Personal Items.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18073, 15 May 1924, Page 8

Personal Items.

Mf J. McCombs, M.P,, left ia Ht ing for the Chatham Islands. ' **** M? G. W. Forbes, M.P. f« Hnrtifcßreturned Horn Sydney by,the u2. Ob Tuesday. ««raiwh Messrs' J. W. Watson (DuneaiaV m 4 T. H, Mec (Beck's Prospect) « 8 iffi at tho Clarendon Hotel. P ,U Messrs L. V. Wdterhouse (8»d««,\ H. D. Maiden (Macdonald ffi' find W. Davison (Geraldine) al« rt?* Ing at Warner's Hotel. wy^ Mr J. M. Gamble, who was f oftned* associate to Sir John Sfi Imond, and *£ Companied him to the Wnshlngten Coa» ference, lias joined the Hon. Mr Jostles Seed in the same capacity. Mr Milton Tnit leaves by, to-night'l > ferry steamer to connect with tfi# * Marama for Sydney, en route to TSkjfi"' knd, where he intends the Wool .business dt Bradford. Mf F. Martyri Rentter was secretary add treasurer of the ary Schools Assistants' Association <j| New Zealand. Appreciative referent* Was made to hid service during fef 13 yeafs in that office - j^The Secondary Schools Assistant Conference placed on record its t&u appreciation Of the services reflaefti by Mr F. H. Campbell as the M6ofid&tf teachers' representative on the GoiiMj of Education. • " s ' A motion of sympathy with the ttont G< W. Russell and family fa tlfc|fc bereavement through the death Of UH; Russell recently, was passed by tU ChfUtchttrch Parliamentary 4|Socm'< tion last night. In the result of the election of tfi| l Council of the North Canterbury. is>* filimatisation Society published yeater? , day, Mr G. T. Robertson's nattO-Mis peared twice, and Mr D. Deans 'saatte was omitted. «' . ' Mr F, S. Swan, who has been man*.., tiger of Sargood, Son, and Ewen'«, Net V ton, branch for the past "'five' years, has < been appointed manaSeT/ of tiie Wunganui branch, and will tokt ,Up his new duties early in June. > ' i Messrs G. D. Butter Simo (Wellington), A. Johnston IW*!- , lington), »B. Mosoa (Wellintftou), ,*.* Henderson (Oxford), and 8.. W. 2H&fr.' (Palmorston North) are among *s&? guests atj tlio Unitod Service < Mr A. A. Chapman, chief Union Steam Ship Company's offlc^lfc-, Melbourne, has been appointed maaawrW' of the branch office which the eompan|J is opening in New York. He YfifijW£f' succeeded 'in Melbourne by Mi IfJtmjL Cook, of the Vancouver office* - Dr. J. M&cmillnn Brown is le*sj||bf Wellington by the Maung&nui fa'j&BftP Francisco on'the 27th lust. He int«ffi|?' to travel through British Alaska, where he will spend softc'£tM|§i!i He expects to return to" New #eajll|% early in October- ' At the request, of A dumber era, Mr G. I>. Hardie. 8.A., ltfcl&K& master of "West -Ch]fiatchutch'<B!j^S'^. r High School/ and'for many specter of Schools in accepted nominationjut a candiQßwJwu' 1 the vacancy, on the lege Board Si Governors. f 'f&KsijsL', i ' Hughes, the retiring seeking* > * <<%**^Mmjir Mr C,H. Baekhouse, who-fer'il including iour years' War serviqerhaffJ l ! been employed 'in thel office, of- iKeM National .Dairy' Assopiation, risen to the poat of«assiatant-BeiJretary,M has been appointed,, secretary in places of Mr, C. T. Brash, who assumes thefi dutleßof secretary of the Dairy Exbortll Control Board. < Bothfappointments •{torn July Ist. Mr V. Woodcock be assistant-secretary. <Our > Gisborne correspondent I«tei>i graphs:—lnformation lias been WiMtiLg? by the district engineer of t]ie Works Department, Mr C. ilf'AnngtlfflujM}. that haviiig completed" over'4o service with the Department, he I be'asked to re'tire on sujferannuiflffi&J' k 'This intimation *is >in accordance 4ws,the policy Which" has. been ladoptejjsßfc , the 1 .Government in nmu Departments, and is noW, 'ftfls UjraL stood, to be applied to thei3&ff Public Works Af»t' strong, whose high .be**' widely acknowledged, has J 'Mm.' ciated with the Department ffl QWOWrI for 22 years, having < arrived time when numerous wOrksy fagwlwH"" the railway to Mottihora, v 'wel« v 2Pep|faff' templatiOh, so that 'undertakings in the, district 1 ".; carried out" hia •, direction. It has not yet w'Wk',' who is likely to Succeed ilrMfc ' There was'a very large ganised. by the "members o ''!W;*" Ashburton Catholic VluV, and ft*, m members 6f the CathelieJrtWf . - manity generally, in thiM" ■ Boys' School last purpose of bidding toewWawa-H* -' ing a presentation of a eolia ' b *jf&> suit-case! bearing a suitable I' afad a travelling rug, v ,to"'lar "*t_ffi, Brophy, who joined the AlhbuTWhVßre and Telegraph Office as 1908, and rose to his presehi pofiF l of, chief telegraphisty and Whd,»«**" ing on promotion to fill the ; B*sr■!*■ , of supervisor of stamp* W4. w tion at the Timaru Post Office. The Very Bev. DwpWftJft who made the presentation, ,p«la a W|»' tribute to Mr Br-o.phy.-for hh! JJOW«» i connexion with the Bomai, C"?fflf | Church, and referred to tM-/«r*g esteem in which he had a s" ra y*"Ss. held as a public servant and.M MS*zen'of Ashburton. Messrs flr_?|J™& 8. Madden, H; Lennon, Val V n McDonald, T. Hanarahan, and *-'fI?KL also congratulated Mr B'oPtyjSlyjß promotion. Mr Mulvey, the pM™HBB Baid Mt Brophy had thoroughly WHS his promotionUo Timaru, ana *°»«wj a higher office in thj9 to l ** Brophy made suitable acknowlcoflgw of the compliments paid hml t ;ygJ