PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 16, 16 December 1932, Page 8

PERSONAL.

Rev. S. A. Goldstein, minister of tlie Auckland Hebrew congregation, completed the 52nd year of his service in the position yesterday.

Messrs J. D. Hall and A. Morton have been re-appointed members of the Massey Agricultural College Council for a further term of four years.

The Bishop of Melanesia, Rt. Rev. W. H. Baddelev, who has recovered from his recent illnes, intends muking a short visit to southern centres before leaving lor Sydney on January 6. The Bishop will visit Palmerston North on Wednesday next. Mr W. A. Barton, of AVellington, was extended congratulations at today’s meeting of the Palmerston North Pire Board by the chairman (Mr A. J. Graham) on his son, Mr L. I. Parton, M. 8., B.Sc., having completed the former degree. Mr L. I. Barton has been a student at the Otago University for the past four years. Sir Henry Buckleton, general manager of the Bank of New Zealand, completed fifty-four years’ servico with the bank yesterday. He joined the bank’s Sydney branch as a boy in 1878, and came to New Zealand in 1892, to be accountant at the Hamilton branch of the bank. A year later he was appointed accountant nt Auckland. His first post as manager was at the New Plymouth branch. In 1906 he was appointed manager at Auckland, and in 1920 lie was appointed general manager. Sir Henry was knighted in 1929.

Following upon the breaking-up ceremony of the Boys’ High School last evening, Mr A. C. Zolirab was entertained by the R-ector (Mr J. Murray) and Mrs Murray, at their residence, where he was met by other members of the staff on the occasion of his impending marriage. The rector, on their behalf, presented him with a handsome seven-day mantelpiece clock, and conveyed appropriate sentiments. Mr Zohrab suitably responded. Earlier in.the day he received a presentation from the boys of the Phoenix Club, of which ho is one of the masters in charge.

A long career of service, with the Education Department in New Zealand will be severed this wedk with the retirement of Mr A. Gray headmaster of the Hawera Technical High School. Mr Gray joined the department forty-three years ago. He first went to Taranaki in 1897, accepting the position of second assistant of the New Plymouth Central School. He held this position until 1905, when he transferred to Opunake as headmaster, which position he held until 1912. From that year until taking over the directorship of the Technical High School at Hawera in 1919 he was director of manual and technical training for Taranaki, with headquarters at New Plymouth.

Police-Inspector P. J. McCarthy, of Invercargill, died at noon on Tuesday, after a brief illness following a stroke a week ago. Tie was an extremely popular officer and a keen sportsman. Inspector McCarthy joined the police force at Auckland in 1899 and served as a constable at Auckland and in the Waikato for 15 years. At Cambridge, in 1914, he was promoted to sergeant. He remained there for three years and then -went to Invercargill. He was then transferred to the West Coast, and while at Greymouth was promoted to senior sergeant. In 1927 he was transferred to Auckland where, after six months, he was made sub-inspector. In March, 1931, he was made an inspector.

Commander It. C. Garsia, of the Australian Navy, who had been appointed Administrator of Nauru, was formerly on H.M.A.S. Sydney, and later commanded H.M.A.S. Tingira. He is a son of the late Captain C. Garsia, who retired from the British Army to settle in New Zealand, and he was educated at Christchurch. Commander Garsia began his naval career on H.M.S. Britannia, and having served in the Channel Fleet, the Australian Squadron, and the battle-cruiser squadron, lie was appointed to H.M.S. New Zealand for its world cruise in 1913. He joined H.M.A.S. Australia in 1914, and saw service at Rabaul, and after bringing the steamer Zembesi from that port with a prize crew he was transferred to the Sydney, on which ho served until the end of the war. After the action with the Emden it was Commander Garsia who arranged the terms of surrender with Captain von Muller.