Personal Items.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17103, 26 March 1921, Page 9

Personal Items.

Messrs T. E. Y. Seddon, M.P., and J. M. Dickson, M.P., were passengers from tho North by yesterday's ferry ttearner. Dr. Eva Day, daughter of Mr V. G. Day, S.M., has taken up the position of house-surgeon in tho Tiraaru HospiMr John R. Brunt, a former Mayor of Linwood, and Mr Alfred Manhire, Mayor of Sprcydon, in response to deputations, have consented "to nomination for scats on the Christchurch City Council at the forthcoming municipal elections. Both are standing on the Citizens' ticket. On Thursday afternoon the staff ot tlie jobbing department of the Christchurch Press Co.. Ltd., pi«?=ented Mr A. Powson with a silver-plated sal.nl bonl in view of his nnproiitfiing marriage. The foreman, Mr Maddren, in making the presentation, referred t<j tho toici'iii in* which the recipient was ho!;l, and extended Lest Allies for his future welfare.

Mr Jehu Cnughley, the newly-ap-pointed Director of Education, was a passenger for Australia by the Manuka on Thursday night. He" will spend a month in Australia making investigations regarding the development gf education in th;:" Commonwealth, particularly in New South Wales and Victoria, and will also attend an interState conference on education at Sydney on .March 23th, 29th, and 30th. He expects to return to New Zealand toward; the end of April. Mr Jnme.s W. Davidson, FfR.G.S., of (alrarv, Canada, and Colonel J. Layton Ralston, C.M.G., D.5.0.. K.C., of Halifax, Nova Scotia, have left Canadn on a special mission to Australia and Now Zealand, they Having been cho:en by the International Association of Rotary Clubs to extend International Rotary to Austrahsia. Many requests for charters for Australasian Rotary clubs have been received at headquarters in America, and the International Executive thought it best to send representatives to establish clubs, and for this nurposo chose two leading Canadian Rotarinns.

Mr Hugh C. Jenkins has resigned his position as sub-editor of the "Mercantile Gazette" and publisher of the Gazette Lav Reports and tho Magistrate Court Reports, at AVellinrou, in order to return to his old profession of tho law. Mr Jenkins, who is joining the offico of Mr A. A. Wilson, Crown .Solicitor at Westport, spent fivo years in Fleet street .journalism before coming to New Zealand in 1910. Ho commenced reading lor tho law in 1910, and passed hi.' solicitor's, examination in 1919. Mr Jenkins is New Zealand correspondent of tho "Empire Mail" and other overseas publications. During last year ho acted as legal reporter in tho Court of Appeal. According to a recent cable message from London to the ''Sydney Sun,'' Sir Edward Grigg, secretary to tho Prince of Wales during his tour of Australasia, will shortly succeed Sir Philip Kerr, who is rotirtng from tho position of sesretary to the British Prime Minister. Sir Edward Grigg accompanied tho Prince of Wales on his recent tour of Canada and Australasia as Political Adviser, He was educated at Winchester, and Oxford, and had a brilliant career. Ho joined the editorial staff of "The Times" in 1903, and after transferring'to the "Outlook" for several years, he finally rejoined "Tho Times." He resigned in 1913, and joined tho Grenadier Guards in 1914. Ho rose to the rank of lieutenantcolonel, and was appointed general staff officer of the Guards, Division. Sir Philip Kerr was formerly editor of the "Round Table," and Sir Edward Grigjr. resiffned his position on "The Times' to join that quarterly just before the war.

Mr H. C. Harley,, a well-known business man and trotting-horse owner, of Greymouth, will shortly take ui> his residence in Christchurch, after 25 years' residence in Greymouth. Mr Harley, who has been associated with the firm of Harley and Co. in that town for twenty-two years, is One of the best known and popular men on the Coast. He took a keen interest in local affairs, being a J.P., and at one time a member of the Borough Council. The connnittee of the Greymouth Trotting Club, with which Mr Harley has been connected for many years as owner, committeeman, and steward, met him a few days ago to bid him f well, and to make him a presentation. Tributesto Mr Harley's service* to the club were exDressed by the chairman, Mr H. W. Kitchingham, the treasurer, Mr J. Steer, and others.