Personal Items.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17395, 4 March 1922, Page 11

Personal Items.

General Sir Andrew Russell arrived BtaTini S a rt ° n y ? sterda J'. and intends staying a day or two in town. ister Sir v Heaton Rhodes (MraIt w. w ? spending a few days at his home, Otahuna, Tai Tapu. Christchurch Ft-ail-J - l is on extended leave, Brownell 5 wKeved by Mr T " J "

Dr. C. J. Reakes, Director-General Ti j}s r l, u . re > and Mr T. N. Brodrick, Under-Secretary of Lands, arrived from v\ e.nngton yesterday, and returned Jiorth last, night.

The Hon. D. H. Guthrie, Minister ot Lands, arrived from Wellington yesterday, and visited the Avonhead Demonstration -Farm, and transacted some Departmental business. He left for We.hngton last night.

The Hon. \V. Nosworthy, Alinister of Agriculture, arrived from Wellington yesterday. In the morning he visited the Avonhead Demonstration Farm, and in the afternoon received deputations. The Minister leaves for Ashburton this morning.

The emp!oyees of the Union Brewery met."on Thursday, to present Mr R. T. Phillips with a clock, on the occasion of his marriage. The manager, Mr Geo Hickoiott, made the_ presentation. and the recipient suitably replied. The health ot Mr and Mrs Phillips was then toasted with musical honours.

Mr C. M. Montefiore, general manager and attorney for Australia of the Ocean. Accident, and Guarantee Corporation. Limited, was entertained at fVnner at tho Hotel' Australia. Sydney, by his head office staff. on the eve of hi« departure for London, to attend the jubilee commemoration celebrations of tho corporation. Mr F. A. Nalder, manager of the Christchurch branch of the State Coal Office, left for Wellington on Thursday evening, to take charge of the Wellington office. Prior to his departure he was the recipient of a p"esentation, from the local office staff. Mr T. Quinlivan, of the staff of the Wellington depot, has succeeded Mr Nalder as officer in charge of the local branch. Applications for tho position of' tutor and organiser to the Auckland branch of the Workers' Educational Association were considered by the Auckland University College Council On Monday, when a decision was made in favour of Mr L. A. Mander, M.A., of Ttye successful applicant, who is 25 years of age, has had over three years' experience in W.E.A. work. He has also token tutorial classes for the joint committer of the tutorial classes of the University of Adelaide. The officers of the Qtago High School Old Boys' Society, for the current year are Vice-presidents, Mr Morrell, Dr. -Fulton, and Messrs H. C. Tewsley (Auckland), R. W. Brown (Christchurch), and J. M'G. Watson (Invercargill); treasurer, Mr Smith; auditors, Messrs Barr, Leary, and Co.; eommitt6e. Mesws W. J. Strong, F. W. Campheli, J, J. Mallard, J. L, Calder, J. H. Mojr, B. J. Anderson, R. L. Fairmaid, L. D. Coombs, D. Spedding, and G. S. Thomson.

'Probably the first man connected with the theatre in Australia to become a candidate for Parliament, Sir Benjamin Fuller, who is to contest the Svdney seat as aa Independent, comes before the electors as a successful business Iran (says the Sydney "Daily Telegraph''). The Tisa to its present dimensions under his direction of. the firm of Ben and John Fuller, Ltd,, of which he is managing director, was phenomenal, starting, aa it did, from the comparatively small vaudeville enterprise of his father in New Zealand. Hia recent gifts for educational purposes arose out of his hearing of a brilliant scholar at Sydney University deciding tci'aficline a Rhodes scholarship. *>p account 'of the amount granted beinp; insufftcient a man at Oxford. Sir Benjamin placed £IOOO nt his <Jispoflal, and later made Available several thousand pounds for' the advancement of education .'in the State, to he us6d to create scholarships' to be conferred according to the wishes of a committee, headed hv the Governor. It was in the-;last birthday honours that his name figured on the lint of pewly-croated knights. He is only 46.