ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 21854, 3 November 1932, Page 4

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr H. J. Middleton left Invercargill for Dunedin by yesterday afternoons express. Mr Donald Macdonald, of Edendale, is at present on a visit to Palmerston North. Mr H. Clark, of Christchurch, is at present on a visit to Invercargill. He is a guest at the Grand Hotel. Mr W. F. Sturman, the newly appointed Town Clerk of Invercargill, returns to Petone by the express this morning. Mr R. Moen, who arrived in Invercargill on Tuesday evening, returned to Dunedin by yesterday afternoon’s express. Dr H. Hunter, of Dunedin, arrived in Invercargill by yesterday afternoon’s express and is staying at .the Grand Hotel. Mr W. Coles, of Christchurch, arrived in Invercargill by yesterday afternoon’s express and is a guest at the Club Hotel. Mr A. O. Norwood, of London, arrived in Invercargill by yesterday afternoon’s express and is a guest at the Club Hotel. Mr P. D. H. Lowe, of Dunedin, arrived in Invercargill by the express yesterday afternoon and is a guest at the Grand Hotel. Mr H. Schneideman, of Wellington, arrived in Invercargill by the express yesterday afternoon and is a guest at the Grand Hotel. Sister M. F. Timlin, of the staff of the Dunedin Hospital, left on Tuesday for Sydney, where she will join the Esperance Bay, en route for England. The congregation of the Green Island Presbyterian Church has unanimously decided to extend a call to the Rev. A. W. Armstrong, of Knapdale. Mr Paul Latham, representing the Italian opera singers, Signor and Signora Marotta, arrived in Invercargill yesterday to make arrangements for Monday evening’s recital. Mr O. J. Wright, Chief Postmaster, leaves for the north to-day on his annual leave. Mr F. A. Robins, senior supervisor of the telegraph exchange, will relieve him during his absence. Good progress in health has been made by Mr E. Bowmar, who recently suffered a very serious illness. He is still incapacitated from resuming his local body duties, but his condition is improving steadily. A P.A. message from London reports the death of Mr Percy Koppel, who had been head of the Foreign Office Department for consulting the dominions since its inauguration after the 1926 Imperial Conference. He was 56 years of age.

It is announced that Mr J. E. W. McEnnis, district engineer of the Public Works Department at Whangarei, will retire on March Bl next, after completing 40 years in the public service. He held appointments in many parts of New Zealand, and from 1912 to 1915 he acted as district engineer in Otago. During his period of service here many railway works were completed and a commencement was made with a number of irrigation schemes. The death is announced of Mr Stanley John Ponsonby Pikett, an inspector of the Bank of New Zealand, in a private hospital in Hamilton. Mr Pikett, who was 43 years of age, was born in Reefton, and as a young man joined the staff of the Bank of New Zealand. He was stationed at the Hamilton office for a period and was later transferred to the Melbourne branch, and then to the office at Levuka, Fiji. He returned to New Zealand about eight months ago and was appointed to the inspecting staff. Mr Pikett, who was a single man, served in the Great War, and was severely gassed. There are two sisters, one of whom resides in Dunedin, and the other in England.

A very old resident of Oamaru and district, Mrs Elizabeth Scott, passed away on Saturday at Dunedin, in her 86th year. Mrs Scott was the widow of Mr Joseph Scott, a retired sea captain of the naval reserve, who took up land at Otiake in the early eighties. After farming successfully for a number of years Mr Scott sold him farm and bought the old homestead of Mr A. Isdale, near Enfield. Mr Scott died suddenly some years ago and his widow had since resided in Oamaru. She was a member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and a supporter of the prohibition cause. She was a member of St. Paul’s Church, Oamaru, and was keenly interested in the welfare of the Presbyterian Church, and a strong supporter of its social work and orphanages. She has left the following legacies:—£4ooo to Knox College at Dunedin, £lOOO to the Aged and Infirm Ministers’ Fund of the Presbyterian Church, £250 to the Jubilee Institute of the Blind, and the residue of her estate to the Presbyterian Social Service Association.