ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 22012, 11 May 1933, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

A call to the Knapdale Presbyterian charge at Mataura was accepted yesterday by the Rev. W. G. Hannah, who for six years has been minister at Southbridge.—Christchurch Press Association.

Mr T. M. Gracie, of the Dunedin branch of the New Zealand Express Company, has been appointed manager of the Invercargill branch in place of Mr C. A. Davis, who has been transferred to Palmerston North. Dr. R. M. Campbell, Private Secretary to the Minister of Finance, has been attached to the World Conference delegation, states a telegram. Mesdames Forbes and Masters also accompany the delegation.

Lieutenant F. W. G. McLeod, conductor of the New Plymouth Regimental Municipal Band, who was the soloist judge at- the band contest in Dunedin in February, left recently for Australia to adjudicate at the Queensland State brass bands contest, held at Mackay.

Mr E. Frank Smith, late of Christchurch, has now taken up his position as manager for Messrs N. J. M. Rein, Ltd. Mr Smith has had wide experience in the jewellery business, both in the retail and wholesale, and prior to coming to Invercargill held the position of manager of the silver plate department of Messrs E. Reese, Ltd., Christchurch.

Following a sudden seizure on Friday afternoon Mr Eric M. Russell was hastily removed from his home to a private hospital, where an operation was performed without delay. lor three days Mr Russell s condition was serious, but an improvement which began on Monday night continued throughout yesterday, and last night his condition was considered satisfactory. It is now anticipated that his recovery will proceed normally. Mr . Russell is chairman of the Mortgagors Relief Commission for the Southland district.

Four professorial chairs at Auckland University College will have to be filled at the end of this year. Two of them, those of History and Classics, are already vacant, and under the college’s retiring age of sixty-five years. Professors C. W. Egerton (English) and H. W. Segar (Mathematics) will give up their chairs. Both were appointed in 1894. The chairs of History and Classics arc temporarily filled by Messrs W. T. G. Airey and E. M. Blacklock respectively. At a recent meeting of the College Council it was decided to invite applications for the four positions.

The following officers were elected by the Principals Association at the annual meeting of the Secondary Schools’ Association: President, Mr H. B. Tomlinson; hon. secretary and treasurer, Mr H. P. Kidson; executive, Miss Batham, Messrs H. B. Tomlinson, H. P. Kidson, W. A. Armour, W. A. G. Penlington; hon. auditor, Mr W. A. Armour; representatives on Secondary Schools’ Association, Miss Batham Messrs W. A. Armour and H. P. Kidson; representatives on Federation of Teachers, Miss Batham, Messrs Tomlinson, Armour, Renner, Penlington and Kidson.—Wellington Press Association message.

Cable advice has been received that Mr Harold M. Taylor has been elected to a Fellowship of Clare College, Cambridge. Mr Taylor, who is a son of Mr and Mrs James Taylor, of Dunedin, completed his M.Sc. at the Ctago University in 1927 and then proceeded to Cambridge where he has since been pursuing his studies in mathematics. He was placed as a Senior Wrangler in the mathematical tripos in 1930, and expects to complete the work for his PhD. in the same subject in June of this year. Within the last two years he has had three papers published by the Royal Society on his researches regarding the mathematical explanation of the behaviours of alpha particles and gamma rays. He has recently been appointed to give a course of lectures in Cambridge on wave mechanics and allied subjects.

During his six months’ tour of England Mr W. H. Dixon, conductor o£ the Royal Christchurch Musical. Society who returned to the Dominion by the Wanganella, which arrived at Wellington on Tuesday, met ma /y notable people in the musical world. Mr Dixon said he had an opportunity of making a comparison between some of the world’s greatest conductors. 1 left England with the impression that Sir Thomas Beecham is easily the greatest English orchestral conductor, Mr Dixon said. Radio was acting as a handicap to musical organizations, but one of the healthiest signs in provincial musical life in England was the excellent state of the competitions movement. “Competitions appear to be the only real outlet for the masses of the people who study musical and artistic culture,” he said.

Mr J. H. McAuliffe, clerk and treasurer of the Heathcote County Council, has been appointed to the newly created office of secretary and accountant to the South Canterbury Electric Powei Board. His resignation has been forwarded to the Heathcote County Council. Giving the reason for relinquishing his present position, Mr McAuliffe said that with the present talk of the Government’s setting up a commission for the amalgamation of local bodies, the position of the Heathcote County Council was very precarious. The county might be one of the first to be affected owing to its proximity to the city of Christchurch. Mr McAuliffe, ARA.N.Z., A.A.1.5., was born at Dunedin in 1891, and educated at Caversham and St. Clair Public Schools. He left New Zealand with the Mam Body in 1914 in the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, served in Egypt and on Gallipoli, and returned severely wounded. He was appointed clerk to the Borough of Alexandra, Central Otago, in 1918, and held that position till 1921. He was then appointed clerk to the Mataura Borough Council and remained in Mataura till 1924. He was clerk of Rangiora Borough Council for twelve months, and was appointed to his present position in 1925. —Christchurch correspondent of the Evening Star.