PERSONAL

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14257, 7 January 1920, Page 5

PERSONAL

A Press Association telegram from Wellington announces the death of Mr <3. B. Morrison, K.C. Mr James Findlay has been returned unopposed as a member of the Cam-. r : bridge Borough Council, vice Cr John ' Grainger (resigned.) Mr Sweeney arrived in Hamilton yesterday to complete arrangements for the appearance of'the New South Wales State Orchestra at the Theatre ITioyal to-morrow night. Mr P H Harris, formerly inspector for the 'South British Insurance Company in Waikato, and formerly manager, .the Napier branch, has been transferred to Christchurch as manager of the company's business there. Captain and Brevet LieutenantColonel B. C Freyburg, \ .&, C - M \V;' I) SO (Wellington), Grenadiei Guards, has bee n seconded for service on the British Imperial btatt. Mr John Mac Gibbon, manager of the Ashburton branch of the Bank of New Zealand, has been appointed an inspector of the bank. MfMacGibbon left Ashburton last we*, and has been succeeded by Mr Janws Bevin, of Greymouth. Detective-Sergeant Ward, who for a number of years has been stationed at Napier, has been promoted to fall the / position of Chief Detective at Welhngton, recently vacated by Mr T. W. Boddam * Police-Sergeant Michael Murphy, who has been a well-known figure on the Wellington wharves for many years, will retire on pension at the end of this month. He has been ailing tor over a year. Rev. John Mackenzie, formerly of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Christchurch, and now of •poorak, Melbourne, is presiding over the Australasian Christian Students' Conference, which is sitting in Geraldine. Mr J. A. Carpenter, former manager for Messrs Burns Philp, in Northern Queensland, nas been appointed general manager of the company's New Zealand business, which it is intended to extend to the South Island. The death is announced from Dunedin of Mr Bobert Halkridge, director of the Dunedin School of Art. Deceased -was' a prominent Mason, being the Provincial Grandmaster of the English Constitution. The anmfal conference of the N.Z. Executive Institute has appointed the following officers: President, Mr W. Phililps; vice-president, Mr J. E. Pur- , \ chase; treasurer, Mr A. Erskine; nonI official members of executive, Messrs W. H. Newton, W. Eudey, B. N. T. Blake, J. C. Wobb, H. F. Penlington, and F. A. Garry.

Mr Gouvain, consulting electrical engineer to the Cambridge Electric Power District, spent three days in company with Mr F. C. Bunyard (Borough Engineer) inspecting the proposed routes for electric lines about the district during the past week. He will submit a report to the Provisional Board almost immediately. There are many, even outside the railway service, who will regret, to hear of the death of Mr W. T. Wilson, which occurcd at Wellington on New YearN Day, at th.j age of 52. Mr Wilson v/as for some time in charge of the loco department '.at Frankton Junction, and later assistant locomotive foreman in Wellington. Mr Henri Verbrugghen, conductor of the New South Wales State Orchestra, is Belgian born and trained, his musical ability appearing in his very early days. Although intended for the medical profession, his tastes could not be denied, and, on the advice of the noted teacher, M. Gavaert, his entire attention .was given to music. He has a yk great deal of Continental training and ■ experience, and has been connected 90 with some of the most notable orchestral combinations in the United Kingdom.

Three New Zealand'medical men have passed a special and ordinary primary examination for the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons. Of 141 candidates, 67 were anproved. The New Zealanders, all of whom had served in the New Zealand Medical Corps, are J. A. Jenkins (New Zealand and Middlesex Hospital), previously attached to the N.Z.M.G. Battalion; K. MacCormick (New Zealand and University College), Ma;'or, N.Z.M.C., D.A.D.M.S., New Zealand Division: and L. A. Speddins (New Zealand and Middlesex Hospital), previously attached to No. 3 New Zealand General Hospital, Codford.