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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 September 1938, Page 4

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Captain J. A. M. Clachan, who has been adjutant of the Waikato Mounted Rifles at Hamilton for the last 10 years, has received notice of his transfer to Wellington. The reappointment of Sir William Hunt, Wellington, to the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board for two years, as the representative of stock and station agents was gazetted last night. Mr D. S. Rust, recently appointed headmaster of the Masterton West School, will take up his duties, on Monday, when the school reopens after the term holidays. Mr Rust has been acting headteacher of the Kelburn Normal School, Wellington. The Rev V. G. Bryan King, who was unable to be present at the investiture in St Paul’s Cathedral, Dunedin, on Sunday evening, because of indisposition, was on Wednesday invested by the Governor-General, Viscount Galway, as an officer and sub-chaplain of the Order of St John. Messrs P. C. Crooke and T. Bradshaw, Christchurch, have arrived in Masterton with their several dogs, including the New Zealand champion curly-coated brown retriever Captain Rags, to take part in the North 1 Island gun dog championships which will commence at Masterton tomorrow. The Very Rev Dugald Macfarlane, Gingussie, Inverness-shire, a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, is coming to New Zealand soon with a commission to the Presbyterian Church. He will arrive at Auckland on October 28 on his way to attend the meetings of the General Assembly in Dunedin. The King has approved the appointment of Brigadier G. N. Macready as chief of the British military mission to the Egyptian army in October, a British Official Wireless message states. Brigadier Macready will be promoted to major-general. Among other appointments is that of Colonel A. F. Smith, to be brigadier-general on the staff of British troops in Egypt. Today is the fortieth anniversary of the battle of Omdurman, when Lord Kitchener routed the forces of the Khalifa Abdullah, in the Sudan campaign of 1898. Tonight three old soldiers, veterans of that campaign, will meet in Wellington to revive the memories of those brave days. These three survivors of Omdurman are:—Mr J. Miller, formerly a sergeant in the First Battalion, Northumberland Fusilers, and today in the Prime Minister’s Department. Mr E. F. Rynd, formerly of the Imperial Guards, and today of the National Bank of New Zealand. Mr F. J. Verney, formerly of the Queen's Own Cameroon Highlanders, and today of the Post and Telegraph Department. All three live in Wellington.