ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 18823, 17 May 1920, Page 5

ABOUT PEOPLE

Dr Brodie, Roman Catholic Bishop of Christchurch, visited Dunedin last week. Mr Justice Hosking is reported to be recovering from his recent illness. A Melbourne Press Association cable records the death of the Right Rev. Arthur Wellesley Pain, Bishop of Gippsland, aged 78 years. A Sydney Press Association telegram states that Messrs W. A. Holman, J. Flannery, and A. Thompson have been admitted as King’s Counsel. Mr H. T. Thadey, accountant of the Auckland branch of the Bank of Australasia, has been appointed manager of the Invercargill branch of the bank. Mr Victor E. Galway, Mus. Bac., this year’s musical judge at the Christchurch competitions, has been appointed conductor of the Dunedin Male Voice Choir in succession to Mr J. Timson. A report from the Hospital Committee of the Otago Hospital Board recommends the appointment of Dr J. M. Clarke as a junior medical officer in Dunedin Hospital, and of Mr A. £. Stanley Hanan as assistant dispenser. On Friday last the Middle School was visited by a past pupil, the Right Rev. J. A. Asher, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church. In addressing the senior scholars, Mr Asher spoke interestingly of the former headmasters of the old school, with all of whom he had been acquainted. He was sure past pupils remembered these with reverence and affection. The.school in its earliest days, when it was known as the Grammar School, gave a thorough grounding not only in primary, but also in secondary subjects, and pupils were enabled to proceed direct from it to the University. The headmaster, in thanking Mr Asher for his visit, assured him that his presence and kind words would proved an incentive to many of the boys and girls. From ail over Southland the men of the permanent way gathered on Saturday night in Ashley’s Hall to say good-bye to Mr R. Hislop, who has been Inspector of Permanent way of the Invercargill section for thirteen years. Evidence of his popularity was evident in the speeches given by those with whom he had worked during his term of office in Invercargill, and all expressed their regret at his departure. That ho would have something tangible to remind him of his period of work in Invercargill, Mr J. K. Lowe, the chairman, in a neat speech, asked the guest to accept on his own behalf a suitably inscribed gold watch, and for Mrs Hislop a set of stainless cutlery. Mr Hislop, in replying, stated that it was thirteen years ago that night when he received a send-off from Waipukurau to come to Invercargill. Mr Hislop has been transferred to Oamaru to a similar position there, and leaves during the week to take up his new duties. •