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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 January 1939, Page 4

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The Hon W. Nash, Minister of Finance, who has been out of Wellington for the past week, is expected to return on Tuesday.

Sir Alexander Herdman, who has been residing in England, was expected to leave London this week on his ■eturn to New Zealand. The Hon H. T. Armstrong, Minister of Housing, returned to Wellington yesterday from a visit of inspection to .he State housing schemes in Dunedin and Christchurch.

In connection with the New Zealand University examinations in the LL.B, degree, Mr B. T. Drummond, of Maslerton, an ex-pupil of the Wairarapa College, passed in constitutional law. Mr A. J. Stallworthy, former Minister of Health, returned to Auckland yesterday after a visit to Britain, Europe and the United States. He was accompanied by his wife and daughter.

Dr J. E. Giesen, Dannevirke, who returned to England to complete a special course in medicine, has obtained his M.C.O.G. and M.D.. London. Dr Giesen has spent the last two years in London at Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital and Samaritan Free Hospital for Women. He expects to return to New Zealand in March.

The Rev Father M. J. Burke, S.M., has been appointed vice-rector of St Bede’s College, Christchurch, succeeding the Rev Father A. Cullen, S.M., who has been transferred as parish priest at Glenlyon, Brisbane. Other changes on the college staff are: Rev Father B. Baillie, S.M., St Patrick’s College, Wellington, replaces the Rev Father I. Gupwell, S.M., who has been transferred to St Patrick’s; the Rev Father B. F. Blake, S.M., who has been studying at Oxford and Grenoble Universities, rejoins the staff, to which the Rev Father F. Burning, S.M., recently ordained, has been added. A well-known figure in Wellington commercial circles, Mr Francis Dilnot Sladden, died at Hanmer Springs, on Thursday night. He was in his seventieth year. Mr Sladden was born in Canterbury, and was a son of Mr Dilnot Sladden, one of the early Canterbury settlers, and a pioneer in the meat-freezing 'industry. Like . his father, Mr Sladden became actively engaged in this growing industry, and in 1887 he came to Wellington and joined the staff of the Wellington Meat Exporting Company. He later became manager of the company, and held this position till his retirement three years ago.

The death has occurred of Miss Emily Chaplin, a member of the Canterbury College Council and vice-pre-sident of the National Council of Women, states a Press Association message from Christchurch. Miss Chaplin was trained as a teacher, holding office at one period as president’ of the Teachers’ Institute and also of the Women Teachers’ Association. Her experience and interest in educational matters received further recognition when she was chosen as one of the New Zealand delegates to the first Pan-Pacific Women’s Conference held at Honolulu.

The Public Trustee announces that Mr C. E. Cole, who has been on the legal' staff of the Public Trust Office for almost twenty years, and who has held the position of solicitor to the office since 1932, has retired on superannuation through ill-health. Mr J. H. Carrad, assistant solicitor, has been appointed solicitor to the office, in succession to Mr Cole. Mr Carrad joined the staff of the Magistrate’s Court. Hastings, as a cadet in April, 1898, and remained in the service of the Justice Department till he was transferred to the legal staff of the Public Trust Office in October, 1919. He is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.