PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 64, 16 March 1915, Page 6

PERSONAL.

The Rev. K. M. Furbes-Ewan baa re.signed from the pulpit of the Devonport ' Congregational Church, and ltft for Mel- 7 bourne to-day by the Riverina. j Engineer-Commander H. P. Mackenzie, | Admiralty Coal Inspector at Westpdri has received ord-ers from the Admiralty to report himself in London. Mr. IL S. Richards, of Canterbury College, who has been chosen as this year's - Rhodes scholar for New Zealand, bsi "'■"'.'■ been presented by his College friends with a set of books, a purse of sovereigns and a steamer ticket for England. Mr. Harry Treseder, for so many years. Public Works Engineer at lnvercargili - has been transferred to the Lands and Survey Department of Otago. Mr. Ttcseder was a well known representative " footballer in bis day, and » still an ' exceedingly popular out-door man. -- Commander Carr, who went down in tbe Baya.no, sunk by a torpedo, was com- "';

mander of H.Mjs. Psyche when she visifej the chief porta of New Zealand durui<r the strike of 1013.

Miss L. D. Allen, daughter of the Hon. :7 James Allen. Minister of Defence, was - a passenger by the Rotorua from London, having been on a visit to England.She was met on arrival by her father and will leave for the south by tonight's express.

Mr. Primrose McConnell, who has been manager at the Government instructional '■''-■ farm at Ruakura, has resigned from his-*' .: position to become manager of the'TJil- '-■■ worth estate at Papatoetffe. The Dil- ■!-'.. worth estate is to be farmed in order to - ■- instruct the boys in scientific agricultiire,and Mr. McConnell has . high quaJiflci- '-.': tions for the post. ' ' 7

Apparently the chairman of the Rail- - way Appeal Board lias travelled oh the •line from Auckland to Helensville, for -■ wben it was suggested that a special train might perhaps be provided to enable a visit to'be paid to Avondale eta* tion Mr. W. R. Ha-selden, SAL, eaid such . a course would involve a waste of time, and that the trip could be done more expeditiously by motor-car. The Rev. E. R. Xevill arrived from: England by the steamer Rotorua thi» ■•■ morning, and leaves by the Victoria thif afternoon for Dunedin. He is.acebiapanicd by Mrs. .Xevill and family. The Rev. Mr. Nevill was formerly vicar dl: Hanney, and he has accepted a call to St. Paul's, Dunedin. He is a B^A. : 6; Oxford, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquarians, and is a nephew of the Anglican Primate of Kew Zealand. '■:, -..