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Southland Times, Issue 19396, 10 November 1924, Page 4

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MINISTERIAL. Hon. G. J. Anderson (Minister for Labour and Mines) arrived in Gore from Wellington on Saturday night and will this week visit the various portions of the Mataura electorate, and will to-morrow unveil the war memorial at Wyndham. He had expected on Monday, November 17, to be visiting the Nightcaps mining district, but as he must now be back in Wellington on Saturday, November 15, he will not be able to go to the Western District on this occasion. Mr Anderson will return to Southland later in the month and on the 22nd inst. will fire the first shot at the Kawarau dam.

A unanimous call has been extended to the Rev. F. J. Tylee, of Dipton, from the congregation of Alexandra, Central Otago. Mr A. W. Morgan, who has been on a visit north, returned to Invercargill by Saturday’s express. Hon. J. A. Hanan, accompanied by Mrs Hanan, returned from Wellington by the express on Saturday. Captain N. McD. Weir, who has been attending a special course of instruction at Burnham, returned on Saturday night. Mr C. Malfroy, of the State Forest Service, arrived in Invercargill on Saturday night on departmental business. He is staying at the Grand Hotel. Mr P. de la Perrelle, M.P., and Mrs Perrelle were also passengers by the express on Saturday night, having made the through journey from Wellington. Mr P. Meffin has received advice that he has been successful in his application for the post of Southland Inspector for the Atlas Assurance Co.

Mr P. C. Gray, of Gore, who has been visiting Great Britain, returned to New Zealand on Wednesday and is expected to reach Gore Next Thursday night. Mr F. H. McCarthy has been recommended by the Public Works Committee of the Invercargill Town Council for appointment to the position of Chief Waterworks Engineer. Private advice has been received in Invercargill that Mr and Mrs I. W. Raymond arrived in Auckland by the R.M.S. Tainui on Saturday and will spend a week there before coming on to Invercargill. Mr G. T. Hall, of the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Federation, is expected to arrive from the north to-morrow evening, and on Wednesday he will meet the members of the Executive of the Invercargill Chamber of Commerce.

Mr J. Heaton Barker, Dominion Organiser of the New Zealand Master Bakers’ Association, and also of the New Zealand Grocers' Association, arrived in Invercargill by the late express on Saturday evening for the purpose of meeting the members of the local branches of the two organisations. News has been received in Dunedin by cable from London of the death of Mr James Witt, who has been connected with Sargood, Son, and Ewen, Ltd., for many years past. While in Dunedin Mr Witt was manager of the fancy goods department. About 20 years ago he left for London to take up the work of buyer for that section. Mr Witt’s health has been failing for a few months past. The well-known Auckland Rugby halfback, Don Wright, was admitted to the general hospital last Tuesday, and underwent an operation in the evening. He had complained of a pain at the base of the skull, and had been under medical observation for some days. The cause of the injury was not known, but it is surmised that he may have received a knock in one of the matches at the latter end of the season. •

A number of relatives assembled at the residence of Mr and Mrs Thomas Adam, of Waihola, on Wednesday last to celebrate the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of their wedding. Mr Adam arrived from Haddington, Scotland, by the ship Strathmore in 1856/ and was married eight years later to Miss Gordon,, of Edinburgh. The marriage took place at the residence of the bridegroom’s parents, known in the early days as “Adam’s Accommodation House,” Otokia, where in those days the mail coaches changed horses and the southward-bound travellers rested by the way. Mrs Fleming, the bridesmaid of sixty years ago, was also present. The groomsman passed away last year. Mr and Mrs Adam, though 89 and 88 years of age respectively, still enjoy good health. Congratulatory telegrams were received from Auckland to Invercargill.