PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 August 1938, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Governor-General, accompanied by Lady Galway and two aides-de-camp, Captain R. Stuart-French and Lieut. S. Lombard-Hobson, arrived at Dunedin by car last night from the Hermitage, Mount Cook. This afternoon his Excellency will attend the Otago Hunt Club races at Wingatui. Tomorrow he will conduct an investiture service of the Commandery in New Zealand of the Venerable Order of St John. Mr A. M. Pinkerton was elected chairman of the management committee of the Wellington Lawn Tennis Association at the last meeting of the committee. Heather and Joan Douglas, daughters of Mr and Mrs J. Y. Douglas, of Pownall Street. Masterton, were successful in winning the contest for a vocal duet under 16 years at the Wellington Competitions this week. The interment of the late Mr A. Dillon, of Mt Bruce, took place at the Masterton Cemetery on Thursday, the Rev E. J. Rich officiating. A number of beautiful wreaths were sent by sym- | pathisers. . . The vice-president of the Methodist Church in New Zealand, Mr J. C. Tietjens, of Hamilton, is expected to arrive in Masterton today in connection with special services in the Methodist Church tomorrow. The British Government has appointed General Sir Hugh Elies as one of the ■ British delegates on the International Sugar Council, in succession to Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Balfour, who has resigned. The appointment is to date from September 1.

The funeral of the late Mr J. H. Parker took place on Thursday, the pall-bearers being employees of the Waingawa Freezing Works. The Rev E. J. Rich conducted a service at the chapel, and also officiated at the Masterton Cemetery. In a trophy competition held by the Kaponga Rifle Club recently the winner was Rifleman A. Hector Russell, of Stratford, and formerly of Masterton, i who registered 109 points, two points ahead of the next competitor. Rifleman Hector Russell is a son of Mr Arthur Russell,., of Masterton. Canon A. H. Norris, vicar of St Mary’s Church, Geraldine, was presented with the Colonial Auxiliary Forces officers’ decoration for long service by the Governor-General, Lord Galway, who visited Geraldine on Thursday. Canon Norris has been a chaplain to the forces for the last 36 years. The only nominations received for the election of two producers’ representatives on the board at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board yesterday were those of the retiring members, Mr T. A. Duncan and Mr James Begg, Dunedin, and they were declared reelected.

The death has occurred of Mr E. J. Abbey Jones, managing director of the “Southland Daily News,” following a brief illness, says a Press Association message from Invercargill. The late Mr- Jones, who was one of the most prominent and popular figures in the New Zealand newspaper world, was a son of the late Mr Joseph Jones, and was born in Christchurch in 1870. There was a representative attendance of mourners at the funeral yesterday of the late Mr Edward Welch. The Rev F. J. Parker conducted a service in the Methodist Church, and at the graveside, where the Druids service was also read. Many beautiful wreaths were in evidence. Six nephews, Messrs A. Barnes, N. McLachlan, and L„ V., D„ and K. Welch acted as pall-bearers. Mr T. McCord, who left this week for Tauranga, was farewelled on Thursday by the staff of Messrs Pickering Bros., of. which he had been a member for many years. Reference was made by Mr Frank Pickering to the loyal service rendered by Mr McCord and in appreciation of his good work presented him with an electric hot water jug and wished him the best of luck and prosperity in his new position.

Minor functions and powers of the Court of Arbitration are to be exercised by Mr James Alexander Gjlmour, whose appointment as a temporary magistrate is announced in this week’s Gazette. Mr Gilmour is registrar of the Court of Arbitration, and associate to the President of that court, Mr Justice O’Regan. The Minister of Labour, the Hon H. T.' Armstrong, in an interview yesterday said that legislation passed last year authorised the Court of Arbitration to issue an order delegating to a stipendiary magistrate any. of its powers or functions under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act or under the Apprentices Act. Mr Gilmour had been appointed specially for this class of work. “Mr Gilmour is well equipped to undertake certain of the work of the Court of Arbitration, for he is one of the best-informed men on industrial ' law in New Zealand,” said Mr Armstrong. “Of all the men with special qualifications for the appointment, Mr Gilmour has had by far the widest experience. He can give at a moment's notice a ruling.onany point likely to crop up.”