ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 19358, 25 September 1924, Page 4

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr and Mrs A. Haynes, who have been in Invercargill for the last three days, returned to Dunedin yesterday. Mr James Tait, of Dunedin, arrived by the midday express yesterday, and is a guest at the Grand Hotel.

Sir James Carroll has been granted three day’s leave of absence from the Legislative Council on account of illness.

Miss S. G. Thomson, of Glenham, has been appointed teacher of the Morton Mains School.

Messrs If. L. Smith and V. Langley, two well-known Dunedin busings; men, are al present on a vlnY to Invercargill. Mr F. W. Preddy, who has concluded an extensive tour of Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe, has returned to Invercargill.

Mr W. O. Ennis, District Traffic Manager, who has been attending a conference of traffic managers in Christchurch, returned to Invercargill on Tuesday.

Mr S. B. Dodge, the engineer to the Masterton Borough Council, has been appointed engineer to the Avondale Borough Council, and will take up his new duties in about five week’s time.

Mr T. Buxton, organiser of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, is at present on an organising tour in Central Otago, at the conclusion of which he will proceed to the North Island.

Mr J. T. Brass was re-elected chairman of the Rimu Factory directorate for the ensuing twelve months at a meeting of the directors held after the annual meeting last night.

Mr G. Ferguson, formerly engineer to the Southland Electric Power Board and latterly contractor to the Board in connection with its main transmission line, leaves at the end of the week, for Auckland, where he will enter into business on his own account.

Police-Sergeant Sivyer, who, as a constable, was stationed in Otautau, has been appointed to succeed Sergeant Reid at Wanganui. Sergeant Sivyer joined the force in 1909, and as a constable was in charge o£ important stations. He was also Court orderly at Dunedin for four years. He received his sergeant's stripes two years ago.

Mr E. Jull, who has been dairy instructor attached to the Kaipara Dairy Company for the last three years, Is leaving to take up a similar position with the Farmers’ Federation Dairy Company, at Invercargill. He was entertained by the Masonic Lodge at Helensville, and presented with a travelling case, a tobacco pouch and

a Loewe pipe. A Feilding message states that private advice has been received of the death in a private hospital at Avondale of Ernest Short, the famous Romney Marsh and Hereford breeder of Parorangi, Feilding. He had been ailing for a long time. He was a world-famous breeder, having won a world’s championship with Romneys at the Argentine Exhibition about 12 years ago.

Occasion was taken yesterday, by members of the Canterbury Land Board, telegraphs the special carrespondent of the Southland Times, of. the presence in Christchurch of Mr A. W. Duncan, lately promoted to Invercargill, to make him a presentation as a mark of good fellowship. It was also considered a suitable opportunity to personally convey to him a resolution of appreciation passed by the Land Board at its last meeting, that the members of the Board placed on record their appreciation of his successful efforts to assist in the settlement of discharged soldiers, as well as to thank him for the courteous manner he exhibited at all times in the performance of his

A cable from London contains the announcement of the death of Lord Ailwyj#, a former President of the Board of Agriculture. Deceased, who was born in 1855, was the second son of the first Lord de Ramsay. He received his education at Eton and Trinity Hall Cambridge, and became Vice-Chamberlain of Queen Victoria's Household in 1895, remaining in that position until 1900. He was a Junior Lord of the Treasury from then until 1905, and was President of the Board of Agriculture in 1905-6. From 1887 to 1906 he was M.P. (C.) for Hunts, Ramsay; he was Chairman of the Norfolk County Council, Chairman of the Agricultural Wages Board and was deputy-chairman of the G.E. Railways.