Personal Items.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17316, 30 November 1921, Page 7

Personal Items.

Bishop Brodio and the Rev. Father Coffey will leave Sydney on February 21st nest for the Old Country. The Rev. Thos. Tait, of Scots' Church, Sydney, and lat-e of St. Paul's, Christchurch, "arrived in Christchurch. vesterdav, on an extended visit to the bominion. It was decided at the annual meeting of the Y.M.C.A. last night that a letter wishing him speedy recovery from his illness should be sent to Mr T. C. Field, president of the Association. Mr Walter J. Fuller, managing director of the Fuller proprietary in New Zealand, arrived from Wellington yes- | terday morning in order to be present 'at tHo opening performance of the Odiva seals at the Opera House. He will return North to-night. Mr J. J. McGrath, the well-known Wellington solicitor, will leave by the Ulimaroa on a tour of Egypt, Europe, and Great Britain. Mr McGrath, who will be away for about six months, will be accompanied by Mrs McGrath, and will return via America. Mr F» Buckingham, who for the past twenty years has seldom missed his annual pilgrimage from England to Jjew Zealand to beguile tho trout, has taken no his headquarters for a week at Hamurnna, Rotorua. Mr Buckingham is a skilled and experienced fisr.er in many waters, and has the highest opinion, of the Dominion streams and' lakes. Mr B. Harper, chief clerk of the Dunedin Magistrate's Court, who is retiring aftor 46 years' service in the ■Department, was presented bv the Otngo Law Societv with a well-filled wallet. The staff* of tho Court also made him a handsome presentation. Mr Harper will probably 9ettle in Christcliurch later on. Mr W. M. Luke, shipping manager for Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd., Wellington, has been appointed manager in the South Island for the Canadian Government Merchant Marine, says the "N.Z. Times." Mr Luke leaves for Christchnrch, which will be his headquarters this week. A motion of condolence with the widow of the late Mr P. H. Goodsir was passed at last night's meeting of the executive of the Canterbury Industrial Association. In moving the resolution Mr W. J. Jenkin (president) said that the late Mr Goodsir had been a member of the executive for six or seven years and had done good work in ndvancmg the interests of manufacturers. A distinguished visitor to the Dominion, who arrived by the lonio from London on Sunday, is Colonel Sir A. Mayo-Robson, K.8.E., C.8., C.V.0., Sir Arthur Robson, who intends to enjoy ft fishing tour here, was in the Roval Army Medical Corps, and served with distinction in the campaign on the Gallipoli Peninsula and with the British armies in Franc©. He was created a Knight in 1919.. In 7916 he received the C.8., and in 1911 the C.V.O. He is also a Doctor of Soience, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and a Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. He is the author of several standard medical works, and is an ardent huntsman and angler. He is accompanied by hlB daughter, Miss Mayo-Robson. The Jewish people of Auckland lest vweek formally farewelled the Hon. Arthur M. Myers, who is about to leave New Zealand! to join his wife and family in London. In a gathering at the synagogue, at which Mr Myers was thb guest of the congregation, Mr N. A, Nathan made a presentation of an illuminated address ( bound in suede leather,' andi oontainmg such characteristic Auckland views as Rangitoto Island, Grafton Bridge, MyeriS Kindergarten, Cornwall Park, and the Town Hall. The gift, stated Mr Nathan, was made as a. token of remembrance to Mr Myers from his co-religionists of Auckland. In returning thanks, Mr Myers remarked, while hia future was in the lap of the gods, he did not feel that he was saving good-bye to Auckland. His motner and other members of hia family, and many of his business interests remained there, and he ex. pected to pay return visits to the city where he had spent so many happy year*,