PERSONAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 180, 14 May 1935, Page 4

PERSONAL.

At the meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council last evening members congratulated the Mayor (Mr W. H. Woods) on the award to him of the King's Silver Jubilee Medal.

The Acting-Minister for Native Affairs (the Hon. R. Masters) announces the appointment of Mr J. S.' Jessep and Mr J. N. Massey, J .P., as members of the Board of Native Affairs.

Mr F. W. Watt, who has been valuer to the Ashburton Borough Council for many years, was re-ap-pointed to the position at the meeting of the Council last evening.

Mr E. H. Orr was last evening appointed Deputy-Mayor of, • Ashburton. Mr Orr has been a member of the Council for six years and 'has been a prominent member of the finance committee for that period.

The Gcvernor-General-in-Council yesterday approved the appointment of the four members of the Maori Purposes Board. They are the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates, MrJE. S. Williams, M.P., Mr Gilbert Archey (curator of the Auckland Museum) and Mr Johannes Andersen.

Mr L. A. Charles has been reappointed synodsman for the parish of Ashburton for a period of four years. Mr J. Cook, formerly a member of the Diocesan Synod for Ashburton, declined nomination when, the services of a curate being dispensed with, the representation of the parish was reduced.

Regret at the death of the Rev, E. Whitehouse, a former vicar of the parish, Mr F. Z. D. Ferriman, a former synodsman, and probably the most energetic worker the parish had ever had, Mr T. H. Willis, at one time a vestryman and later a warden, Mrs F Makeig, who was a keen worker for the church, and Mr V. P. Boot was expressed in the church wardens' report presented to the St. Stephen's Anglican parishioners' meeting last evening.

Messrs K. 0. BathWst, of Ashburton, and R. O. Williams, of Dunedin and formerly of Ashburton, intend to seek Holy Orders, it was stated at the annual meeting of parishioners of St. Stephen's Anglican Church last evening. Mr Williams will enter College House, Christchurch, shortly. The Ven. Archdeacon A. J. Petrie expressed gratification that they , were about to enter the service of the Church.

While Lord Nuffield was in the Dominion recently he became the first life member of the English-Speaking Union of New Zealand. Lord Nuffield is interested in the promotion of a better understanding between all Eng-lish-speaking races, while the executive and members of the English-Speaking Union are keenly appreciative of the £60,000 Trust Fund that Lord Nuffield created to aid crippled children in New Zealand. Mr H. G. Miller (chairman of the English-Speaking Union) has announced that a gold insignia, with a suitable inscription, is being sent to Lord Nuffield. To the best of his knowledge, it is the first insignia of its kind that has been presented to anyone in Great Britain., the British Dominions, or America,