PERSONAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2036, 26 September 1908, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr IT. E. Hill lias received notice of his appointment as Returning-Offi-cer for the Gisborne electorate.

The appointment of Lieutenant Janies liorvey Price, Royal Marines (retired half-pay) as superintendent officer for construction of fortifications is announced.

Legal practitioners will be interested to know that. Mr. G. Cruickshank, S.Ai.., will shortly issue a new edition of his hook “The Alagistrate’s Court Act,” the first edition of which was printed in 1904.—Press Association. Air. W. D. Lysnar lias sold his law practice to Air. James It. Kirk, barrister and solicitor, of Nasebv ’((Antral Otago). Air. Lysnar finds that his tome has been so taken up with his public duties and liis shcepfarming interests that liis practice lias boon too grert a tax on him, and lie therefore decided to retire. Air Kirk'! is to take eve • the practice car.liipji.firj month, lie : (so enlistx. clerical stall', except Lvsnar. who is f.lso Claude Hamilton., a » d Mr. W. 1). Lysnnrir« remains ’ «itli clerical work.ehjis3prA° M'teml . Air Tciri- tlio station books. Nasebv iJWfK present Mayor of j-r„'being his second term, n . chairman or president'of ' roivtupi of Central Otago movements. He was at one time connected with the well-known Dunedin legal , l) , lmcn, i n»d AlaoGrcgor. He pelt that lirm seven yeors ago to enter oito partner,ship at Nasebv with Air. Herdman, ex-AI-R., and about a vear took over the practice on liis own account, and has continued practising there up to the present.