PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10612, 10 June 1920, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Air A. H. Alackrell, who ha« teen absent on a lengthy visit to Australia, lias returned to Invercargill.

Air H. P. A'oung (Orepuki) has been appointed to represent the Southland teachers on the Board of Appeal.

Tho Hon. G. J. Anderson, Alinister for Internal Affairs, is at present in Goto.

Sir William Fraser, who recently spent some days in Christchurch, hai gone on to Dunedin.

Ala,for C. H. Nuts ford has been appointed superintendent of tho Veterans’ Home at Auckland.

Mr Percy Cooke of Invercargill, has been appointed accountant in tho Alasterton gas office.

Air' P. Alurray, of Groytown, has been ordained as a homo missionary of the Wairarapa Presbytery.

Ain W. P. Adkins, a prominent mill manager at Sydney, is a passenger to Vancouver.

Air H. A. Bussell, who leaves shortly on trip to tho Old Country, was recently granted six months’ leave of absence byj the Napier Harbour Board.

Air A. E. P, Dyett has retired on superannuation on account of ill-hoaltn after 32 years’ service in the Napier waterworks.

Air C. H. Opie has been reappointed as the representative of the South Waimakariri'River Board on the Canterbury Progress League,

Air C. E. Evans, 0.E., of the Alastorton Borough staff, has been appointed engineer to the- Stratford Borough.

Councillor Armstrong has been appointed by the Alasterton County Council to the seat vacated by Air H. O. Toogood on the Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

Mr R. W. Dalton, Trade Commissioner, is to bo entertained by the New Zealand Association of British Manufacturers and Agents on Thursday of next week.

Another of Napier’s, old identities in the person of Mr Henry Rudman has died suddenly at the residence of Mrs A. Brooke-Taylor, of Meetings, in his seventy-fifth year. '

Mr 0. J. Martin, inspector of police at Batavia, is visiting Auckland. He is accompanied by his wife and two daughters, and will come on -to Wellington.

Mr A. H. Bloomfield, director of various Melbourne companies, was a through passenger by the Makura, also Mr Harold Gloivery, manager of the Farmers’ Co-opcrativo. Company at East Malvern, Victoria. ■ •

Messrs A. R. Wilkins and J. R. Birss, of the Invercargill Post Office staff, have received notido of their transfer to the Comptroller’s branch of the General Post Office, Wellington. . : ,

The consecration of the Right Rev. Dr Whyte as Bishop of Dunedin and Eight Rev. Dr Liston as CoadjutorBishop of Auckland, will take place in St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Dunedin, on a date yet to he decided.

Mr J- D. Gray, Secretary to tho External Affairs Department, left Samoa by the Navua op Tuesday, on his return to New Zealand. He is expected to reach Wellington in about a fortnight’s time.

The following promotions and appointments in the Public Trust Office are announced: —S. J. Smith", assistant chief accountant, Hoad Office; H. G. Shakes, district manager at Sydenham; W. J. Forsyth, district manager at Newmarket.

Mr S. S. Myers, who intends to leave Dunedin shortly on a holiday trip to Honolulu, has been presented with a well-filled cigar-case and holder by the Otago Football Association. Mr Myers has been president of the asso ciatioa for many years.

Mr h. A. Stringer, Registrar of Canterbury College, and Mr M. Dalzell. Inspector of Reserves, are at present inspecting the college reserves m South Canterbury. They will return to Christchurch at ins end of the week.

Tho late Mr Frank Dunkley, the supervisor to the Public Works Department, who lost his life in the recent floods in the King County, was the eldest son of Mr A. Dunkley, of Christchurch. He was educated at tho Christchurch Boys' High School, and during the war served as a non-com-missioned officer with the New Zealand Tunneling Corps. He leaves a widow and family.

Tlio Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew congregations of tho British Empire, Dr Hertz, will leave England in October next on a visit to Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. He will probably be accompanied by the vice-president of the United Synagogue, London, Mr Albert M. Woolf. This will bo the first occasion on which tho holder of the office of Chief Rabbinate has left the British Isles.

Mr H. M. Skeot, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor in Auckland, has . been appointed Sur-veyor-General for the Dominion. Mr Skcet has had 4o years’ service with the department in Taranaki, West Coast, Southland, and Auckland. He has risen from the position of assis-tant-surveyor to the head of the department. He will be succeeded at Auckland by Mr 6. H. Bullard, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor at New Plymouth. Mr Bullard’s'place will be. taken by Mr H. J. Lowe, who now holds a similar position at Blenheim.

On the eve of his departure _ fot Sydney, where he tabes up a position in the head office of the Fuller Proprietary, Mr Raymond Fuller, house manager of His Majesty’s Theatre, was f.trowelled by the theatre staff. On behalf of his colleagues Air Charles Watson presented Air Fuller with a solid silver cigarette case, inscribed, and in doing so paid a well-deserved tribute to the recipient, who. he said, had made himself most popular with all. Mr J. Porter, stage manager, also testified to the excellent qualities of Mr Fuller, who suitably replied. Mr F. Boland succeeds Mr Fuller at His Majesty’s.

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