PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17692, 1 August 1919, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mrs J. Townley lias received advice that Private T. G. Townley is returning by tho tioopsnip Port Hacking, wiiicii is due at -Ly It el toil ou or about August 14. 'i'ho Rev. H, A. Job, oi Chris tckurck, intends to return to his native country, Australia, as soon iks the next no-license campaign in New Zealand is ended.

Aliss Hatch, of Greymouth, has been appointed supervisor o£ the Ashburton Telephone iixcuajigo, and will take up her duties within a lew days. Dr William, Creser, examiner to tho Trinity College of Music at London, left Vancouver on July 16 by the .Niagara, ior Auckland. He will conduct the college's examinations there

Mr G. li. Archibald, formerly of the Lauds and Survey »cxjarfemeut, Dunedin, has been appointed to the North Auckland Land .Board. I l 'or some time Mr A.-ckibald has been on loan to the PubOffice, Wellington. Mr Howard L. Dolainore, who for the past lOj; years has occupied tho position of business manager and secretary of tAo Uore Publishing Company, has been appointed general manager of the New Zealand Paper Mills, with headquarters at Dunedin, and will take up his duties here in about a month's time.

Mr l'\ K J. V. -Vlorton, who is to take up the position of senior clerk in the local Post and Telegraph Office, arrived by the train from invercargill last night. lie will be followed in a few days by Mr G. W. Matheson, who will be chief of the mail stab. Hiss E. Barry, also of invercargill, has been transferred to the position of supervisor of the Oamaru Telephone Exchange.

... 1 Mrs W. A. Smaill arrived in wew Zealand by the steamer Briton. Alx Smaiii, who formerly belonged to Port Chalmers, obtained 'his chief engineer's certificate, and having qualified lor the .Royal Naval Reserve, he joined the navy as an engineer at the outbreak of hostilities, tie served in the the Ooeaii (nuiied), the Dublin (torpedoed), and was serving on the Albatross up till the time of tile armistice.

Mr O. Bait, of this city, has received advice that at the distribution of King's Birtuday honours, the Military Cross was awarded to his nephew, Lieutenant Thomas Oscar Balk, of tlie Royal Warwick Regiment (attached Signal Nervine R.E.). Lieutenant Balk and his four brothers all volunteered for active service in the army and navy, and they were fortunate in coming through the war safe and sound. The youngest of the quintet, Lance-corporal Harold Balk, of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, is retumnig to the dominion in the Somerset.

At the conclusion of the meeting of the Distriot Repatriation Board yesterday opporunity was taken to present Mi- H. D. I'ennant (District Repatriation Officer), on the occasion of liis approaching marriage, with a token of esteem in honour of the event. The chairman (Mr J. Begg), on behalf of the board, presented Mr lennant with an afternoon tea service, and in doing so. referred to the harmonious relations existing between the board and the department's staff. At the same time he wished health and prosperity to Mr Tennant and his future partner. At the conclusion of this ceremony Mr H. F. Titchener. on behalf of the staff of the Repatriation Department, presented Mr Temient with a dinner service, and extended best wishes to the recipient." Mr 'lennent suitably replied to both presentations. Tan Henare, M.P. for the Northern Maori electorate, who for seven weeks has been an "nmate of the Kawakawa Hospital, following on a severe attack of typhoid fever, was sufficiently recovered to leave the hospital last Wednesday. Tau Henare, who in health was a man of unusual size, has lost six stone in weight, but declares bimself completely recovered. At one time his illness reached a critical stage, and only splendid, skiful nursing pulled him through. He will probably recuperate at Russell for a month before undertaking any arduous political duties. Notification of ihe award of the American Distinguished Service Medal to Brigadiergeneral W. L. H. Burgess, C.8., C.M.G., D.5.0., has been received by his mother, Mrs Geo. Burgess, of Papakura, Auckland. General Burgess, although associated with the Australian Imperial Foices since the outbreak of war, was at that rime ati Auckland staff officer, stationed temporarily at Hobart ' under the system of exchange of officers then in operation. He served through the Gallipoli (campaign with great distinction, and for his later service in France was also awarded the decoration of the Cross of the Legion of Honour. He left England by the Orsova on July 16. Mr A. W. Bennett (general manager of the New Zealand Shipping Company), who will retire on superannuation at the end of August, after 42 years' service with the company, was born in London in 1848, and left, for Melbourne in 1866. Three years later he joined the Nathaniel Edwards Company (now the Anchor -Lane) as a purser on its New Zealand West Coast steamers After two years afloat he took charge of the company's shipping department in Nelson, acting also as agent for the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company. He went to Canterbury in 1872 with the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company, and remained in its scrvice until he joined the New Zealand Shipping Company in Christchurch in 1877. Shortly afterwards he was appointed 'manager of the company at Lyttelton. Later on lie became manager in Christ church, and was appointed general manager in 1914, on tho death of Mr Isaac Gibbs. A Wellington Press Association telegram reports that Constable Hugh Blaikie has been appointed inspector of factories. Mr W. G. Gould (manager of tho Cooperative Fruitgrowers of Otago) has felt compelled to resign Ins position owing to ill-health, and the directors have agreed to accept his resignation. The directors have been fortunate in securing in his place the services of Mr J. H. Waigth, who is at present Mayor of Roxburgh. Mr William Campbell, for many years connected with the detective branch of the New Zealand Police Forcc, died at his residence in Wellington on Sunday. He joined the Police Force some 40 years ago as a constable, and was stationed in Wellington, being for some tinje at the Botanic Gardens before those grounds .were placed in the City Council's charge. Being subsequently transferred to the detective branch, he rose to the position of chief detective, acting, in this capacity in Dunedin. Later he was transferred to Greymouth, and remained thero up to the time of his retirement between four and five years . ago. He was in his seventieth year.