PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13596, 3 December 1909, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

♦ . \ «*v"t£ A Press Association message n*f&i<sg Wellington states that Mr James Smith is gazetted Chief Justice of «**3m| High Court of the.Cook Islands. 7*ggg Gordon Esam is gazetted Fruit It&Qsg tor for the Cook Islands (other flflSfffi Nine Island): ' \iM*^% Mr Will Crooks.. M.P-, and MW Crooks, were officially welcomed Town Hall, Dunedin, yesterday »■■£_&■ ing. They will *en>*in.», ,l 1 :DaM Monday, when they will leave »**■£.;?.j bourne. , . , ~ aiLmm :: *~J Messrs J. 3. Re-.d and A. M. WW ;^ wick left for Wellington by tbft-JwJ last ni_ht. _id»_l-ViJ Mr Herbert Langford, a the North Canterbury Board origgr % tion, nas been nominated to **&(_?•> i f the School Committees on the Qf^'',£!: bury College Board «f, G«" n, ?&_jJ?-! vacancy having occurred - retirement of Dr. B. M. Mootta«*£j&£! Mr A. W. Rutherford, of HfPSsKgl Hills, was a passenger to town evening's north train. *„-_»?«- Mr and Mrs R. Nairn left for north last evenins- , . j_j_%Mz* Arrivals in town yesterday *_*_&-& , Mr 11. S. Wardell (Wellington), C. Davidson (Wellington), Mr_ Dmjft, .j Cameron (Springfield) Mr A. ; J (Dunedin), and Mr H. Law \ Mrs M. S. Hawthorne, Inspector* , Factories, arrived in town y*««~S ' i and will be here some time inspect™ « all places where females are emp4gea. , Mrs H. Quane arrived from LoM» -£ yesterday. .. n.ui/fe Mr T. Norn's Baker and Mrs return to Christchurch by the Moer*« J this morning after a nine montiu. wjr „■ to England, Ireland, and "f ConUMafe *-| The Rev P. T. and j Mrs Mitchell arrived in l® Tuesday by the A theme'from -^ Mr H. Fletcher, brother •f_ th V*2 f -;d aeing director of the Shaw, ftavill Albion Company, was a passenger oy the Athenic to Wellington. .-^£3 Mr W. Smart, of Duneduv inn- engineer for tho Union Comjanja^Jj

" * _^— —-—— ~— ~~——— t. has been on a visit to England, ' "i_«3 W the Dominion on 'iuesday g the Athenic. He was accompanied ' h *x<i Buchanan, cf Little River, re- , -3 to New Zealand by the Atbcnic. Grace, who has been or JZ years assistant clerk in the disgj office here, has been transferred Z. .lie Thames and promoted to the * ?£ n 0 f district clerk there. C<mKSle Lennon, of the Dunedin district IL~ will take Constable Grace's place ?fVhe Christchurch office. Constable Grtce leaves for the north next A\ed- "«, j H- Dicman, tho manager of t_f Ashburton Branch of the Bank of ' <,w Zealand, ii contemplating starting __rlv in tho New Year on an ei<_ht aontlis' holiday trip through Australia, America, and tlie Continent of Europe. Mr arid Mrs T. B. Ward, who have fceen visiting England, principally Kent iq_ Warwickshire, returned to Kaiapoi ««terdav. On the occasion of Mr A. Fletcher leaving Saltwater Creek for Waimate, • gathering oi the residents of the former township was held in the schoolroom on Wednesday evening, when Mr XcMillan for the subscribers presented Jfr Fletcher with a purse of sovereigns, i_d Mr and Mrs R. Liggett presented a tet of carvers. The Castlecliff-Gonville Town Board Jos appointed Mr R. R. Creagh, of ' Apcldand, to the position of Tramway Engineer. fhe following nominations have been oade for the two seats vacant on the Board of Governors of the Canterbury College: —For the representation of members of Parliament —the Hon. E. C. J. Stevens and Mr J. Withell (South Canterbury); for the A. and P. Associations, Mr T. Teschemaker (South Canterbury) and Mr Geo. Jameson.