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Southland Times, Issue 22042, 15 June 1933, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr Ross Gore, representative for the Paramount Picture Corporation, is at present in Invercargill. A Press Association message from Sydney states, that Dr. F. A. Maguire has been elected Grand Master of the United Order of Freemasons in New South Wales. A Gisborne Press Association message states: From 140 applicants, including engineers now resident overseas, the Poverty Bay Power Board appointed Mr Geoffrey T. Cuthbert, now in the Head Office of the Public Works Department as engineer, succeeding the late Mr Howard Buswell. At a meeting of the New Zealand Licensing Reform Association the Ven. Archdeacon Williams (Paihia) was re-elected president and Mr D. M. Finlay vice-president. The following executive was re-elected:—The Rev. E. M. Cowie, Messrs M. A. Carr, R. McDonald, W. Perry, J. F. Atkins, L. O. H. Tripp, D. Madden and A. Young. —Wellington Press Association message. Mr W. Maurice Mehaffiey, son of the late Mr W. G. Mehaffey, Invercargill, and of Mrs W. G. Mehaffey, Gladstone, is now director and chief enginec. of lighthouses in Australia. On May 30 Mr Mehaffey left Melbourne by the Orient liner Ormonde to 'attend the international conference on lighthouses which is to take place in Paris. It is intended to discuss administrative and technical matters, including the latest developments in apparatus and radio beacons. The conference is to be attended by the leading lighthouse administrators and technicians of the world. During the sitting of the Maori Land Board yesterday, Mr W. A. Stout made reference to the impending retirement of Judge M. Gilfedder. He said he wished to place on record the thanks of the legal profession for the courteous reception and assistance given by the judge in respect of native affairs He stated that the local knowledge of the judge was of tremendous value to all persons dealing with the Maoris during the present depression. Mr G. E. Charlton, of Tuatapere, representing the Southland sawmillers, endorsed the remarks of Mr Stout, and expressed appreciation of the manner in which the business of the” Maori Land Board was conducted. As far as he could see the Maoris and Europeans were always assured of justice and a fair deal. Judge Gilfedder thanked the speakers for their expressions of good wishes.