ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 19332, 26 August 1924, Page 4

ABOUT PEOPLE

VICEREGAL. The Govern or-Gen er al and Lady Jellicoe arrived at Napier yesterday overland from Gisborne. Their Excellencies were tendered a civil reception and luncheon and were also met by the Navy League and the Masonic fraternity. They attended the Red Cross ball last night. MINISTERIAL. The Prime Minister visited Levin yesterday, and laid the foundation stone of a new block of municipal offices, theatre, and shops, to be erected in the main street at a cost of £27,000. Mr A. F. Grenfell left for Christchurch by the midday express yesterday. Mr S. G. Smith, M.P., has been appointed chairman of the Taranaki Education Board.

Mr James Bateman, the Bay Road Shorthorn breeder who recently went to England, was an interested spectator at the Royal Show at Leicester.

Mr J. E. Mayson, of the Nelson Post Office, commenced a period of relieving duty at the Chief Post Office, Invercargill, yesterday morning.

Mr T. Buxton left by the midday express yesterday to represent the parents of dental students at a conference to be held in Wellington, in view of the new Dent’d Control Bill.

Miss M. Miller (Maitland) and Miss H. McLeod (Gore) who were mentioned as competing in the dancing classes at the Invercargill Competitions, did not actually participate in the festival. Mr James Tait, late manager of Herb*irt, Haynes, Ltd., Dunedin, has been nominated to fill the vacancy on the directorate of the Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Co., Ltd., caused by the retirement of Mr James Jamieson.

Mr Leo du Chateau arrived at Wellington from Sydney by the Ulimaroa last week. He is visiting his home in Wellington on a brief holiday, prior to proceeding to the East to represent Mr E. J. Carroll, with a company headed by Sir Harry Lauder.

Dr S. Brown, Mr T. F. Macdonald and the Secretary (Mr J. S. Dick) were at last night’s meeting of the Southland Motor Association, appointed to represent the Association at the quarterly meeting of the South Island Motor Association to be held at Dunedin on Friday next. Word has been received that Dr H. M. Monro, son of Mr C. J. Monro, of Palmerston North, has been awarded the Fellow* ship of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edin. burgh. Of the 54 candidates submitted, 23 passed, Dr Monro being eighth on the list The three sons of Mr C. J. Monro are now in the medical profession. Sir Lindo Ferguson, who will leave Dunedin shortly for America, applied to the Otago University Council for leave of absence till the end of the year. The Chancellor (Dr A. Cameron) extended to Sir Lindo the Council’s wishes for a pleasant trip, and congratulated him on receiving a Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons. The Chancellor remarked that it was the first occasion on which such a fellowship had come to New Zealand. Mrs Adams, widow of the late Mr L. A. Adams, has been made a life member of the Auckland Trotting Club. In presenting her with a life member’s medal, the chairman of the club (Mr J. Rowe) referred to her generous action in donating the Adams Cup, He was in close association with Mr Adams, who was one of the founders of the club. The chairman felt sure that in presenting the fine trophy Mrs Adams had done what her husband would have wished. In acknowledging the action of the club, Mr Adams, junr., assured the members that it was Mrs Adams's intention to present an annual cup.

The Rev. Samuel Lawry, Connectional Secretary of the Methodist Church, celebrated the 70th anniversary of his birthday on Friday. He was hast at a gathering of those with whom he has been associated on committees, and other friends at Christchurch and received many felicitations appropriate to the occasion. Mr Lawry comes of a long-lived family; his father reached the age of 88 and one of his uncles reached the age of 94. Of his 70 years Mr Lawry has spent 62 in the Dominion. He arrived with his parents at Lyttelton in 1862, and his reminiscences of Christchurch go back to a period when it was not much more than a large village. He recalls the opening of the first railway in New Zealand -the lines between Christchurch and Ferrymead —and also the fact that he rode on the train on the day that the line was opened Referring to the death of Mr Frank Cooper, who was for many years secretary of the Canterbury Employers’ Association and who was well known in Southland, the report of the executive states that it was a serious blow to the Association’s organisation. “Mr Cooper had built up the Association on sound lines,” the report adds, “and during his many years of service had gained the confidence not only of our members, but of all with whom he came in contact. His opponents in industrial disputes admired him as greatly as did those whose battles he fought in Conciliation Council and in the Arbitration Court. His genial nature was such that few but his most intimate friends knew how much he suffered for some time before his final illness. His passing was a loss to the whole community.”

Mr Francis W. J. Belton, gas engineer and manager of the Macclesfield Corporation Gas Department (England) has been appointed gas engineer to the Christchurch Gas, Coal and Coke Company. Mr Belton, who is thirty-one years of age, is a married man. He left for New Zealand via Australia on the Osterley last week. Mr Belton received his early training as an engineering pupil at Messrs West’s Gas Improvement Company, Manchester, where he was given charge of the erection and starting up of complete vertical retort installations at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Lytham and Blackpool. In 1915 he was appointed assistant engineer at Macclesfield, and received the position as engineer and manager in 1918, when his old chief left for Carlisle. Mr Belton holds First-class Honours Certificate in gas engineering and First-class Honours and Silver Medal in gas supply from the City and Guilds of London Institute. He is also a member of the Institution of Gas Engineers,