ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 19394, 7 November 1924, Page 4

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr J. E. Bews returned from Dunedin by the late express last evening. Mr T. Chalmers, of Dunedin, arrived by the express last evening and is a guest at the Grand Hotel. Mr Adam Hamilton and Mr James King returned by the express last evening from the Palmerson North Royal Agricultural Show. Eight members of the Southland Regiment who have been attending a refresher camp for officers and n.c.o/s at Burnham, returned by the express last evening. Mr F. Burwell (Town Clerk) who has been in Auckland as a representative of the Council at the New Zealand Municipal Associations’ annual conference, returned by the late express last evening. At its meeting on Tuesday, the Waikato Presbytery sustained a unanimous call to the Rev. H. G. Gilbert, of St. Paul’s Church, Invercargill. The call will be sent on to the Southland Presbytery for its consideration.

The Conciliation Commissioner (Mr W. H. Hagger) concluded his Invercargill sitting last night and leaves for the north by the 6.10 a.m. express this morning. He will return to Invercargill to take the Southland Electrical Workers’ dispute on November 26.

Mr George Gimblett, who is at present in charge of the shipping work of Messrs Thomson, Bridger de Co., has been appointed to a position in charge of the shipping department of Messrs Smith <fc Smith, of Auckland. Mr Gimblett will leave to take up his new position about the beginning of December.

At the Central Tennis Club’s pavilion last evening the members of the Club expressed their appreciation of the keen interest taken in it by Mr S. Webb, who is shortly leaving for Dunedin. Mr S. Ritchie, Vice-President of the Club, presented him with a fountain pen, suitably inscribed, and referred to the excellent sendees given to the Club by Mr Webb during his long association with it.

The Chinese footballer, Chang Hai En, who has been in the Christchurch Hospital since the visit of the Chinese Soccer team to that city, is now progressing favourably, and it is hoped that he will shortly be able to return to his native land. Another member of the team, Wang Chen Sheng, who remained behind to be near the sick man, left Christchurch on Thursday for Wellington en route for Sydney.

Mr and Mrs James Macalister, with their daughter, Dr Gladys Macalister, leave Invercargill to-day for the north, en route to England. They will spend some two months visiting friends in different parts of New Zealand, and will leave Wellington on January 2 for Sydney, whence they will sail for London by the Orient liner Or am a on January 10. As Dr. Macalister proposes to continue her medical studies at Home, Mr and Mrs Macalister will probably be away from Invercargill for two years or more.