Personal Items.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18182, 19 September 1924, Page 9

Personal Items.

■ ♦ — governor-General concluded liis to Taranaki and left New ' yesterday for Wellington. Blfl crowds greeted Lord and Lady **Keoo at evr Plymouth, Stratford, Hawera. tr Honour Mr Justice Sim v.-ill arrive from Dunedin on Monand conduct a three days' sitSupreme Court. Uf John Farrell, who is conducting JVfIW Zealand tour of the VanbrughHe IS staying at St. Llmo. \T B. Dall, formerly AssistJftxretary of the I'ost and Teleepartment, returned to WelrttM by the Plimaroa on "WednesSvdnev, after a sis months' to g'"fflP° ro 211(1 Borneo. v«sra M. E. Mount-Castle (MOll- - W. Taylor (Dunedin), I. Me(Dnnedin), G. Crow (Dunedin), TA. Longhnau (Paimerstou North), L 1? B Wilson (Auc-kland) arc stayJiWer's Hotel, tferrs A. T. MyaH (Auckland), W. nkon (Stockholm), G. Martin (Syd- \ k S. C. Anderson (Wellington), Hebb (Wellington), and G. H. V (Auckland), are guests at the Qgenion Hotel. ■ gentefs message from Ottawa that the Hon. Francis Alexander yJjji, w ho has been a Judge' of the brnme Court of Canada since_ 1909, been appointed Chief Justice of Dominion. Messrs L. Egleton (Wellington), J. Btridson (Wanganui), E. J. Tosswill Ssiwantti), J. B. Bishop (Dunedin), ! ffiaderton (Vancouver), C. G. White Wellington), and A. F. Giles (Hokiare amongst the guests at the jjited Service Hotel. -ty". S. Brown (late of 41 . Windsor Manufacturing ComzL J.imited, Wellington), has S orer the general managership of SpriM Limited, chocolate and bisait manufacturers, Dundas street, vice JirH. W. Pipe l- ) who has retired from tie management owing to ill-health. jjjfj lls completes his farewell tour 1 jj t£a world, which starts this autumn (dariag which he will visit New Zea- j Mj Sir' Harry Lauder will probably ißek'fo represent some constituency in flu House of Commons (says a London paper)* Sir Harry was talking about other day, and said that he had iMpi of invitations. gt'Bobert; Baden-Powell, the Chief Sank"has.written to the Christchurch «W(Sf Cnij's," thanking them for a wiseat of a greenstone tiki, which was gjtto his son Peter, the "Chief Wolf * Ih o letter concludes: "We faL|ppd hunting to all the Cubs, and tope flat one .day they will meet ftter. jo that he can thank them in psjm for this nice remembrance." lie ' 'employees of the Victoria Breife# and a few friends, presented Wi : Wat6on, jun., brewer, on the departure on transfer to iudpd, J inth*a gold watch and chain, Mrs Watson. Mr A. Rix, ajjj&t, in making the presentation, tqftsn the good feeling that had BBfed between the staff and Mr Wat--88, fished him a happy and prosjmoj'cdfeer in his new position. ■Dmng 1 Sis >sfcy in. Wanganui, his lord Jellicoe made a point o{ oHisg on Dr. E. E. Porritt, at his readfaoe, Balgownie avenue, for the pßjpoii of tendering his personal conmtsfti<ras to the father of the New SllfTyiodes Scholar and New Zealfl#:fbrehiost representative at, the noeidteQlympicv Games. At the chjaoo of-'-a very pleasant chat Lord MHcoe assured the doctor that on his retain to England he would "look up" ijs SMJj-whosa acquaintance ho would jyipffijd to make. :.of the Otago High of Governors, on WedBliday. a letter was received from Mr ?. E Campbell asking for a year's from the teaching staff nHSfcltoys' High School. Mr CampWllWi he proposed to visit England, tsi'ilut he wished to leave Auckland alfttch mh, 1925. At the end of Akgiftt ie -would have been teaching ittiafsehool for 31 years. The reetor Morrell) supported the apjfiedka,/which was granted. The Ewfl'tho decided to communicate with I -MSqpartmeat and ask it to pay Mr Outtbai. hla full salary during his 5E ■