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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 123, 27 May 1938, Page 6

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Mr. William Begg has been re elected chairman of the Otago Har bour Board.

Mr. J. B. Cotterill, M.P. for Wanganui, returned from Wellington last evening.

Sir Michael Myers, Chief Justice of New Zealand, and Lady Myers, stayed at Foster’s Hotel last night.

Brigadier-General H. W. Lloyd, a member of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, arrived at Wellington on Wednesday from Auckland by the Limited express.

Mr. E. F. Hemingway, at yesterday’s meeting of the Wanganui Girls’ College Board of Governors, was congratulated on his election to the Mayoralty of Patea, by the chairman of the board, Mr. G. S. Gordon.

Air Vive-Marshal Sir Edward Ellington, inspector-general of the Royal Air Force, who is en route to Australia to report on the air force, is due at Fremantle on June 14 and is expected sail for New Zealand about July 15.

Mr. John Justin McCarthy, Hawera was on Wednesday admitted a solicitor of the Supreme Court by the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers. Mr McCarthy is the third son of Mr. B McCarthy, Hawera, who appeared in support of the motion. Mr. McCarthy, Hawera, who appeared in support of the motion. Mr. McCarthy's eldest son was admitted in 1935.

Mr. J. Brine, Wanganui, is attending the annual meeting of the Commandery Chapter of the Order of St. John in New Zealand, which is being held in Wellington to-day. While there he will endeavour to finalise arrangements for the visit of the Knigh: Commander, Sir Heaton Rhodes, to Wanganui and New Plymouth, where he will perform certain investiture functions. Captain A. FI. Davey, who has been on holiday leave in Australia, has resumed command of the Awatea, which arrived at Wellington yesterday morning from Sydney. Captain G. B. Morgan, D.S.C., who was in command of the Awatea in the absence of Captain Davey, returned to Wellington in the ship and will take command of the Rangatira in place of Captain B. B. Irwin, who is going on leave. Mr. F. O. Clissold, chief clerk of the Wellington branch of the South British Insurance Company, has been promoted to be manager at Timaru, and Mr. M. J. McArtney, district inspector for the Manawatu district, and until recently of Wanganui, has been promoted to ’be chief clerk at Wellington. Mr. G. P. Clapcott, of the Wellington staff, has been appointed district inspector in the Manawatu. Mr. C. Young, who has been manager at Timaru, has been promoted to manager in Wanganui, and Mr. N. C. Barstow, at present manager in Wanganui, will go to headquarters at Auckland. Mr lan L. Burr, M.Sc., of Wanganui, has received word that he has been appointed to a position as petrologist to the Shell Oil Co., with headquarters in Wellington. Mr Burr’s success comes after a brilliant career in science at Otago University College. Leaving Wanganui Technical College just over four years ago, he entered Otago University College and at the end of his third year he received his B.Sc. degree with the senior scholarship for New Zealand in geology and proximo accessit to the senior scholar in botany. In his fourth, year he won the Lubecki Scholarship for applied sciences, and in addition to this research work he read for his master of science degree, which he obtained with first class honours. Fie starts his new work on July 1. Mr Burr is the son of Mr and Mrs C. Burr, Weka Street, Aramoho,