ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 19279, 25 June 1924, Page 4

ABOUT PEOPLE

The Hon. J. A. Hanan, M.P., leaves by the mid-day express to-day for Wellington to attend the opening of Parliament. The Chief Accountant advised the Town Council last evening that the District Fund Account showed a credit balance yesterday of £2573 19/1. Mr T. Lithgow, who has occupied the position of meter repairer at the Municipal Gasworks for the past 16 years has accepted an appointment as head meter repairer to the Christchurch Gas Company, and leaves Invercargill shortly to take up his new duties. A Press Association message states that two senior members of the New Zealand Hansard staff, Messrs Silas Spragg and J. M. Geddis, are voluntarily retiring on superannuation this month. Both gentlemen were appointed to the Hansard staff in the ’Bo’s. When these resignations take effect, there will be threa vacancies on the staff. Mr C. Lindsay Bennett, an old Southland boy, who is at present Professor of English Literature at the Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, arrived at Auckland by the Niagara on Monday. Mr Bennet will arrive at Gore on Thuxeday evening on a visit to his parents, Mr and Mrs C. Bennett of that town. Mr Bennet is an Old Boy of the Southland Boys’ High School. He gained an Expeditionary Force Scholarship, and took the Arts degree course at Cambridge, whence he proceeded to Canada to take up the position he now holds. Since it became known that Mr T. Ruther ford was to sever his connection with the Grand and Club Hotels as manager, to take over Eichardt’s Hotel at Queenstown, both he and Mrs Rutherford have been the recipients of many expressions of goodwill. Yesterday, on behalf of the kitchen staff of the Grand Hotel, the chef (Mr Rookes) presented Mr Rutherford with a case of Lo?we pipes suitably inscribed. Mr Rookes stated that each, and every member of the kitchen staff sincerely regretted that Mr Rutherford was leaving, as he had on all occasions acted fairly towards lhe staff and had studied their interests to the best of his ability. They all joined in wishing Mr and Mrs Rutherford the very best of good fortune in their new home. Later in the day Miss N. Burke, on behalf of the other members of the staff, presented Mrs Rutherford with a beautiful Chelso China vase and Mr Rutherford with a handsome morocco pocket-book. In making the presentations Miss Burke stated that they were very sorry to lose such a good friend as Mrs Rutherford had been to them all. Mr Rutherford had also showed them every consideration, and they were equally sorry that he was leaving. Mrs Rutherford also received a presentation from a few personal friends of a solid silver water jug and a Doulton jug while Mr Rutherford was the recipient of a gold-mounted tobacco pouch and a goldmounted fountain pen inscribed with hii initials.