Personal Items.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18264, 24 December 1924, Page 10

Personal Items.

Recent arrivals at the United gebiijlj Hotel arc:—Messrs .1. T. F. da J lit a. (Pretoria. South Africa), aadjN Charlton (Tima.-m. yj Her. T. H. TDiTorsall. who has tnj&rl with the Baptist- Church at GorftHm nine years, has accepted a call to BB^i i ,' At a moot-ins; of the. Wanganui hytcry, hold yesterday, a call fromMgj totio was plac*xl in the. hands of t2's l'ev. J. C. Loan, of Taihapo, andM' 1 accepted. m> 31 r and Mrs .Seymour Hicks, of *ii* J. C. Williamson ITnglish CtaQMy Company, and Mi.ss Betty rived from t.he uorLli yesterday' JS s stayed at the United Jscrvioa IwSl They leave for Ihinedin this morntjS' Mr C. J. Plavne. assistant DilMk ° Public Trustee. Christchurch. hiiifoS 1 appointed to tho position of *MmIS \ controller in the head office, WrityjjT ■ ton. He \rill leave Chmtchurentinr in the New Year. A London cable states that ttj-AJ. ' rie Hicks, who belongs to DimeutCL * accepted the post of cheniicalljHjß; I logist on the research staff of tKfijEr Foundation at Rochester (uSSS States). m 31r T. D. Harmau has been s£& a. Fellow of Clirist's College College Old Boys' Association. '«R one nomination was received fortlS position which was made vacant bvm retirement of Mr C. Howard Tripp.' Our Dunedin correspondent ML> sraphs that Mr H. C. Alloo, leaving to tako up his permanent r«|i* donee in Christchurch, was tho IWJtti. - ent of a pocket-wallet from Ottabm' of tho (Grange Cricket Qub. '* Sergeant Martin, who for the ItjAJ three years has lieen stationed in tbfc"j Southland Police District at Gore aad'l Bluff, has received notice of his pro-* motion to the rank of senior-serMfiAi and of his transfer to the Mount Cow | Station, Wellington. J Among the guests at the Clarondjgi Hotel are:—Messrs G. W. A. Lee (TOfti Plymouth), K. B. Hannay (WolllSl ton), B. Applegarth (Hanmcr),~g|§ Manaway (Wellington), 6. Westenra, Langston, Macdoßllli (Auckland), P. Jstorman (Johofil Malay States), and S. J. Hill (Will Guests at Warner's Hotel indadej||| Messrs S. E. Mair (Melbourne), 11.I 1 . Jb| Midgelcy (Melbourne), C. Bayiiisra| (Dunedin), H. Hull (Melbourne).' Iffl Rickard (Melbourne), T. MaalgH (Bradford), S. P. Warburton ford), and J. Loudon (Dunedin). tflffl Signor Filippo Sacchi, a noted liuwi journalist, of the staff of the u Cott|Sj» Delia Sera," was a passenger bjy|il Maungan'ui, which arrived in w|(iffl|| ton yesterday from San Signor Sacchi has been conimisiinß|f by his newspaper to make a tour tfjfKii 'Pacific, New Zealand, and Ausj||Hg| for the purposo of gaining an idw|£§ tl\o conditions prevailing on thJl 4lffl of the world. Ho holds a Jettor.(jf|SS troductiou to tho Prime other prominent citizens of WcUli§||« Among the passengers by the : mmM nganui, which arrived at WeUingtffifjHl tcrday from San Francisco, wag f&fgH P. Hainsworth, who has been pointed general manager of tho 'mm hibition which it is proposed tOjmH in Dunedin nest year. Our WflßMi ton correspondent states that i;,|H with Mr Hainsworth convinces (j|IH that he knows his business thMmfffifl and that the directors have nate in getting a mart of hid experHJffii and ability. Mr Hainsworth ; JjW Wellington to-day for QhristtWMßß and will be in Dunedin about fU||BH[ of the week, or early next week||||j The Rev. W. H. Howes. whffijH been clerk of the Christchurch PreM? tery for a considerable time, end rS byterian minister at Rangiora forjHß years, has accepted a call to 01HE9 ton. The Presbytery coll to Mr Howes at a special mBBH yesterday. The Rev. 0. K. Ait|fl||MHi peared before the Presbytery to bmwHM the call. Mr C. I. Jennings, ;JfflHa senting the Rangiora conigeeaaemWW that Rarfgiora would lose flfr tgflM with great regret. Mr a very successful ministry at fUu|HHI and he had done a great dealJftiHH Church. The Rev. ,N. L. D, WtflH expressed the regret of the ffrawflHl 'at losing Mr Howes, who }ss%&&& very effioint clerk to the Efogjfffii He was the best clerk Mr We?Mm9H ever known. Many speakers jffljgfll| high tribute to the work of W-JSjflfl The Presbytery decided to call in the hands of Mr Howes./MBB upon Mr Howes intimated coptance of the call. Mr Howe* ed the variotis speakets /for. marks. The Rev. J. D. appointed interim raodieratordf«■ ora, and tho Rev. W. F. gs£iH Lyttelton, was appointed clerk until a permanent