PERSONAL

Southland Times, Issue 23228, 17 June 1937, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr W. G. Tait was elected chairman of the Invercargill Fire Board at the first meeting of the new board yesterday.

Mr A. T. Donnelly, chairman of directors of the Bank of New Zealand, left Auckland by the Monowai on a visit to Honolulu.

Mr C. W. Rattray, of Dunedin, a director of the Union Steam Ship Company, left Auckland with Mrs Rattray by the Monowai on a visit to Fiji.

Sir James Gunson has been appointed a director of the Auckland Gas Company, Ltd., to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Sir George Elliot.

Canon F. G. Harvie, who recently resigned the post of vicar of St. Barnabas, Mount Eden, to reside m England, left Auckland for Vancouver by the Monowai.

Mr H. D. Raphael, sales manager for the New Zealand organization of Leyland Motors, Ltd., left by the Monowai from Auckland on his. way to England, where he will visit the factories of the company.

Messrs A. V. Marcus, J. Clymus and B. White (Chicago, U.S.A.), J. Jenkins, J. Anderson, A. H. Thomas, J. D. Grimes and W. Garrett (Dunedin), R. Romas (New York), Dr Brown (Seacliff) and Mr J. Evans (Wellington) are guests at the Grand Hotel.

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Sclater, formerly traffic manager of the Canadian Pacific Railways for New Zealand and Australia, was a through passenger by the Monowai, which arrived at Auckland from Sydney, for British Columbia, where he intends to retire.

Mr J. H. M. Finlayson, head master of the Berhampore School, Wellington, has been appointed to the inspectorate in the Otago district, with headquarters at Dunedin. Mr Finlayson, who has had 32 years’ teaching experience, began as a pupil teacher at Levin in 1904. Before taking up the headmastership of the Berthampore School last year he was head master at Kelbum for four years.

Several transfers of Southland members of the staff of the Bank of New Zealand are announced. Mr F. L. Smith, manager of the Otautau branch, has been transferred to Raetihi and Mr J. G. Conolly, who has been accountant at the Gore branch for 13 years, has been appointed manager at Otautau. Mr G. J. Thomson, of the Invercargill staff, has been transferred to Gore to fill the vacancy caused by Mr Conolly’s transfer.

Dr A. Palmer, of Wellington, has received news that his son, SurgeonCaptain Trevor E. Palmer, of the Indian Medical Service, has been awarded the 0.8. E. decoration, his name being in the Coronation Honours List. Surgeon-Captain Palmer, for nearly 18 months, was located at Addis Ababa, Abyssinia, as medical officer at the British Legation, and on his return to India in December was highly complimented on his work. His colonel said that “from the word ‘go’ his work had been absolutely outstanding, and, in times of emergency, magnificent”; in fact, he could not speak too highly of the manner in which the doctor carried out his duties. While in Abyssinia, Surgeon-Captain Palmer not only had the care of the Legation and the Sikh Guard, but also thousands of refugees, [who flocked to the Legation for safety I during the recent war.