PERSONALS.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 157, 4 July 1921, Page 4

PERSONALS.

Lady Hall Jones and Miss Hall Jones are staying at Arundel.

Mr. Fred. Wilson Greenwood has been appointed instructor in agriculture at Wellington.

Mr. E. J. Guiness has been appointed Controller of Stores for New Zealand Government. Railways.

Mr. H. J. Durham left by the midday express on Saturday to atten dthe Court of Appeal at Wellington.

Mr. Justice Adams left by the midday express on Saturday for VVellington to attend the Court of Appeal.

Mr. H. P. Tinck, B.Sc., 8.E., Adelaide, has been appointed demonstrator in electrical engineering at Canterbury College.

The Hon. C. J. Parr, Minister of Education, is visiting Taranaki, and will open Hawera Show on Tuesday afternoon.

noon. Sir William Fraser is in hospital at j Wellington suffering from pneumonia,' 1 and his condition is causing some ; anxiety. lj Mr. H. W. Hilton, manager of the ' • branch of the Bank of Xew Zealand at J North Dunedin, has retired after 38 i years' service. j; Mr. A. Simpson, for many years ' attached to the Wellington 'branch of 1 the National Insurance Co., has been < appointed manager. J1 Mr. R. N. K. Swanston, acting man- ] ager of the Bank of Australasia at ' Christchurch for some time, has been ' appointed a sub-inspector. •' The Rev. S. La wry, formerly of Auck- ' • land, has been appointed Government representative on the Board of Gov- • ernors of Canterbury College. Mr. T. Chapman has been elected presi-' dent of the Auckland and suburban branch of the Farmers' Union, in succession to the late Major D. H. Lusk. i. Mr. H. M. McGirr. of Wellington, hav-' ing resigned from the Defence Depart-! i ment after six yeare' service, was pre- i sented by his comrades with a suit case. ' Mr. Ivan Combrie Robinson, of the": Public Trust Department, was admitted i as a solicitor of the Supreme Court < on Saturday by Mr. Justice Adams on the j i

I motion of Dr. Fitchett. i The Rev. H. Van Staveren, Jewish Rabhi at Wellington, was a passenger i South last night, accompanied by his i wife and Miss Van Staveren. The Rev. S. A. Goldstein also left by the same train for Xapier. Mr. 0. W. Williams, having resigned from the staff of Wellington College, after fourteen years' service, was presented with a number of handsomelvbound volumes by the staff. The boys gave Mr. Williams a travelling rug and : a silver entree dish for 'his wife. Mr. Williams has accepted the position of , headmaster of Hikurangi College. Miss E. W. B. Davis, assistant on the I staff of the Remuera public school for the past 15i years, on leaving to take up the position of infant mistress at the Otahuhu school, was presented with a valuable gold broohc lon behalf of the pupils of her class with a handsomely-mounted brush and comb, and on behalf of old boys and girls with a. Royal Doultoh erea"m i jug, sugar basin and bowl.