PERSONAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 287, 15 September 1933, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Dr. H. S. Billcliff has returned to Ashburton following a short vacation before taking up private practice.

Mr L. Stewart, a guard attached to the Dunedin Railway Station, has been transferred to Ashburton and will arrive here on Tuesday.

Mr F. W. Johnston, of Christchurch, has been re-elected unopposed as president of the South Island (N.Z.) Motor Union by the affiliated motor unions.

A Dunedin telegram states that Miss Clarice M. Ashworth, of South Australia, has accepted the position of principal of Coluraba College.

Wing-Commander Lars and the tennis player, Mr E. D. Andrews, en route for New Zealand, will sail by the Orontes to-morrow, states a cabled message from London.

Fxom nine applications received by the Professorial Board of Otago Universtiy for Rhodes scholarships, Messrs W. Davis. W. F. iDtunne and L. F. Moller were selected for nomination.

Mr William J. Lee, of Rakaia, and Mr H. O. B. Withell, of Ealing, have been appointed Justices of. the Peace, according to a'"Gazette" notice issued last evening.

General Sir Andrew Russell, a member of the Dominion Council of the New Zealand Legion, will visit Ashburton on Tuesday. He will give a public address that evening in St. Stephen's Hall on the aims of the legion.

The Rev. F. A. Crawshaw, of Palmerston North (secretary to the Mission to Lepers) will visit Ashburton during the week-end, when he will be the guest of Mr and Mrs J. Cook. Mr Crawshaw was for some years Vicar of Hinds,

Mr A. Shaw, of the Leeston branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-opera-tive 'Association, Ltd., and formerly of Ashburton, who has been transferred ,to Ashburton to fill the vacancy on the staff caused by Mr L. J. Walker's transfer to Leeston, arrived this morning.

The Wellington Presbytery has sustained the call .by the Khandallah (Wellington) parish to the Rev. D. D. Scott, of Oneiiunga (says a Press Association .telegram). Mr Scott is Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Khandallah is the charge formerly held b.v the Rev. R. S. Watson. •

Captain H. T. Dorling, D. 5.0., R.N., who, under the pseudonym of "Taffrail," wrote several novels, will visit New Zealand on the steamer Cornwall at the end of this year. He expects to arrive at Auckland on December 19, and the steamer will proceed to Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff. Captain Dorling hopes to give lectures in New Zealand before the Cornwall sails.for England.

Nurse M. I. Williams, who has been in charge of the East Ashburton Dental Clinic for about two years and has resigned her position on account of her approaching marriage, was met by members of the teaching staff of the Ashburton East School at morning tea on Wednesday and" the headmaster (Mr S. G. Macfariane) farewelled "her on their freliair, speaking appreciatively of her kindness to the children.

Mr Norman R. Lyth, the Wanganui district engineer, will retire from the Public Works Department at an early date. Born at Leeds, he has had considerable experience in civil engineering. When the construction work in connection with the Lake Coleridge scheme was in progress he received an appointment there. Later he was transferred to the Taumarunui district, suid from there to Wanganui.

Mr L. J. Walker, for some years accountant at the Ashburton branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., who has been appointed manager of the firm's Leeston branch, was met by members of the staff last evening and presented with an electric kettle by Mr E. W. M. Cole (manager) on their behalf. Making the presentation, Mr Cole spoke appreciatively of Mr Walker's work and wished him every success. Mr E. .Davidson also spoke and congratulated Mr Walker on his promotion. Air Walker left to-day to take up his new position.

Members of the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Jcurnaiists' Association met at afternoon tea yesterday to say good-bye to Messrs J. H. Hall (editor of the "Sun"), L. J. Miller (chief of staff of the "Press") and Trevor Ross (of the reporting staff of the "Press") who are-about to leave Christchureh, Mi- Hall to become editor of the "Dominion," Wellington, and Messrs Miller and Ross to take positions in Melbourne. Mr E. C. Mams (vice-president of the branch) said that Mr Hall was . the youngest metropolitan editor in Neiv Zealand and had made a reputation for himself in Christchureh of which anyone might be proud.