ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 21996, 21 April 1933, Page 4

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr H. Holland, M.P., was re-elected chairman of the executive of the Canterbury Patriotic Fund at the annual meeting on Wednesday. Mr Holland has been chairman for the last 18 years. The Rev. Brother P. X. Webster, of St. Patrick’s College, Goulburn, Australia, was a passenger by the Mr.kura, which arrived at Wellington on Monday from Sydney. He is going to St. Kevin’s College, Oamaru.

Professor F. Gordon Bell, Professor of Surgery at Otago University, returned to Wellington by the Makura from Sydney on Monday. Professor Bell delivered the Syme Oration at the annual meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Sydney last week.

Mr W. Gilchrist Macbeth, a noted Perthshire stock breeder and shipowner, accompanied by a party of eight, is spending a month in New Zealand. Mr Macbeth is vice-president of the Aberdeen Angus Society of Scotland and president of the Shetland Pony Society of Scotland. Mr R. T. Tosswill (secretary of the Canterbury Patriotic Fund) was granted leave of absence at a meeting of the executive on Wednesday. Mr Tosswill will leave shortly for Europe for health reasons. At the annual meeting which followed, members expressed appreciation of his work over a long period.

Dr E. C. Aitken, of Dunedin, has been awarded the Macdougall-Bris-bane prize, which consists of a gold medal and a sum of money, for his many valuable papers contributed to the proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was formerly a pupil and teacher at the Otago Boys High School and assistant lecturer in mathematics at the Otago University. Later lie went to Edinburgh, where he secured his D.Sc. in mathematics, and is now a lecturer in statistical mathematics.

The funeral took place yesterday of Mr John Alexander Mitchell, son of Mrs Robert W. Mitchell, McMaster street, when a particularly large cortege followed the remains to the Eastern Cemetery. Many messages of condolence were also received from friends and there were numerous beautiful wreaths. The sport of fronting and racing was well represented, there being mourners from . Gore, Wyndham and surrounding . districts. The deceased’s brother, Mr Eric Mitchell, is a prominent trotting reinsman and trainer. Tile service at the graveside was conducted by the Rev. A. G. Mackintosh Carter.

The Rev. Francis Thomas Harris, Methodist minister at Motueka, whose death occurred on Wednesday at the age of 44 was born near Christchui ch, and was about to enter the ministiy in 1914 when his studies were interrupted by the Great War. He joined the New Zealand Medical Corps, in which he served for nearly four yeais, and he was badly wounded in the head. On his return to New Zealand he entered the ministry, special facilities Undoing so being accorded those who had had war- service. Mr Harris was. at Tai Tapu for three years before going to Motueka. He broke down last year as the result of his war injuries and had to retire. He was recognized in his church as being a man of very fine character and high mental powers.

Mr G. V. Oldham will retire from the management of the Sydney branch cJf the Union Bank of Australia, Limited, on April 28, having held that position since December 10, 1924. Mr Oldham was born in October 28, 1869, and at the date of his retirement he will have had the longest service of any officer at present in the bank. He joined the Union Bank of Australia, Ltd., at Ballarat, in February, 1886. After experience at Ballarat, Sydney, Rockhampton, Melbourne and Perth in responsible clerical positions, Mr Oldham was appointed manager, and opened a branch of the bank at Narrandera (New South Wales) in 1901. He became manager of the Newcastle branch in 1914, and was appointed manager at Perth in 1918. From November 30, 1920, to January 1, 1922, he was actingmanager at Melbourne, and in 1921 23 he held the position of inspector for Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmanian divisions. Mr Oldham will be succeeded by Mr J. G. A. Rae, who has been in charge of the whole of the bank’s business in Western Australia for some years.

The honorary representative of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, London, has received information that Mr Frederick Moore, F.R.A.M., of London, has been appointed to undertake the examinations in New Zealand this year, and that he will arrive in New Zealand on July 5. Mr Moore received his musical education at the Royal Academy of Music, entering as a student in 1895, becoming a sub-professor at the end of his fourth term, and winning the Macfarlane gold medal in 1899. In 1896 he made his appearance at the Queen’s Hall in the Grieg “Piano Concerto,” and he has since become well-known as a recitalist and most successful lecturer, notably in connection with various teachers’ training courses and pianoforte playing. Mr Moore is a professor and lecturer at the Royal Academy of Music. He has previously undertaken examinations in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and South Africa. It is probable that he will give lectures to teachers in New Zealand before returning to England.