ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 21894, 21 December 1932, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr J. J. Marlow, father of the Rev. R. Marlow, arrived in Invercargill by the express yesterday on a short visit. Miss Ellen Fraser, formerly sole teacher at the Ruahine School, has been appointed assistant at Rimu. Mr William G. Duff, who was formerly assistant at Waikiwi has been appointed head teacher of the Brydone School.

Misses Cameron and Chisholm, of the staff of the Cromarty Special School, Palmerston North, are at present visiting Invercargill. In the University solicitors’ examination, Mr J. R. Hanan, Invercargill, passed in the law of Torts, Criminal Law and Company Law and Law of Bankruptcy, states a Wellington Press Association message.

Mr L. W. Potter, of Milton, has been appointed secretary-treasurer of the Otago Electric Power Board, in succession to Mr J. Denford, who has resigned to take up an appointment with the Waitaki Power Board.

Mr H. J. Geddes, M. Agric. Sc., Assistant in Agriculture at Lincoln College, will leave in March next to take up the appointment as District Agricultural Organizer in Tasmania under the Department of Agriculture of that State.—Christchurch Press Association message.

Among the passengers arrived at Wellington yesterday from Sydney was Mr J. Annand Smith, who said he had made a study of conditions in Australia. His view was that Australia was definitely twelve months ahead of New Zealand.—Press Association message,

Mr Robert Donald McEwan, Edendale, who has been studying at the Dunedin Training College for the past two years, has been appointed to a third year’s training to specialize in fine arts, and will probably be sent to the Auckland Training College next year, where he will also attend the Auckland University, with a view to studying for his arts degree. Cabled news has been received of the death at Panama of Mr Leon Curtis, of Queenstown. A short time ago Mr Curtis, who was in failing health, sailed by the Rangitiki for England to visit his father, but left the ship at Panama, where he died. Mr Curtis, who was proprietor of Mcßride’s Hotel, Queenstown, was president of the Wakatipu Gun Club, and was well known and liked by sportsmen, to whom the news of his death will come as a great shock. He is survived by his widow and two daughters. Among the passengers by the Zealandia which arrived at Wellington yesterday from Sydney was Wilfrid Kingsford Smith, brother of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, who intends flying across the Tasman early next year. Mr Kingsford Smith will handle all the arrangements in connection with his brother’s tour of the Dominion. He will be chiefly concerned inspecting suitable landing grounds for the Southern Cross and arranging dates of the visits to various towns.—Press Association message.

Sir Henry Buckleton, general manager of the Bank of New Zealand, completed fifty-four years’ service with the bank on Thursday. He joined the bank’s Sydney branch as a boy in 1878, and his salary was then £5O per annum. After a long period of service in Australia Sir Henry was transferred from the Melbourne branch—where he was acting-accountant—to New Zealand to fill the position of accountant at the Hamilton branch of the bank. This was in 1892. A year later he was appbinted accountant at Auckland. His first post as manager was at the New Plymouth branch. In 1906 he was appointed manager at Auckland, and in 1920 he was appointed general manager. Sir Henry was knighted in 1929 for distinguished services in banking in New Zealand.

After thirty-three years’ continuous service with the Wellington Harbour Board, Mr John Robert Jeromson, signalman, one of the best known figures on the waterfront, will retire on superannuation on December 31. He is the second oldest member of the pilot staff. Mr Jeromson was born in the Shetland Islands 61 years ago. He started his career at sea in sailing ships, and arrived in New Zealand in the barque Brussels in 1890. Leaving the vessel here, he served in the Union Steam Ship Company’s vessels Ovalau, Australia, Dingadee, and Southern Cross. He made a trip Home in the old lonic, and came back in the R.M.S. Moana on her maiden voyage to Australia. He afterwards served in the Manapouri and Hawea, and left the U.S.S. Co. to join the Wellington Harbour Board. Mr Jeromson has served under three harbourmasters.

The death occurred recently at Island Bay of Mr Samuel Costall, a former Government Printer. He was 92 years of age. Mr Costall was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, and came to New Zealand in 1862. He joined the staff of the Wellington Independent as a compositor, and was subsequently employed on papers in Nelson. He returned to Wellington in 1869, and joined the staff of the Government Printing Office in the clerical department. In 1837 he was appointed chief clerk and accountant and was responsible for the introduction of several reforms in the management of the office. On the death of Mr J. Didsbury in 1893, Mr Costall was appointed Government Printer, and held the position until 1896, when he retired, being succeeded by Mr John Mackay. He has since lived in retirement. Mr Costall was a prominent church worker, and for many years took a leading part in the Sunday School Union and the Y.M.C.A.