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Southland Times, Issue 24820, 12 August 1942, Page 4

PERSONAL

Dr C. E. Beeby, Director of Education, arrived in Invercargill by the express last night on departmental business.

Mr J. Manson has returned from Wellington, where he attended a meeting of Consolidated Importers (N.Z.) Ltd., the organization concerned with the bulk buying of goods from overseas.

Mr A. S. Wilson, Crinan street, left on Monday for Auckland where he will take up duties with the Royal New Zealand Navy.

Congratulatory reference was made by the president (Mr I. Grant) at Monday night’s meeting of the Management Committee of the Otago Rugby Football Union to the fact that Mr and Mrs Isaac Jenkins, formerly of Invercargill and now of Queenstown, had celebrated their golden wedding anniversary that day. Mr Jenkins was a member of the Southland team which took part in the first game against Otago in 1887. Mr Grant reported that the union’s good wishes had been conveyed to Mr and Mrs Jenkins.

Mr C. A. Livingstone, who has resigned from the City Council Reserves department because of ■ ill-health, was the guest at a social evening when he was presented with a gold watch from his fellow workers. Mr W. Stapleton, officer in charge of the reserves department, made the presentation. Several other members of the staff also spoke. Mr Livingstone is now living in the Forest Hill district.

The death has occurred in Auckland of Mr A. D. Seabrook, for many years advertising manager of The Auckland Star. He was 73, and lived in retirement since 1936. After four years on the staff of The San Francisco Chronicle he joined The Auckland Star in 1897. He leaves a family of four sons and six daughters.—P.A.