PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15453, 4 December 1915, Page 11

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr J. D. Ritchie, chairman of the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners and Land Purchase Inspector, was Vpassenger from the South by tlio secohd express last night. Sir-. Joseph ."Ward, Minister of Finance and Postmaster-General, and liiijy Ward, arrived from the South by tfeeecond express last night.•Jfnrse A. Pattrick, of New Brighton, Mt on Thursdnv evening to join the nursing stall of the hospital ship llarama. Priar to his departure for Trentham, Mr J. F. M. Stinear was the recipient of'a wristlet watch and an electric torch from the members of the Technical College Old Students' Association. ilr John Bitchener, of The Hook, haa been elected a member of the Timani Harbour Board, in place of .Mr John Black, resigned. Mr Bitchener w1 i 1 represent part of Waimato county. Nnrse Hilda Flynn. a daughter of Mr Bryan Flynn. of Bishop street, St. Albans, left on Thursday to join the nurtw', contingent which is shortly learing for active service. Nurse Flynn received her training at the Hawera Hospital, and was subsequently stationed at the Waipukurau Hospital. Colonel Login, Officer Commanding .tio Samoan Expedition, and now Adffiinistrator of German Samoa, enemy territory in military occupation, is to have Uuive of absence for a period (snys oar Wellington correspondent). The Pnino Minister, replying to an enquiry »Wt night, said that Colonel Logan would return to Samoa as Administrator on tho expiry of his leave, and that reports to the contrary were unfounded.

_At last night's meeting of the Technical College Board of Governors, the chairman (Mr George Scott) referred to the fact that Mr L. G. D. Acland, who. Prior to joining the Expeditionary j" 0, was cnnnect < , tl with the College, *nd who left as second lieutenant, had been promoted to lieutenant, and then jo'captain, and recently was mentioned TO despatches. Mr Scott said sir.-h a rewas a credit to Mr Acland, and too Board was p'ensed to see tl'.e promotion he had rocoived.