ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 20932, 15 November 1929, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr T. D. Pearce was a passenger by the the express last evening. Mr J. S. Brass returned to Invercargill by the express last evening. Mr E. J. Wilson returned from Christchurch by the express yesterday morning. Mr A. Nelson, who has been visiting Southland, returned to Dunedin by the express last evening. Mr J. H. Ussher, who has been spending a holiday at Gore, returned to Dunedin by yesterday morning’s express. Mr and Mrs F. H. Chisholm, of Auckland, who have been on a holiday visit to Invercargill, left by the express last evening. Mr S. E. Fay, operating and equipment assistant, New Zealand Railways, arrived in Invercargill by the express yesterday morning. Mr Charles Trim, of Messrs D. W. McKay and Co., who has just completed a tour of the Canterbury fruit-growing districts, returned to Invercargill by car yesterday. According to the New Zealand Gazette, dated November 7, Lieutenant A. D. Reid, Gore, of the Otago Mounted Rifles, is promoted to the rank of Captain as from October 17. The Rev. S. E. Hill, of Ellerslie, Auckland, accompanied by Mrs Hill, has been spending a few days at Gore. Last evening they proceeded to Tapanui, a former charge of Mr Hill’s, where a few days will be spent. A message from Sydney states that among the passengers by the Aorangi, which sailed yesterday, are the Prime Minister for Northern Ireland, Lord Craigavon, and Lady Craigavon, who are spending two months in New Zealand, Sir A. G. Murchison Fletcher, the new Governor of Fiji, and Lady Fletcher, Sir Lennon Raws, Sir Charles Ballance, consulting surgeon to the British Army, and Sir William Noble.