PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 13999, 23 March 1911, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Arrivals in toAvn yesterday included: —Messrs F. Davison (St. Leonards), H. T Little (Hawarden), W. Macfarlan© (Kaiwara), W. Stevens (Melbourne), H. Veal (Wellington), W. Montgomery (Little River), J. D. Greenwood (Amwley). A- w - Rutherford, jnr. (BrooKdale), T. Harrison (Kaikoura), P. gtndholme (Studholmo Junction), H. Bnrr (Wellington), W. B. Denshire (Ashburton), C. N. Or bell (Timaru), D. \i Mackenzie (Dunedin), Thomas Bnllopk (Ashburton), J. McArthnr, jun. Hanmer), D. G. Wright (Windermere), Robert Latter (Barry's Bay) and \i. Stevens (Melbourne). The party of American tourists under the direction of Captain Aiken-Higgins, 'which arrived on Tuesday evening. spent yesterday morning looking round Chri-whurch and its suburbs. In thc afteritoon the party went to Kaiapoi, and visited tho Kaiapoi Woollen Comnany's mill. Mr T ■ K. V. Seddon. M.P.. arrived from Wellington by the Maori yesterday morning. ~.,,, ,T. ~ The Rev. G. Hudd and Dr. Pearson arrived from Wellington yesterday morning. . /-,. • x. Mr P. Hcrcus returned to Chnstcliiirch from Wellington yesterday morning. Major Millton and Contain H. R. Potter returned from Wellington yester-

day morning. ' Mr A. J. Hell has beer, appointed by the North Canterbury Farmers' Union to represent that body on the Board! of Governors of the Technical College. 'The' Hon. Geo. Fowlds arrived at JJiHiedin from Invercargill last evening. Mr Harry Bruce, Mr nnd Mrs Holly Bmcc, Mrs Charles Bean, and Miss Bean, leave for England by the Corinthic to-day, on an extended tour. Mr E. G. Campbell, who has acted us toller at the Ashburton branch of the Bank of New Zealand for th© past five left yesterday to take up the position of accountant in the Gore hranch of the Bank. On Monday evening the manager, Mr F. J. Dignan, ittade a presentation to Mr Campbell, (jit behalf of the Ashburton branch. ;Tho many friends of Miss Howes, matron of the Female Refuge, avi'll regret to learn that sho is at present JWioustv ill.

Thc Kin>: of Denmark has conferred unon the Danish Consul in Wellington (Mr H. D. Bell. K.C.) the order of Dauebrot» Banner), which is one of tho oldest orders of knighthood in tho Kingdom.

According to our Wellington correspondent, Mr Park and" Professor Marshall nre said to be in the running for the position of director of New Zealand Geological Survey, recently vacated by Mr J. Mackintosh Bell.

The delegates from the Otago Trades' Council to tho annual conference of the New Zealand Trades' Council's Federation of Labour at Christchurch during Easter will be the Hon. J. T. Paul, M.L.C., Messrs R. Breen, 3. Haynes, and E. Chetwin, with Mr J. Mactnanus as emergency delegate.