Personal Items.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17292, 2 November 1921, Page 7

Personal Items.

The, Rev. Jasper Calder, of Auckland, is nt present on a visit to Chrisiehurch. Mr H. A. Stnrk, who has been for the last year in Hawern, left by tho Carnitine for the Argentine. Mr W. Hart, late of the Magistrate's Court, Christchurch, has been appointed Clerk of the Court for Kaiiipoi and Rangiora. Mr Lvall Willis, of London, a director of Lvnll Willis and Co. Ltd., and Mr ti. AY. Bagrio, of Aucklnnd, arrived in town by the ferry steamer yesterday. Mr C. P. Greenfield, of the Eastern Extension Cable Company, who is on furlough, arrived yesterday morning from Singapore, and is staving with his parents, Mr and Mrs F. E. Greenfield, Mcrivale lane. The friends of Mr William Pryor, secretary of the New Zealand Employers' Federation, will regret to hear ttiat last week he suffered a relapse after his parHal recovery from his recent illness, and it will lie a considerable time before ho is in a fit condition of health to resume office work. Mr John Studholme, in a letter dated ("September 17th, written from Bexlcy Abbev. Maidstone, Kent, England, which was read at last nicht's meeting of the New Zealand Utility Poultry Club, .-.tared that he had taken a house in Kent for a year. At the time of writing Mr Sttulholmo's three sons were with him for the summer holidays. Mr G. 11. Dullard. Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Surveyor, has gone to Wellington to attend the meeting of the Representation Commission, which is set up to adjust tho boundaries of the various electoral districts. This is rendered necessary by the altered distribution of population as disclosed bv the recent census. Mr Dullard expects to be'away about a fortnight, and during his absence his duties will be carried out by Mr F. E, Greenfield. Mr E. C. Cutten. S.M., l>r. C. E. Ataguire, Mr E. C. Purdie, and <Mr H. Stebbing, tho Aucklnnd delegates of the Young Citizens' League, arrived in Christchurch from Invereargili last night. Thcv were successful in having branches of the League formed in Dunedin and Invereargili. To-day tfi-i delegates will attend a meeting of thq local Advisory Commit too, and to-mor-row morning they wul leave for tho West Coast. The following additional retirements from the Post and Telegraph Service aro announced: —Messrs L. W. Bourko, Superintendent, Wellington Telegraph Office; G. Redmond, Wellington G.P.O. staff; F. J. Carr, Wellington Telegraph Office.: W. R. Thompson, Postmaster, Courtenay place, Wellington; W. N. Tregonning, Postmaster, Wellington South; J. T. AVylic, Chief Postmaster "Nelson; C. A. W'yntt, Wellington Telegraph Office; G, Levy, relieving officer, Wellington; R. W. Percy, Postmaster, Levin. Mr A. Ward, recently chief detective in Wellington, who has been appointed chief racecourse inspector under tho New Zealand Racing Conference, has a record of over twenty years' service in the Mew Zealand Police Force. He joined in September, 169tf, under Commissioner J. 6. Tunbridge, as a constable, and transferred to the detective staff two years later. He was appointed to the rank of detective in 1905 as a reward for taking part in the arrest of an armed burglar in Christchurch. He became detec-tive-sergeant in 1918 and chief detective in January 1920. From 1898 to 1902 "he was stationed in the Wanganui and Palmerston North districts; from 1903 to 1907 in Christchurch; from 1907 to 1.915 in Dunedin, and from 1915 to 'January 1920 in Napier, being then 'transferred to Wellington as chief detective. Ho holds the police lone servico and good conduct medal, and the Royal Humane Society's silver medal for saving life. The Auckland candidate for the Rhodes Scholarship for 1922, Mr P. O. Veale, is a son of Mr O. J. Veale, No. , 1 Beresford street (states. Friday's "New Zealand Herald"). Mr Vettio, who is 22 years of age, is at present a master at the Aucklnnd Grammar School. He has had a very successful scholastic career, and is also a prominent rifle shot, hockey player, and swimmer. He won the first junior National Scholarship in tho Auckland district in 1911. and the following year he went to thp Auckland Grammar School, matriculating in 1914. He entered the university in 1916 on a junior university scholarship, being fourth in that for New Zealnnd. During his university career Mr ! Veale has won several -scholarships and I prizes and graduated B.Sc: in 1919. i He foined the staff of the Grammar School in 1918 as junior science master. For the last two years he has been taking ttie research and. honours course m chemistry. In the recreative and social life of the university, Mr veale has token a leading part, and has held office in most of the college clubs t and bocieties He is also a leading member ;of the Akarana and the Auckland City ! Defence Rifle Chiba and of the Waite. | mata Swimming Club.