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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 October 1939, Page 4

PERSONAL

Commander R. F. Nicholls, a survivor from H.M.S. Royal Oak, was formerly chief executive officer in H.M.S. Dunedin in New Zealand, a cablegram states. Before joining the Royal Oak he was serving in H.M.S. Iron Duke. Mr K. R. Orsborn, son of Mr and Mrs E ,G. Orsborn, of Gordon Street, Lansdowne, who is on the staff of the Hobsonville air base, Auckland, has .been successful in passing his L.A.C. (Leading Air Craft) examination. Mr E. A. Batt was re-elected chairman of the executive of the Automobile Association (Wellington) for the eleventh year in succession at a special meeting of the executive last night. Mr V/. H. Shortt was re-elected vicechairman.

Advice has’ been received that Major R. G. G. Byron, late military secretary to the Governor-General, and Lieutenant S. R. LeH. Lombard-Hobson, R.N., late naval aide-de-camp to the Gover-nor-General, have arrived in England and rejoined their respective services. After a brief illness, Mr James Lacnlan Mclntyre, senior\architect and assistant in the city engineer’s department, Wellington, died on Monday afternoon. Mr Mclntyre had been a member of the city staff for 16 years. Mr Mclntyre, who was a son of Mr Ja'mes Mclntyre, for many years headmaster of Levin School, leaves a widow and a daughter. The death has occurred at Te Kopua pa, Raglan, of Mrs Rira Rawiri Kereopa, aged 102, a well-known and respected member of the Maori race. Mrs Kereopa was born' at Parnell, Auckland, and later moved to Taranaki. She arrived in Raglan in 1870 and married the late HjEr Kami Kereopa. Mrs Kereopa is survived by five sons and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren number 102.

The Mayor, Mr T. Jordan, President of the New Zealand Municipal Association, was formally appointed delegate to the annual conference to be held in March, 1940, at the monthly meeting of the Masterton Borough Council held last night. The Town Clerk, Mr G. T. O’Hara Smith, was appointed delegate to the annual Town Clerks’ conference, which will be held the day preceding the Municipal Association’s conference.

Replying to good wishes and the hope that the Prime Minister, Mr Savage, would enjoy good health for many years, expressed by the president of the Public Service Association, Mr T. Pound, at the annual conference of the asociation yesterday, the Minister of Finance, Mr Nash, said that, though Mr Savage looked as well as ever after his operation, he thought he would have to take considerable care to regain vigorous health. Mr Nash said he would convey Mr Pound’s reference to the Prime Minister. The death occurred in Wellington Hospital recently of Mr C. J. Hart, of Auckland, and formerly of Wellington, a well-known flying enthusiast. Mr Hart held A and B licences and was one of the first pilots trained at Rongotai under Squadron Leader G. L. Stedman. Mr Hart piloted a plane that took part in the search for the late Mr Hamish Armstrong, a Hawke’s Bay pilot, who was lost in the Ruahine Ranges. At the time of his death, which followed the second of two serious operations, Mr Hart was employed as a sales representative in Auckland. The death occurred suddenly on Monday evening of Dr. Munro May Hockin, aged 46, superintendent of the Waikato Hospital, states a Press Association message from Hamilton. After qualifying for his medical degree, Dr. Hockin went to the Great War as a lieutenant, returning as a major. He was in charge of King George V Hospital at Rotorua for a period, and he then took over a private practice at Manaia. After serving for a time on the'Waikato Hospital staff, he again took on private work in Kaponga. In 1928 he was appointed medical superintendent of the Waikato Hospital. Dr. Hockin, who held a B flying licence, was keenly interested in aviation, being one of the foundation members of the Waikato Aero Club and president of that body at the time of his death.