ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 22039, 12 June 1933, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr F. Hinton, who has been visiting Dunedin, returned to Invercargill by" the mid-day express on Saturday. The appointment of Mr Daniel Lynch to be registrar of births and deaths for the district of Gore at Riversdale as from July 1 next is Gazetted.

A Press Association message from London announces the engagement of Edward, son of the late Mr Penrose Fitzgerald, of Ireland, and Mrs Fitzgerald, of Milford-on-sea, and Isabel, daughter of Sir Thomas and Lady Wilford.

A Nelson Press Association telegram reports the death of Captain Flank L. Vickerman, who for nearly 50 years was master of the Anchor Company s vessels. His last command was the Titoki in 1925, since when he had been living in retirement at Pangatotara, near Nelson.

After unbroken service on the staff of the Timaru Herald since leaving school. Mr C. E. Hassall has tendered his resignation as sub-editor, a position he has filled for about 10 years. H:s resignation will take effect from the beginning of August. Mr Hassalls services will not, however, be altogether lost to the Herald, as he will remain on the staff as a special sporting writer.

Advice has been received by Mr A. J. Neil, of the Department of Agriculture, Invercargill, who recently completed the final, subjects of the Accountants’ Professional Examination, that he has also been successful m passing the final section of the examination held by the New Zealand Institute of Secretaries. Since the examination came into force Mr Neil is the first candidate in Invercargill to obtain this latter qualification.

Mr Louis Dapples, head of the Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company in Switzerland, has recently been awarded the diploma of cioctor of medicine honoris causa by the University of Lausanne on the occasion ot the tenth anniversary of his leadership of the company of which he is in control Mr Dapples made a visit to the Dominion in 1929, when he inspected his company’s New Zealand factories, and incidentally took advantage of his visit to view at first-hand most of the principal scenic attractions of this country. The distinction just conferred upon this member of a well-known Vandois family maintains the chain of university honours y/hich have been conferred upon various members since the commencement of the seventeenth century.

An enjoyable evening was spent at the residence of Mr and Mrs L. Sparks, Ettrick street, on Saturday when members of the Union Ladies’ Hockey Club were present at a function held in honour of a popular team-mate, Miss Eva Hope, whose marriage to Mr M. Butler took place last week. In presenting Mrs Butler with a silver cake tray on behalf of the club, Mr J. Holland (president) wished the newly-weds every happiness in the future, but said the club would greatly miss the services of Mrs Butler, who had been a prominent member of the senior team. Mr. L. Sparks (vice-president) in endorsing Mr Holland’s remarks agreed that Mrs Butler’s defection would be undoubtedly felt in local hockey circles. Last year by her consistent performance she had won representative honours, and it was considered that had she not decided to give up the game her claims to inclusion in the 1933 Southland representative team would have been worthy of serious consideration by the selectors later in the season. However, there was one ray of light on the horizon, Mr Sparks added, in that Mr Butler himself was a keen hockey player and would still continue to take the field. Mrs Butler, when rising to suitably return thanks, was received with musical honours.