ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 22490, 26 January 1935, Page 4

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr A. W. Rodger, who has been visiting Wellington, returned by the express last night. Mr D. Cooney, son of Mr and Mrs T. H. Cooney, of Spey street, who has bee., visiting his parents after an absence of two years, has returned to the Marist Bros.’ Juniorate at Tuakau.

Mr K. J. Holyoake, M.P. for Motueka, accompanied by Mrs Holyoake, were visitors to Winton during the week, in the course of a trip through the South Island. Mr and Mrs Holyoake left for Queenstown. Messrs W. Hinchey (chairman of the Southland Electric Power Board), W. McChesney (a member) and C. Campbell (secretary), who visited Dunedin to attend the regional conference to consider the proposed establishment of a central secretariat for power supply authorities, returned by the express last night.

Mr W. Bromley, deputy chairman of the Unemployment Board, left Wellington on Wednesday night to visit centres between Christchurch and Dunedin. Next week he will go to Central Otago, and will be engaged during the week in business connected with gold mining. While in Central Otago he will be accompanied by the Under-Secretary of Mines (Mr A. Tyndall). The Rev. Father Cullen and the Rev. Father Reardon, of Minneapolis, U.S.A., visited the Rev. Father O’Neil at Winton during the week. The visiting priests were delighted with the scenery provided in Southland, and while a projected trip to the Eglinton Valley had to be cancelled owing to unfavourable weather conditions, the visitors travelled to Queenstown from Winton, and intend leaving from Auckland on their homeward bound journey.

The Provincial Executive of the Southland Farmers’ Union was advised at their meeting yesterday that Mr E. A. Clarke, a lecturer on wool, nutrition and other matters connected with the stock industry at Massey College, intended visiting Invercargill for the first wool sale on February 1. It was suggested by members that Mr Clarke might consent to address a meeting of farmers, and it was left in the hands of the secretary (Mr A. L. Adamson) to make any necessary arrangements. The death occurred yesterday of Mr John Howard Parr, the only son of Sir James Parr, High Commissioner for New Zealand, states an Auckland Press Association message. Mr Parr, who was 38 years of age, died at his residence, Remuera, after a short illness. A member of the firm of Parr and Blomfield, barristers and solicitors, Mr Parr was well-known in legal circles, and on leaving school entered the legal firm in which his father was then a partner. Volunteering on the outbreak of the Great War, he saw service with tire Expeditionary Force. After the war he continued his legal studies, and on his father’s retirement from legal work he became junior partner in the firm. He is survived by his wife and son, aged four years.