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Major A. R. Cockerell, D. 5.0., arrived in Invercargill by the leave train on Saturday morning. Lieutenant-Colonel A. A. Tennent, N.Z.M.C., who has been in Invercargill for about a week, left for the- north by last night’s express.
Mr Hugh Carswell, of Dunedin, returned north by the express last night after spending a few days in Invercargill.
Chaplain Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Thomson returned north on Saturday after spending leave in Invercargill. Captain E. A. McPhail, who has been awarded a bar to his Military Cross, was at one time a member of the staff of the Invercargill branch of the Bank of New Zealand. His father was manager of the branch lor some years. Mr H. L. Rees, of the field staff of the Government Life Insurance Department, leaves Invercargill in about a fortnight’s time oh transfer to Napier. Mr M. W. Grantham, chairman of the Industrial Man-Power Committee for Otego and Southland, left Invercargill by the express last evening to attend a conference of industrial man-power committees to be held at Wellington on Wednesday. Mr S. C. Bingham, district man-power officer for Southland, will leave Invercargill 'by the express this afternoon to attend the conference.
Mr D. F. Read, who has been appointed to succeed Mr A. L. Hempton, chief auditor to the Bank of New Zealand, was for several years a member of the London Board until his return to New Zealand. Mr Read is a son of Mr John Read, of Arrowtown. He began work at Queenstown and before his departure for England was stationed at several New Zealand branches, including Wellington, Palmerston North and Dargaville. Dr A. H. McLintock, lecturer in history at Otago University, will visit Invercargill at the end of this week to deliver an address on “Civilization and the future of the arts.” Dr McLintock was last in Invercargill in charge of the centennial exhibition of New Zealand art. His book, “The Establishment of Constitutional Government in New Zealand,” which is one of only two works by New Zealanders selected for inclusion in the Imperial Studies Series, was chosen as the best thesis of 1940. Dr McLintock is an outstanding artist and musician. He has exhibited at the Royal Academy (London), the Paris Salon, the New English Art Society, the Royal Scottish Academy and the British Empire Society of Artists.
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Southland Times, Issue 24824, 17 August 1942, Page 4
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