PERSONAL

Southland Times, Issue 24211, 22 August 1940, Page 6

PERSONAL

Commander G. Dennistoun and Commander H. S. Barker were in Invercargill yesterday interviewing candidates for service in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. They leave today for the nor'h. Mr H. H. Meredith, president of the South Island Dairy Association, and Mr W. Young, left Dunedin yesterday for Wellington to attend a meeting of the Dairy Industries Council to discuss guaranteed prices of butter and cheese for the forthcoming season. Aircraftsman W. Gray, arrived in Invercargill by last night’s express from Blenheim. He will spend a few days leave in Invercargill before returning north. Mr I. D. Blair, Macmillan Brown Scholar in Agriculture of the University of New Zealand, who has been working at the Rothamsted Experimental Station, England, is now in Canada, where he will complete the tenure of the scholarship at the Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology Winnipeg. The Rev. Lionel B. Fletcher will soon leave England for New Zealand and Australia to arrange evangelistic campaigns in the chief centres and military camps. Mr Fletcher was formerly minister at the Beresford Street Congregational Church, Auckland. Mr R. H. C. Galbraith, a member of the engineering staff of the Dunedin City Corporation, who was in England at the outbreak of war, joined up with the Royal Artillery in October last, and advice has now been received that he has been promoted to the rank of captain.

Mr W. V. Dyer, who has been chairman of the Wellington Education Board for the past six years, was yesterday elected for another term of two years.— Press Association.

The following nominations have been received for the election of four wool growers’ representatives on the New Zealand Wool Council:—Sir William Perry, Masterton; Messrs H. D. Acland, Christchurch; G. J. J. Buchanan, Dannevirke; L. T. Daniell, Masterton; A. N. Hayes, Oamaru; L. Maclean, Hastings; A. B. Moore, Whangarei; G. C. Warren, Darfield. The sitting members are Sir William Perry and Messrs Acland, Maclean, and Warren. Mr T. T. Russell, resident magistrate at Suva, has been advised of his promotion to the position of Crown Counsel, Straits Settlements, and assistant legal adviser, Federated Malay Straits. After serving for several years in Siam, Mr Russell went to Fiji in 1936 as chief police magistrate, and on several occasions he has acted as Attorney-General. Mr M. J. Pripp, vice-Consul for Sweden, will leave Wellington soon on transfer to Shanghai. The Consulate will be carried on under the control of the Consul, Mr J. T. Martin. Tributes to the enthusiasm and efficiency which Mr B. Noble had displayed in his capacity as honorary secretary of the New Zealand Institute of Secretaries’ Southland Chapter, were paid at the chapter’s annual meeting last night. In making a presentation to Mr Noble in token of the chapter’s appreciation, the chairman (Mr V. W. Boyes) said Mr Noble had been the mainstay of the executive committee for the past four years. Messrs J. R. E. Sutton, R. C. Cook and J. W. Wood also spoke. Mr Noble replied.