Personal Items.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17585, 14 October 1922, Page 11

Personal Items.

A {. J - . Runciman lms tcni il3 - res, Enation as Deputy Official Assignee in Dnnnevirkc. !n^ r /n"- Bcdt ] Pwsident of tho Auek- ° l"™™' t'nion, returned to Auck--5e >tcrday from a trip to England. liint' manager of tho in flnni'i i W ,^ co ' ai) d At Apia, arrived an Auckland this week by tho Atun. •„*v'nMcCarroll, probation officer lias g tXfeUd^ yC!m5 ' ffltflSS*' ® "M»t« u» '3 P el v, iio i-cwntl.v mit • s . Gnous operations at X 1 um Hospital, is now making definite progress towards recovery. +)w Si \r J 'i| l!n Chancellor of UVilin U ? 6 kniveioity will visit ire" H + 1 ° tend the Sc,ence Coil " a„ tho end of December. Major G. F. Hutton of "Bangor," Was 41 M»*«nßer from sVelitelnJr. y€Stenttty mol " llin s' 3 f<3r^' W<L a,UI * lrß Louis B1 >»'dell, of Wellington, returned to Auckland by tho faSSCoMSf a "° Mey a " e "' Ar D r,°' ¥' son of Mr C. M. Gitenslado, of Dtmedin, has been superintendent of tho Paddington Hospital, London. flie 'lfov. W. 'f. Drake, of Pnketapu, Jms been appointed to succeed the , *■ B . Redgrave as vicar of St. Andrew a parish, A'ort Aiiuriri, .N'upier. ..-^ r r )V- J- Jenkin, president of the New Zealand Industrial Corporation, leaves for .Wellington on Tuosdav evening on busir.ess connected with tho Corporation. Anions the visitors at the United Service Hotel aro Messrs M. B. MacDonald (Kaikourn) _ Peter Cameron (Dunedin,!, J. Harrison Jones i,l>uno~ din), and L. McCartney ("Auckland). Mr Frank ' Goldberg, governing director of tho Goldberg Advertising Agency, Ltd., returned to Wellington this week by 'the Ulimaroa after a business visit to Australia. Dr. Brodio, Roman Catholic Bishop of Christchurch, who has hoc 11 visiting England, the Continent and Canada, returned to Auckland by the Niagara yesterday. Ho will leave for the south by Tuesday evening's express. Mr N. M. Orbc'l, chairman of tho Christchurch Advisory Committee of the British Eropiro Exhibition, leaves next Wednesday evening for Wellington to attend a, meeting of the Advisory Council of the Exhibition. Mr C. J. de Garis, of Melbourne, manager of tho de Garis Kendenup Development Company of West Australia, passed through Auckland yesterday in the Niagara 011 hi 3 return to Australia after a financial mission to America.

Mr W. Knox, General Manager of the Colonial Sugar Company, ar.d Aire Knox, were passengers by the Niagara which called at Auckland yesterday. They are _ returning to Sydney after a holiday visit to Great Britain. Messrs Gerald Patterson, P. O'Harfi Wood, J. O. Anderson and R. O. Wertheim, membero of Australian Davis Cup team, were on board the Niagara which called at Auckland yesterday en route to Sydney. Mr A. J. D. McManaway, of Wellington, a v,'-oil-known personality in sporting and farming circles in the "Wellington province, has been .spending a few days in Christchurch. Ho leaves for tho. West Coast this morning and returns in n week's time. Captain James Ramsay has tendered his resignation us Harbourmaster 5.t Oamant to take effect from tho end of the year. Captain Ramsay has occupied the position for 26 years, having been appointed in succession to Captain Sewell, the first harbourmaster at Oamaru.

Mr XL A. Knight, chairman of directors of the Nev/'Zeaiand Refrigerating Co., Lid., and Sir Francis Boya, general manager for New Zealand, will visit Marlborough nsxfc week to inspect the company's Pioton workß and to enquire into other matters connected with the company's interests in tho province. Mr J. E. Stevens/ director of the school for tho deal at Sumner, is retiring on superannuation next February, after 3i3 years' service. Mr an;! Mrs Stevena will leave. by tho Ormonde, which leaves Sydney in March, for an extended trip to Jritain raid Europe. Mr J. M. B. Crawford wili Biicoeod Mr Stevens as director of the school. Mr Crawford hea been on tinstaff for thirty years and is at present first assistant. Mr F. Reverell, secretary of the New Zealand Refrigerating Company, h«o beets appointed London manager of the company, and, with his family, leaves for (England by tho Runhino on November lLth. I>tiring tho tlaree .years Mr Devercli ha® been in Christeiiurch ho has f)li >wn great interest in public matters End bust made a host of friends, who, while congratulating him on his promotion, will regret his departure. Mr H. S. E. Turner, who it) to arrive* from England in January nest, will take 5Er i>everel!'[; position as &ecretary of the company. His many friends will 'regret to lea in that Captain Smith, commander of the Ru&hiue, was ill at sea for some days, and it ia feared ho will have to undergo an ojporation (says Wednesday's Auckland "Star"). He .has been 253 years ia command of ships belonging to tho Now Zealand Shipping Company, and hoa been l.'l years ia the Ruahine, on which vessel he has mndo 33 tri fjtt. It is probable that he will be off" duty for about three months. At a meeting of the professorial board of the University' of Otago, it was decided to forward the mi mo of A. E. Porritt as tho Otago nominee for tho Rhodes Scholarship this year., Mr Porritb is a medical student, having just passed his first professional examination with distinction, one of only two student to do so (teiegrapha our Dunedin correspondent;. Not only in the Uruverciity, but also in athletic circles Efcnerailv, ho is well-known for his splendid performances on the track. At tho last Otago University sports he won tho challenge cup for tho highest agprerate points.- Last Easter at tho New Xealand University tournament at Auckland, it was generally conceded by the <?i>ud<>«t# thart Pomltt wa3 the tirinic factor in winning tiie. athletic kannof for Otago University. On the Rugby field tc<) > i has a splendid record. Under date of August 29th, our London i-orrespondenfc sends the followRiddiford hj„, w o,i a pleasant motoring tour during ill? fust month of tho Lake «nd tho High lands of Scotland. ... Dr. J. H. Shaw (New Plymouth) has come to 1 Eno'lnml for a post graduate study, and ho ha 3 just h-eon appointed houseBurge'in on the staff of tho Ifonden Hospital for & months. Br. Bhaw IB & graduate ot tho {imvereitv of Melbourne. .. . Tho R. e r, H. St. J. S. "Woollcombo, &.A., vicar ! of' Anaioy, Leeds, appointed to be sub-Deim and Canon or Coventry ' Cathedral and vicar of St. IViiehael's parish church, the appomtmm having ken made by the or Coventry. Mr "Yv'oollecrr.bo mil be well-rojaember-ed in New Zealand, Jor m made a tour som,o years ago mnptwnhnji tlw Clmrrh of England M® n ' 6 On his return from, this tour ho acted ss dome ; tie chaplain to the As ehbishop of Y.-rk for a year, and was tr,e G a? . point''d to the imnij which lie is ;,j 10 4t in. vn'ii.te.