PERSONAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18616, 11 July 1930, Page 8

PERSONAL.

Sir James Allen went south by the first express yesterday. Mr W. A. Marshall, of the staff of the head office, Wellington, has been appoimed stationmaster at Timaru.

Messrs W. A. Bodkin, A. Hamilton, and D. McDougall. M.P’s., were passengers for the south yesterday.

The Hon. W. B. Taverner. Minister of Public Works, was a passenger by the first south-bound express yesterday. Mr W. Hayward, chairman of the United Party Executive in Christchurch, will represent the executive at the funeral of Sir Joseph Ward at Bluff on Sunday. The Mayor of Christchurch (the Rev. J. K. Archer), and the Town Clerk (Mr J. S. Neville), left for the south yesterday morning. They will represent the city at the funeral of the late Sir Joseph Ward at Bluff on Sunday. Mr E. S. Brittenden, railway outdoor assistant district traffic manager at Dunedin, has been appointed stationmaster at Christchurch, in succession to Mr H. D. Lowry, who recently retired on superannuation. Mr Brittendon was stationed at Christchurch before going to Dunedin. Mr T. B. Garrick, chairman of the Levels County Council, has sent the following telegram of condolence to Sir Cyril Ward: “The Levels County Council, representing the residents of the County, desire to express its sincere sympathy with the relatives of the late Sir Joseph Ward in their bereavement, and also to express its sense of the great loss the Dominion has sustained by the death cf such a great Statesman.”

Before the commencement of the formal business at the Dominion Trotting Conference reference was made by Mr J. Rowe, who presided, to the loss to New Zealand and to the sporting public by the death of Sir George Clifford. His record, both personal and administrative, was an outstanding feature of the racing world, said Mr Rowe. For 31 years he had held office as president of the Racing Conference, and during that time his devotion to raising the sport to a higher level was of an untiring nature. His record was a great one, and his name would be ever honoured and remembered by the racing public. The delegates stood in silence as a of respect and of sympathy with the relatives.