PERSONAL

Southland Times, Issue 24230, 13 September 1940, Page 4

PERSONAL

The Hon. Mr Justice Kennedy returned to Dunedin by the afternoon express yesterday from a visit to Southland.

Mr P. Keller, district engineer of the Public Works Department at Dunedin, who has been visiting Invercargill, will return to Dunedin by the express this afternoon.

Mr lan Hall, of Sydney, who has been appointed bacteriologist at the Underwood factory of New Zealand Milk Products Ltd., has arrived in Invercargill to begin his duties. Pilot Officer F. W. Hall-Jones, son of Mr F. G. Hall-Jones, of Invercargill, who is to be transferred to the Royal Air Force in England, and who has been spending leave in Invercargill, left yesterday morning for Wellington, where he will report for duty. Mr H. T. Thompson, secretary of the Southland Education Board, is expected to return today from his annual holidays. During his absence Mr T. J. Gosling has been acting as secretary. The Rev. N. F. Sansom, Mr J. D. Waddell and Mr A. Liddell, members of the Male Choir who will be going into camp soon, were bidden farewell at the choir practice night. The president, Mr A. Adam, made a presentation to each of the men and paid a tribute to their work in the choir. He wished them a safe return. The three members were granted leave of absence and. made honorary members of the choir.

Sergeant Pilot M. Jolly, of Wallacetown, who has been spending his leave with his parents, will leave this morning for Wellington.

Mr Ivan O’Brien was appointed at a meeting of the Southland Photographic Society last night to fill the vacancy on the executive caused by the enlistment for overseas service of Mr E. Barwell.

Mr J. Pickard, jun., of the staff of the Union Steam Ship Company, Ltd., who is to join the Fleet Air Arm, in England, arrived in Wellington yesterday to report for duty. Mr James Louden was elected to the executive of the Southland Acclimatization Society at a meeting of the executive last night.

Mr Alex Lindsay, a son of Mr and Mrs S. A. Lindsay, of Elies road, Invercargill, who is studying music in London, has gained the diploma of Associate of 'the Royal College of Music. Captain V. G. Webb, marine superintendent of the Union Steam Ship Company, and Mr F. Scott Miller, the company’s repairs superintendent, have returned to Wellington from a visit to Australia.

Mr D. B. Collins, a member of the staff of the Railways Department at Invercargill, who left during the week to spend a few days with his parents at Gore before joining the Royal New Zealand Air Force, was bidden farewell by fellow workers before his departure. He was made presentations of a money belt and a toilet outfit on behalf of the staff of the district traffic manager’s office. Lieutenant-Colonel F. K. Turnbull has been appointed Officer, Commanding brigade units at the Trentham mobilization camp, according to a Gazette notice, in place of Lieutenant-Colonel L. H. Jardine, who has resumed command of the Taranaki Regiment for intensive training.—Press Association. Mr M. J. McCormack, a member of the relief staff of the Railways Department at Invercargill, was bidden farewell yesterday afternoon before his departure to join the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Mr W. A. Croft, chief clerk, asked Mr J. S. H. Orr, president of the New Zealand Railway Officers’ Institute, to make a presentation of a pocket wallet on behalf of the staff of the station and the district traffic manager’s office. Mr Orr congratulated Mr McCormack on the step he had taken and wished him a safe return. Messrs C. E. Smith, R. Hoskins, D. J. Meffan and L. J. White also spoke, and Mr McCormack replied. Mr H. Campbell, who has left the employ of the Southland Times Company, Limited, after 17 years’ service, was met by members of the staff at a social evening and bidden farewell. On behalf of the various staffs Mr A. S. Grant handed Mr Campbell a gift and expressed good wishes for his future happiness. Messrs R. A. Keast and H. Read also spoke. The Minister of Marine (the Hon. D. G. McMillan) announced last evening that the Governor-General (Lord Galway), had been pleased to appoint Mr Alfred Wyness to the extraordinary vacancy occurring on the Wellington Harbour Board as the result of the death of Mr Dougall John McGowan. Mr Wyness will sit as the representative of the payers of harbour dues othei’ than dues on ships. He has had 30 years’ commercial experience in Wellington, and is very well known among the commercial community. Mr Wyness was honorary deputy consul for Czechoslovakia before the occupation by Germany. He has been a member of the New Zealand Society of Accountants since 1911.—Press Association.