ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 20228, 13 July 1927, Page 4

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr. J. McLean left for the north by yesterday’s express.

Mr. M. Miller, Invercargill, left on a visit to Auckland yesterday morning.

Mr. I. Copeland left Invercargill for Dunedin by the express yesterday morning. Mr. A. Ibbotson, General Manager of the Perpetual Trustees Company, Ltd., is at present in town.

The Hon. D. T. Fleming, M.L.C., arrived in Dunedin from Balclutha by yesterday morning’s express en route to Wellington. Mr. A. C. Hanlon travelled from Dunedin by the through express yesterday to attend the Dominion Racing Conference at Wellington.

Nurses Whitely and Varcoe (Invercargill Hospital) and Nurse Joyce (Riverton Hospital) were successful in passing their State examination.

Staff Sergeant-Major J. W. McMurray, of the Gore Defence staff, has been transferred to the Permanent Instructional Staff at Trentham and is to report there on August 6.

Lieutenant-colonel N. Falla has relinquished command of the 2nd Field Brigade, New Zealand Artillery, and has been appointed to command the Central Coast Ar. tillcry Group.

Mr Adam Baird, president of the Winton Trotting Club left Dunedin yesterday for Wellington, where he will attend ths annual meeting of the New Zealand Trotting Conference.

At the monthly meeting of the Bluff Borough Council last evening, Councillor W. B. Dixon was appointed to represent the council on the executive of the Southland League. Councillor W. H. Johnston was delegated to attend the quarterly meetings.

At yesterday’s meeting of the Southland Electric Power Board the chairman (Mr W. Hinchey) chief engineer (Mr L. B. Hutton) and secretary (Mr Charles Campbell) were appointed delegates to represent the board at the Power Board’s Conference in Wellington next week. The death occurred yesterday of one of the oldest residents of Invercargill in the person of Mr James Stuart, aged 93 years. Mr Stuart arrived in Invercargill in the year 1878 and until his retirement was engaged in the watchmaking trade in partnership with Mr Craig.

A royal farewell was accorded Mrs E. H. Olds and her foul children at the Dunedin railway station yesterday morning. Leslis Olds, the New Zealand junior boys’ swimming champion and record-holder, and Douglas Olds, the Otago intermediate boys’ champion, were farewelled by a large gathering of swimmers and school friends, and as the train pulled out loud cheers were given for those who have proved themselves to be New Zealand’s foremost aquatic family. They leave Wellington for America by the Tahiti next Tuesday.