PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19472, 6 May 1925, Page 8

PERSONAL.

At, the Supremo Court yesterday Mr Reginald Alfred Iving wa* admitted as a solicitor of tiie Supremo Court by Air Justice Sim. Mr J. M. Turnbull, the newly-elected Mayor of Whakataue, Bay of Plenty, is a native of Otago, his father, having been with tiie National Mortgage and Agency Company in Dunedin for a number of yea is. ’t he many friends of Captain Ramsay, formerly harbourmaster at Oamaru, will earn with regret, that the slate of his health is occasioning serious anxiety (says Hie Oamaru Mail), At (he meeliiig of the West Harbour Borough t. ouucil lasi night, a motion of sympathy was passed with Or C. M. French ami the relatives of the late Mr C. French A< (he meeting of (lie Otago .Society for (he Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, held yesterday, a, letter wa» received from Hie Governor General’s private secretary inlimating lhal Sir Charles Eergusson would ■;e pleased to accept ihe position of patron of the society. At .lie meeting of Iho executive of the Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Association last night a mol ion of condolence was passed with the relatives in the death at Cashmere Sanatorium, in consequence of war service, of 23/250 Private C. J. Panting, Hie members standing in silence At the meeting of Hm Wneerii Hospital Hoard on Monday, Dr T, Harrison Cromwell, and Innnerlv of Dunedin, 'was appointed superintendent of the board's two hospitals. He will reside at Cromwell. Dr Drqekonshire, graduate of the Otago University, and now a resident of Auckland, was appointed assistant superintendent. He will reside at Clyde. A Palmerston North Press Association message announces the death of Ernie To Awo Awe, chieftainoss of the RangiMnc, Milan polco, Whansranui. Upokoin and Hnimia tribes. The deceased was the widow of Keroi Te Panan, a noted chief, and the sister of one of the four loyal chiefs who were presented by Queen \ic ton a with a Union Jack (taro nuia t.mgi). she was a great age, about 100 years, and is survived by a daughter and a large number of remoter descendants. With her mnith closes an important chaplei in he Naln-o history of the West Coast Mr J. Gray Buchanan, J.P., of Highgaie London has been spending a few day,- with Su- John ami Lady Ro.-s, who are old tneims of his. He left for Wellington yesterday to attend (he annual dinner of •he Chamber ot Commerce there Mr Buchanan is the head of the well-known " n , l *°r " l,,uuu ■Hicks and Co.. London, and Mr Bonar J.aw, the distinguished statesman, was a partner of his. Ho is a mein her of (he Advisory Committee to rim Department of Overseas Trade, and also a member of the Advisory Committee on Imperial Mineral Resources. Mr Buchanan is delighted with the progress made in New Zealand since his last visit to the dominion In 1891. He hdpe.s to repeal his visit at an interval shorter than that heDyeen the present one and that which preceded it. Mr C. N. Orbell, one of the earliest set tiers of South Canterbury, a noted sheep breeder, and manager of the New Zealand and Australian L-nul Company's Levels estate until it was taken over by the Government for close settlement, died yesterday in his eighty-fifth year (says a Press Association message from Tinumi). He served m riant public bodies, including (he I eveis Cnunlv Council, of which lie was chairman for 39 years. Ho was a noted judge of sheep and light horses, and took a keen interest in sport, especially racing, hunting, and amateur athletics.