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Southland Times, Issue 22993, 12 September 1936, Page 6

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The Hon. Adam Hamilton has been appointed chairman of directors of the Southland Farmers’ Co-operative Association. Mr W. Clark was elected president and Mr W. Falconer vice-president at a meeting of the directors of the Southland Agricultural and Pastoral Association yesterday. Mr C. S. Sparks, of the Dunedin branch of the Union Steam Ship Com pany, arrived in Invercargill by the midday express yesterday. He will relieve Mr J. R. Woods, who is going away on holiday, as manager of the Bluff branch of the company. Guests at the Grand Hotel include Messrs D. E. Ireland (Wellington), D. M. Smillie (Dunedin), L. G. Chetwin (Palmerston North), E. Hazlett (Dunedin), and R. U. Warman (Auckland), Mr and Mrs D. Standage (Dunedin), Mr and Mrs J. C. Hardley (Auckland), Miss P. Laidlaw (Auckland), Mr and Mrs Scott (Sydney), Muss K. Broad (Tasmania), Mr and Mrs Oliver (Wellington), Mrs and Miss McCorkindale (Palmerston North) and Mr and Mrs Wilkes (Napier). Mr J. N. Greenland, who has been appointed general manager of the Union Steam Ship Company in succession to the late Mr J. W. Matthewson, was born at Westport on June 26, 1887. He joined the Union Steam Ship Company as a junior in the Westport office in 1902, and has been in its employ ever since. He was transferred to the purser staff in 1904 and served in practically all the company’s trades until December 1914, when he was granted leave of absence to proceed on active service. On his return he was appointed to the Dunedin branch, and in July 1919, he was transferred to Wellington. Subsequently he held successively the positions of sub-manager at Lyttelton from 1921, manager. at Timaru, from 1927, manager at Christchurch from 1930, and manager at Auckland from 1934. In January 1936, Mr Greenland was transferred to the head office, Wellington, to occupy the position of assistant general manager. Mr M. B. Miller, whose appointment as assistant general manager- of the Union Steam Ship Company was announced on Wednesday, is in his fortyfifth year. He was born in Wellington, and joined the company’s service early in 1908 at Dunedin. He served in head office departments, for two years on the purser staff, and in several positions in the Dunedin branch until in October 1915, he was granted leave of absence to join the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. In July 1919, he rejoined the Dunedin branch, and was soon transferred to the head office as private secretary to Sir Charles Holdsworth, then managing director of the company, with, whom he proceeded on business visits to the United States, Canada, and England on two occasions and to Australia at intervals. Between March 1924, and July 1925, Mr Miller served at branches on relieving duties and at the head office as examiner of w-orking costs. His service at the head office was continued by transfer to the post of chief assistant to the management.