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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIII, Issue 9749, 14 December 1922, Page 4

PERSONAL

The Duke of York, K.G:, second son of the King, is 27 years old to-day.

Professor Pringle, who is at present in England, has resigned the Chair of Economics at the Otago University.

Dr C. Chilton, Rector of Canterbury College, is at present on a -visit to Dunedin and •; Invercargill. He will proceed.: to WeUington ill JcUiu&ry for the Australasian Science, .Congress.

Seyen priests belonging to the Roman Catholic Church arrived at Wellington from Home by the lonic on Saturday. One is to do duty in the Wellington diocese, three in the Christchurch diocese, and three go to Australia.

Having completed a nine months tour of Great Britain and the Continent, Mrs W. H. Collins, Miss Collins, and Mr and Mrs R. A. Collins returned to Ashburton this morning. They were welcomed ,at the station ,by a number of friends. . ?

. f --.Mil Mr Cecil Malthus, at,present op. the staff of the Timaru High Sphpol, ,has received advice by cablegram that -he has been appointed Lecturer in Modern Languages in the University of riasmania, Hobart, apd is tocoirmfence 3ns duties there in March. Mr Malthus is a son-in-law of,>lr W. F.'Watters, and is well in Ashburfjpn;, : The following Ashburton' Technical School candidates have the Technological 1 examinations in' connection with the Department of ’-Technology of the City and Guilds of/London Institute:—Carpentry and j joinery, Grade 1.,' Wilmot M Holland, >• pass; plain cookery, Grade 1., Ruby Morris, first-class pass; Frances E. Vestey, first-class pass; Ellen M. Rountree, second-class pass.

An Auckland correspondent telegraphs: Fifty-two years ago last Monday the Prime Minister' first set foot in New Zealand. Among his fellowpassengers were Mr and Mrs J. C. M. Gibson, of Thames, who supplied some interesting particulars of the arrival of the future Prime Minister of the country. The vessel was the City ox Auckland, of about 800 tons, and she cast anchor in the Waitemata after a spleridid ' voyage of 84 days, land to land. Captain Ashby was m command, and the journey was a pleasant one. On arrival Auckland ladies came on board with baskets of peaches, rhere were 250 immigrants on board, lncludr several young ministers, who afterwards became well known. The Revs. W. J. Williams, F. W. Isitt, and J. S. Smalley were' among them. Some years ago when Mr Massey visited Thames and delivered a political address, Mr and Mrs Gibson waited until the close and then went up to greet their old shipmate. They had not seen Mr Massey * since landing, but he at once recognised Mrs Gibson. They found that the Prime Minister remembered the names of'practically everyone in the ship and knew where most of the survivors were.