Personal Items.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17394, 3 March 1922, Page 6

Personal Items.

Mr \V r . T. Willoughby Hunger uas been appointed Crown Lands Ranger for the Otago Land District. The Hon. G. J. Anderson, Minister of Mines and of Labour, left for the West Coast yesterday. Mr H. E. Jacka, inspector and chief clerk in the State Fire Insurance Department, Wellington, has been transferred to Hamilton as district manager. The Hon. E. P. Lee, Minister of Industries and Commerce, arrived from Wellington yesterday, and went south by the express. The Hon. W. Nosworthy, Minister of Agriculture, and the Hon. D. H. Guthrie, Minister of Railways and in charge of the Repatriation Department, arrive from Wellington this morning. Mr H. Ris-Trott, who has hold the position of assistant engineer in Nelson for the past ten years, is severing his connexion with the Department. His Honour Mr Justice Frazer and Messrs M. J. Reardon and W. Scott, members of the- Arbitration Court, will leave Christchureh for Greymouth tomorrow.

Mr Walter Monk arrived from the south last night to make arrangements for the local season of the drama "The Sign on the Door," which will be staged by the "Scandal" Company. Mr A. W. Burgess, assistant supervisor of the money order and savings bank branch at the Ohief Post Office, Dunedin, has received promotion to the position of district accountant, Thames.

Mr Justice Sim will leave Dunedin for Christchureh on Tuesday nost to hear oases here, afterwards proceeding to Wellington for the Court of Appeal. In the meantime Mr Justice Adams will take the sittings on the "West Coast. The resignation by Sir Franois Bell of the offices of Minister ■of Marine and Commissioner of State Forests is gazetted, together with the appointment in his place of the Hon. G. J. Anderson as Minister of Marino and Sir Heaton Rhodes as Commissioner on State Forests. Mr William Randall ; of Palmorston North, has been appointed instructor in mathematics and science on H.M.S. Philomel, at present in Auckland Harbour. Mr Randell, who obtained his LL.B. degree at Victoria TTniveristy, is an old boy of the Palmerston High School.

The following have been appointed members of the first and second divisions of the Court of Appeal:—First division. Sir Robert Stout (Chief Justic©), Mr Justice Sim, Mr Justice Hoskint;, Mr Justice Stringer, and Mr Justice Adams. Second division, Sir Robert Stout (Chief Justice), Mr Justice Sim, Mr Justice Herdman, Mr Justice Salmond, Mr Justice Reed.

Dr. P. H. Buck was this week elected a member of the Council of the Auckland Institute. It was stated at the meeting that this was the first occasion on which a member of the Maori race had been included in the membership of this body, or it was believed any similar body in New Zealand. A motion expressing appreciation 0 f the step forward symbolised was,passed.

Tho following appointments of members of appeal boards in connexion with the grading of secondary school and technical echpol teachers are gazetted : Appointed by the New Zealand Secondary School Assistants' Association — Messrs R. M. Laing and Mr F. H. Campbell: appointed by tho Technical School Teachers' Association —Messrs H. A. Jones and R. J. Thompson: appointed by the Government—Mr T. B. Strong. Mr W. T>. Bean, headmaster of the Sydenham School, notified tlhe School Committee on Wednesday evening that he intended to resign on suporaniumtion as from May 14th. At that date Mr Bean will have completed 41 years of service as a school teacher. A public meeting is to be held in the schoolroom for the purpose of discussing the most suitable way of recognising Mr Bean's past services.

In reply to a telegram sent by him, Mr T. D. Burnett, M.P. for Temuka, received the following from the Prime Minister on Tuesday:—"l will be in Geraldine on the morning of Thursday, March 16th, and will attend the sports meeting there. Afterwards I will proceed to Fairlie and will deliver an address in Fairlie that night. The following day I will go on to Tekapo, and will look into your proposed hydro-elec-tric scheme there. The same day I will go on to the Hermitage, and will remain there for the night/' The Prime Minister has expressed a desire to return to "Wellington the next night (Saturday), but Mr Burnett is trying to persuade him to remain at tho Hermitage for the week-end.