had never had an accident, and when extra care was required he was on every occasion the driver selected. Thua on three occasions he had the honour of driving the Royal train. The firat time was during the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh, again when the present King and Queen visited New Zealand as the Duka and Duchess of York, and again he drove the express conveying the Prince of Wales to Wellington.