ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 25313, 17 June 1935, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr Gordon Reed- travelled to Christchurch by the express last evening. Mr C M. Turrell, general manager of the New’ Zealand Shipping Company, who has been paying a bnef visit to Invercargill, left for the north by Saturday afternoon’s express. Mr W. St. O. Hermann has received notification of his ®P po ,' n V ner i position on the staff of the Dunedin North Intermediate School and leaves for Dunedin at the end of this month. Messrs E. J. Green and K. Kerr (Sydney), F. E. Dougall (Wellington), A. W. Preston (Christchurch), J. b. Mitchell (Dunedin) and H. Short (Gore) are guests at the Grand Hotel.

At the annual meeting of the Te Rangi Club on Saturday night, Mr J. Peterson was unanimously elected a life-member. Eulogistic references were made to his valuable services to the club over a lengthy term of years. The death is announced from Wellington by Press Association telegram of Mr S. H. Ferguson, aged 60. He was a prominent educaiion.st and taught schools in Taranaki, Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury.

Mr W. R. Mabson, president of the Invercargill Returned Soldiers’ Association, left by the express last evening to attend the annual conference of ‘die New Zealand Returned Soldiers Association in Wellington.

The death occurred at Perth on May 26 of Mr William Weeden, a former resident of Southland; whence he temoved to Australia 46 years ago. He then joined the New South Wales railway service, being for many years in the Sydney goods office. He left Sydney to accept the appointment of stationmaster at Perth, a position he retained until his retirement.

•Last week the Portobello Douglas Credit Study Circle held a memorial meeting in connection with the recent death of Mr Ralph McDonald, who had held the office of president during the past year. A motion of sympathy with his widow and family was carried. Feeling references were made by several speakers, and messages of sympathy from various correspondents in outside districts were received. The death occurred at Dunedin yesterday of Mr William Drummond, a well-known resident of Invercargill. Mr Drummond was a departmental man-, ager in the firm of Herbert, Haynes and. Company, and was well liked, by all with whom he came into business contact. He was a member of the Orphans’ Club and of the Invercargill Amateur, Operatic Society, being the possessor of, a pleasing baritone voice. He leaves a’ widow.

The death took place on Saturday, of Mr Robert Frederick Greenslade, ai well-known sportsman, states a Dun-| edin telegram. He was the son of Mq C. F. Greenslade, who was one of the; principals of New Zealand Breweries/ Ltd., when the business was estab-: lished; and all his life he was con- ( nected with the firm. He was for somej time manager, but he retired from thisj position last year. Since then he has, been a member of the board of direc-, tors and consulting brewer. He was, well-known to the sporting community] as a racehorse owner and carried on. breeding operations at his farm on the' Taieri. He was vice-president of the: Forbury Park Trotting Club. His wife, predeceased him some years ago. He. is survived by a family of four sons and two daughters. The two eldest sons are employed in the brewing’ business.

Owing to his impending departure' on retirement to Christchurch, Mr H., S. Cordery tendered his both as a member of and hon. auditor to the Te Rangi Bowling Club, at the ( annual meeting on Saturday night; The president (Mr R. Smithies) eulogistically referred to the valuable services rendered to the club by Mr Cordery during his respective terms of office as president, green ranger and auditor and said his genial personality on the green would be much missed. Messrs T. R. Pryde, J. Soar and R. Dunwoodie! endorsed Mr Smithies’ best wishes for] the happiness of Mr and Mrs Cordery! and their family in Christchurch and' each speaker emphasized the loss not) only the club but various sporting! bodies in Southland would sustain byl Mr Cordery’s departure. Mr Cordery] suitably returned thanks for the kindly remarks made.