Personal Items.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17320, 5 December 1921, Page 6

Personal Items.

Sir Joseph Ward and Sir Francis Boys were passengers from Wellington by "Saturday morning's ferry Bteamer. Commander T. A. Dykes, of the Amokuia, has been appointed Superintendent of Mercantile Marine at Lyttelton. The Rev. Te Puea Te Ao Marama, of tho "Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah," "has been appointed an officiating minister under the Marriage Act, 1908. Mr L. McKay, the ex-pole vaulter, has been appointed manager of the Wellington team of athletes to com-| pete at the New Zealand championship meeting at Christchurch this week. I His Honour Mr Justice Frazer,j Messrs William Soott, and M. J. Rear-J don, members of the Court of Arbitration. left for Wellington, en route for Auckland, on Saturday night. | Mr H. B. Sorensen. chairman of the | North Canterbury Hospital Board, who j suddenly became ill on Friday, has 1 taken a turn for the better, and his: condition last night was regarded as| fairly satisfactory. I Mr Fred. Pirani, secretary of tho I Wellington Master Printers' Aasooia- 1 tion, has resigned. The Association, in [ accepting his resignation, passed a mo-; tion expressing regret that Mr Pir*ni [ had terminated his engagement. aa4| testifying to the valuable work ne had■ done during the past twelve months | Mr C. P. du Meyer, a member of the | Springbok football team, who remained; in New Zealand after the departure of • his South African comrades, left Auck- j land last week, en route for Cape Town, j It is stated as practic/vuy certain that j Mr du Meyer will return to make his i home in New Zealand. Two other members of tho Springbok team, including ono of the Michnu family, arc stated to be contemplating settling in the Dominion, one of whom is likely to start with £BOOO capital. Mr E R. Godward, who is about to leave for tho United States, was entertained at afternoon tea at The Beresi'ord on Friday by the directors of the Eclipse Petrol Ecor.omiser Coy. and "onic friends in the motor trade. Mr Martin Francis presided and in a happy speech wished Mr Godward on behalf of the Board tnd of the shareholders a very pleasant and successful trip, and assured him that he carried with him the good wishes of a large number of people who were interested in his invention. OUier directors who spoke in eulogistic terms of Mr Godward's devotion to the interests of the company were Messrs G. T. Booth, Walter J. Wood and M. Sunderson. Messrs H. J. Ranger and Treleaven, on behalf of tho motor trade and Messrs McLaren and AValtcr .Johnston on behalf of the shareholders, also, wished him bon voyage.