ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 22074, 22 July 1933, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr R. J. Dickson, of the Bluff Post Office staff has been transferred to the Gore office as exchange clerk. Mr L. Butters, assistant clerk to the Rangiora Borough Council, has been appointed Town Clerk of Temuka.

Mr A. M. Samuel, M.P. for Thames, has been ordered by his medical adviser to take a fortnight’s complete rest.

Mr O. C. T. Joyce, who has been transferred to the Westport branch of the Public Trust Office, left for the north yesterday. Mr A. Randle, who has been secretary of the Buller Sawmillers’ Association for the last two years, has received an appointment in Invercargill. Miss Lucy J. Crosbie, at present on the relieving staff of the Southland Education Board, has been appointed sole teacher of the Crown Terrace School.

Mr A. J. F. White, telegraphist at Milton Post Office, is under orders to transfer to Gore office, and will be succeeded by Mr C. Elder, from the Gore office. Mr W. Downie Stewart, M.P., accompanied by Miss Stewart, left Dunedin on Thursday to join the Aorangi at Auckland. Mr Stewart is going to Canada to attend two conferences. Mr A. D. Mclntosh, who was appointed Librarian at Dunedin, has declined the appointment and he remains at the Parliamentary Library, states a Wellington Press Association message. Latest arrivals at the Grand Hotel include Messrs R. J. H. Cox, Wellington; L. Sutton, Wellington; J. Buchanan, Wellington; W. S. McKinlay, Christchurch; and Dr A. Tennant, Wellington. The death of Mr Frank Thomas Tourell occurred in the Auckland Hospital yesterday following an operation. The late Mr Tourell, who was 36 years of age, was educated at the Christian Brothers’ School, Dunedin, and for many years had been on the field staff of the Government Life Insurance Department. The department has had few more zealous and popular officers; and while stationed in Southland he gained a large number of friends by his cheerfulness, tact and integrity. For several years his health had been poor, a motor cycle accident having caused serious complications. As a professional runner Mr Tourell achieved a great deal of success, being in his prime among the fastest sprinters in the Dominion. He was also keen on Association Football and was for some years a member of the Civic Band. He married a daughter of Mr A. R. Wills, of Invercargill, and she and three young children survive him.