PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 April 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A cable from Sydney says the Loyal Orange Grand Council of Australasia, at its biennial meeting, elected Mr. J. Midleton, of New Zealand, Grand President. The Hon. C. J. Parr is making a complete tour of the Dominion in order to obtain firsthand information about the work of his Department—Education. He has been in Auckland province for some days, and now he has .gone to Hawke's Pay, having visited Palmerston on his journey down from Auckland. On his return from Hawke's Bay to-morrow he will sail for the South Island, and lie intends to go as far south as Invercargi". The death took place at Auckland last week of Mr. Henry G. Greatbach, Assistant-Supervisor of Telegraphs in (hat city. The deceased, who was regarded as a most able and energetic officer, was 59 years of age, and was contemplating retiring from the service (having been over 40 years in the Department) when he was overtaken by an illness. An operation was performed on Wednesday from which he failed to recover. Mr. Greatbach leaves a widow and two daughters.

A change has occurred in the management of the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Mr. Frank Bodle, who has been in the service of the company for over 40 years—during 23 years of which he has managed the Auckland business —retires on pension at the.pnd of April, at his own request. Mr H. 0. Nolan, \Vho has been associated with Mr. Bodle for many years as manager of the stock department of the business, will now take full control. Mrs. Serr'ie, of Punedin, celebrated her 100 th birthday on Wednesday. This aged lady, frcsh-complexioned and scarcely bowed by her years, received the congratulations of friends at her home in Trent Avenue, where, as she explained, owing to the inability of her daughter, 82 years of age, to move about freely, she does the bulk of the housework herself, and challenges the most scrupulous to present a cleaner house (reports the Otago Times). Mrs. Serrie came to Dunedin from Ayrshire 45 years ago. A trifle hard of hearing, she has remarkably long sight, while with the aid of a magnifying glass she can still read. Mr. R. T). Tosswill, who lias been engineer to the Eltham County Council for the past three years, has been appointed engineer to the Wanganui County Cminr' 1 and at Saturday's meeting of the Eltham Council he tendered his resignation from that body. In moving that the resignation be accepted with sincere reeret, the chairman (Cr. C. •T. :Belcher) paid a tribute to Mr. Tosswill's valuable services to the County, and said that Kltliam was paying the penalty of being aa up-to-date county as regards road construction and other matters, by losing their engineer on account of the splendid work he had done for the County. ' motion was carried after other, councillors had paid their tribute to Mr. "Tosswill.