Personal Items.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16798, 1 April 1920, Page 6

Personal Items.

Senior-Sergeant Cummings is Lewisham hospital, sufiermg from influent. He is progressing favourably. Air J. A. Frascr, Assistant Land Registrar at Chrisichurch. f ° Nelson on Tuesday evening, to take up his duties as District Land Registiar. Mr Eric "Willrox. the newlv-app°inted "after-care" oflicer totne Canterbury Repatriation Board, will lenvo for . West Coast to-day. on his first official tour He will remain on the Coast toi about a week.

Mr C. I. Jennings, Mavor of R™? 1 " ora. and secretary of the *V; *' M.TT. Ashley District, and Mr J -/ lnl <shpl] * left vesterdnv for Auckland to attend the Oddfellows' Conference -Airs Marshall is accompanying Mr Maisn.ui-

Captain P. H. Hall-Thompson, R.V, C M G.. fornicrlv Naval Adviser to the New Zealand Government is now m command of the battleship F.nn. which he commissioned at Shcerncss m Dcce - lier with a reserve complement, for tiuty as turret drill ship at the Xore.

On the return of the Governor-Gene-ral to Wellington. Mr C, J. -Parr wil! bo sworn in as Minister of Iklucntion. Sir Wm. Frascr has relinquished the Public Worlcs portfolio, but tvill continue to control the Mines Department for a brief period.

The Otago Presbyterian Synod dav appointed Dr. John R ; E M.'A.. of Aberdeen, to the Chair of History in the University of Otago. D:Elder is thirtv-nine years ot age and graduated in 1902 with first-class honours in English language, literatuie. and history. He has been asked to come as soon as possible.

Our "Wellington correspondent telegraphs:—Mr Leonard Stowe, formerly Clerk of Parliament, who is in the IJowen street Hospital, after an amputation of one of his feet, is reported to be sinking. Mr Ernest Bell,, of the firm of Bell. Gullv and Myers, is m the same hospital, dangerously ill, after an internal operation.

Every police officer from the senior sergeant downwards not on duty assembled on Tuesday night to take official farewell of Senior-Detective Cameron, who will kave shortly 011 promotion for Christelvurcli (says yesterday s Southland Times")- Senior Sergeant Ivories presided, and made the presentation, which took the shape of a travelling bag. A number of toasts were honoured. and songs and recitations were contributed bv several of those present. The remarks made appreciative of De-tective-Serrreant Cameron should serve to long remind him of the firmness of the friendships he has established in Invercargill. Several branches of the Government service allied to the Justice Department were also represented by speakers, who were at no loss in adding their quota of praise of,, and goodwill towards, tlio departing guest.

There was a large attendance of clients of the Bank of Australasia at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon, when a presentation _ was made to Mr O. K. Sams, who is retiring on superannuation from the employ of the Bank, after 4o years of service, the last 25 years of which have been spent in Christchurcli as accountant. Mr F. ID. Jones presided, and read a lengthy budget of lettors from clients of the Bank, expressing great appreciation of the ability and courtesy of Mr Sams m his capacity as accountant to the Bank. Mr T. H. "Green eulogised the services of Mr Sams, and handed to him an inscribed silver casket, with a golden lining in the shane of a draft for £200, a list of the subscribers to the testimonial being also included, at the same time expressing the best wishes of the Bank's clients for Mr Sams's future prosperity. Mr W. H. Seed, Mr H. B. Sorensen, and the Mayor spoke highly of the abilitv and many excellent qualities of Mr Sams, who feelingly replied in a brief speech.