PERSONAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11131, 14 February 1930, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mr. J. B. Christie, who lor the past 23 years has been solicitor to the State" Advances Department, will retire on superannuation on March 1, The Hawke’s Bay Presbytery lias appointed the fojlowing ministerial delegates to attend the sitting of the General Assembly, at Dunedin, in March: Revs. J. A. Asher, D. -I. Shaw, R. B. Waugh, R. McCully, F. W. Robertson, A. C- McLean and J. T. Mackay. The Federal Prime Minister (Mr, Scullin') may go to Geneva, for the opening, of the League Assembly, in September, whilo en route to the Imperial Conference. The date of his dejrarturo has not been fixed yet, as it depends upon when the referendum is taken on the question of extending the Federal _ Government’s powers in relation to industrial matters.—P.A. copyright. Members of the staff of the Gisborne branch of the Bank of Australasia met on 'Wednesday to extend their best wishes and congratulations to Mr. J. A. C. King on the eve of his marriage. The manager, Mr. H. I. Thodey, on behalf of the staff, presented a silver entree dish to Mr. King, adding the best wishes for his and the future Mrs. king s success and happiness. Similar wishes were extended by other speakers and Mr. King made a suitable response. The executive of the New Zealand Employers’ Federation, at a special meeting at Wellington on Wednesday, decided to recominened to all unions I* of employers the nominations of the Federation’s president (Hon. 1. Shailer Weston M.L.C.) as their representative on the New Zealand delegation, which is to attend the International Labour Conference at Geneva in May next. Asked at Dunedin as tp the rumor of an attempt to ionn a new political party, with his name mentioned as the possible leader. Sii Charles St at ham said: “I know nothing whatever about the new party and while i am Speaker I cannot and will nob take any hand in party politics. I decline even to discuss the question. —P.A. Copyright. Major-General Sir George S. Richardson, K.8.E., C.M.G.. Croix do Guerre Beige, Legion d’Honneur, and ex-Administrator of Western Samoa, who was a distinguished figure iu tlie Great War, draws a pension ot :£1 a week! To the British War Office he is still merely “Quartermaster Sergeant Richardson.’ and, although he has now risen to the top of the tree, Whitehall .continues to credit him religiously with the mea*"gre pre-war pension attached to his early non-commissioned rank m the British 'Army. . . , tmm At the session of tlie Council of Now Zealand Institute of Arelutests sitting in Wellington, a letter was received from Mr. J. Greig, of Gisborne, in wheli he tendered his iesjgnatioil. Several members spoke Highly of the valuable services which Mr. Greig.had rendered to the institute over a lengthy period. iiie Institute has had no more lo> Tal or zealous member,” declared Mr. W. M Page (Wellington), and we all. will miss his kindly . and genial presence at tlxis council T ™eetidg/ i On the motion of Mr. E. H. Hutton V (ChristcliuTch), it was unanimously /■' resolved to elect Mr. Greig an honorary life fellow of the Institute and to record the council’s appreciation of his valuable services mi the minuter,..