ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 22216, 8 January 1934, Page 4

ABOUT PEOPLE

Dr. Walton Bremner, who has been on a holiday visit to Invercargill for ft the past two weeks, left on Saturday for Christchurch.

A number of Southland bowlers, who are participating in the Dominion tournament, left Invercargill by the express last evening.

Captain and Mrs Vivart, London, arrived in Invercargill by the special train from Dunedin yesterday and are guests at the Club Hotel. Superintendent C. A. Woolley, of the Wellington City Fire Brigade, who had been visiting Southland, left Invercargill for Dunedin on Friday afternoon. Dr Elizabeth Knight, a pioneer suffragette, who was twice imprisoned, left £248,000. She bequeathed £lOO,OOO to a niece who did not expect a legacy. —London cable.

Mr G. H. Mackley, General Manager of the New Zealand Railways, who has been on a visit to Southland, returned to Wellington by the first express on Saturday morning.

Dr G. Home, president of the New Zealand branch of the British Medical Association, left last week for Australia to attend the annual conference of the Australasian branch of the society, which is to be held at Hobart.

Mr Lawrence Godfrey Smith, Professor of Pianoforte Music at Sydney Conservatorium, has arrived by the Wanganella under contract to the New Zealand Broadcasting Board. He wih be on the air first at Auckland.—Auckland Press Association telegram.

Archbishop Mannix will leave Melbourne early next month for New Zealand to take part in the celebration of the episcopal diamond jubilee of DrRedwood, of Wellington, the oldest archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the world. Dr. Reawood is in his ninety-fifth year.

Mr J. W. Deem, director of the Fields Division of the Department of Agriculture is retiring on superannuation at the enl of the month. He joined the department in 1893 and is one of three officers with the longest record of service therein, states a Press Association message from Palmerston North.

Mr R. M. Firth, formerly tourist officer at Invercargill and now head of the New Zealand Government Tourist Bureau in Melbourne, represented the Government at the funeral of the late Sir Robert Gibson on Thursday, deputizing for Mr L. J. Schmitt, head of the New Zealand Office in Sydney.

Prior to his departure for Auckland Mr J. S. Tomlinson was met on Saturday morning by members of the staff of the Bank of New Zealand and tendered a farewell. In making the presentation of a handsome travelling case, the accountant, Mr H. F. Wilson, referred in eulogistic terms to Mr Tomlinson’s capabilities and general popularity and wished him every success in his future career. The recipient suitably replied. Mr Tomlinson left by car yesterday morning to take up his new position in the Auckland branch.

Mr R. H. Hooper, who has been editor of the Journal of Agriculture for the past eighteen years, is retiring from the Public Service on superannuation. He joined the Department of Agriculture in 1900, and in 1902 was appointed to a position in the office of the AgentGeneral (now the High Commissioner) in London. While in London Mr Hooper was engaged in the Trade and Publicity branch of the _ office, and also attended several international congresses, including the International Postal Congress at Rome in 1906 and the International Dairy Congress at The Hague in 1907. He also took an active part in exhibition work, having been in charge of the New Zealand Court at the Irish Intel-national Exhibition, Dublin, in 1907 and the FrancoBritish Exhibition in London in 1908 On returning to New Zealand in 1909 he was again attached to the staff of the Department of Agriculture, and in 1915 was appointed Editor of Publications to the Department. Mr Hooper was farewelled recently by his fellow officers, and on behalf of the staff, Dr. C. J. Reakes, Director-General, presented him with a handsome clock as a mark of esteem, and also a fruit bowl for Mrs Hooper, making eulogistic reference to the high esteem in which Mr Hooper was held.