Personal Items.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18367, 28 April 1925, Page 9

Personal Items.

Th* Hon. G. J- Anderson. Minuter M Mines, arrived in Christchuich by the Jit Coast cxp«*s last evening. He J? leave for Gore by the first express this morning-

~„,« H AUehurch (Timaru) and t CUbourn (Wellington) arc guests ,* Warner's Hotel. v<*srs P. Macdonald (Timaru). <'• .Auckland), and D Dyson (WellincWn) arc =" csts at Clarendon Hotel. \(««rs H. Bonnington (Ashburton). r S "London), rnd 0. E. Pryeo fijunedin) are staying at the tinted Service Hotel. \r r \ E. Flower, who leaves shortir on 'an extended tour of the United Ctates and England, received yesterAvr tbe best wishes of his fellow-mem-ters on the Board of Governors of frnterbury College for an enjoyable {rip and a. safe return. Mr G. E. Miller has been promoted trrm Assistant District Public Trustee Ja Jjistrict Public Trustec a * Weili .ngT\n iit succession to Mr C. Zachariah, Slid. Mr F. T. Carson, of the Wellington office, will succeed Mr Miller.

Messrs J. S. Stevenson- and J. S. Podds, retiring members, were yesterday re-appointed to represent Ranging and Akarna respectively on the Canterbury College Board of Governors,'and Mr E. S. Ev?.ns was appointed to-represent "Waimate. Dr. Cbas. Chilton, Rector of Oanterbarv College and Professor of Biology, vis invited to act as _ President of Section"!), Zoology, for the meetiivg of tbe Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science to be held in Perth in August, 193 C, but he has declined.

3fr W. Douglass Andrews, Librarian »t Canterbury College, has been granted one montlvs sick leave. Mr C. I>. Hardie. 8.A., the College Committee reported at yesterday's meeting of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College, bad generously undertaken the work meanwhile.

3fr Robert Williamson, touring manager for J. C. Williamson, Ltd., has arrived in Christchurch to make the preliminary arrangements for the appearance of the noted stage and screen actor. Thurston Hall, at the Theatre Royal, for a season commencing next veek. Mr F. C. Turner, who has been jnperintsndent of mails in Christ[hurch for about a year, and who has teen promoted to superintendent of ■nils at Auckland, left for the north Ifit.right. Jn the afternoon the staff (if the Post Office gathered to bid Lfm farewell, and the Chief Postmaster. Mr J. E. Broadfoot, presented him with a case of pipes. Mr- Reg. Stephens, of Wanganiri, has been invited b\' the International Committee of the Y.M.C.A. of North America; to join the American Fleet a\ Honolulu for special religious work end lectures on Australia and _ New Zealand in preparation' for tho visit of the flfet in July to Australia and New Zealand. , Dr. C. Stanton Hicks, M-ho lias been appbintod by tho Council of tho Adelaide ''University to the Marks Lectureship in Applied Philosophy and tho Sheridan Fellowship, is expected to take up his duties enrly in June. Dr. Hicks, who is a native of Dunedin and n graduate of the Otago University, baa had a brilliant academic career, 4t present he is engaged in research work at Trinity College, Cambridge.

■ ajfr J. McV. Calwell -has been advised tjfithe Dean of the-School of EnginoerCanterbury University (hat.the examiner in electrical engineering was so satisfied with his work that : he considered Mr Calwell should apply tot a £IOO ,research scholarship at the OoUpge of Technology, Manchester, England. Mr Calwell, Avho is at present engaged at the Hora Hora hydroelectric works, intends'to apply as suggested.

To enable Professor J. B. Condliffe to accept an invitation to be present as economic expert -at a pan-Pacifio conference to be held in Honolulu in July, on th.e question of the racial problems of the Pacific, the Board of Governors of Canterbury College yesterday granted him leave of absence J from Juno 9th to August sth. Messrs SW. G. Airey, M.A., and A. G. G.uro£wy, M.A., wore appointed to carry 'out the relieving work in Professor Condliffe's absence. Dr. 0. E. Weatherburn's success in hav.fag his recent work on the higher mathematics accepted for publication by the Cambridge University Press was mentioned at yesterday's meeting of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College, which resolved to send a congratulatory letter to Dr. Weathcrburn. An interesting feature of this achievement, it was stated, was that Buch a work before publication must receive the approval of the Faculty of Mathematics at Cambridge. Sir James Mills, late managing director of tho Union Steam Ship Company, arrived in Auckland by the Aorangi on Sunday, after an absence from New Zealand of about three years, for most of which time he has liceii leading a very .retired life in England. Ho travelled V as ifor as San Francisco on the Aorangi's maiden trip, and spont two months in Southern California and then some time v at Honolulu, where he rejoined the liner ■on : her third trans-Pacific voyage. Sir Jtawttntends to spend a few days with telatives in Auckland before leaving for the south.

■Mr S. A. Staples, a member of the scearton Borough Council, will not • :; b<i a candidate for re-election, and at §i*meeting of the Council last night was taken to express appreciation of his past services. The Mayor S(Mr A. D. Ford) said that Mr Staples il«d been concerned with Council niatseis for ovor 30 years, and his wide knowledge of municipal and county ilttairs had been very valuable to tho JiSpuDjCiL Replying, Mr Staples said he oii always found great pleasure in ijfrorking in the public interest. He |ttonght he had given more years of piis life to public work than most people W OhHstchurch.

■*v\Mr. A. Lawrence Gee, who has been ■|j "own Clerk of Riccarton for the past ff Mven years, and who is removing to wKbmu, was presented with a gold- & Counted fountain pen at a meeting of £ the , Council last night. The Mayor g: (Mr A. D. Ford) said that tho Council ;; noped Mr and Mrs Gee and family uWonld enjoy ■ the best of health and '; vjSPPiness in the future. Mr Gee said s; jj*vthe period ho had spent with the \Js^ ?** had been the happiest time of Witff^ 6 ' One of the reasons was the [: Wilfl manner in which he had always ;kW treated. A letter to Mr Gee, i;Kv*v a R thc seal of the Council, was l ~&*i b £ the Mayor and councillors. - A " **' rord ' Ma y° r of Ri«arton, ' ?T' B not seeking re-election, was ',, **» farewell by members of the Coun- «'■ k» '• an< * a motion expressing ' of his services was record- ■? ma^in fl a presentation on be- • °» -councillors, Councillor A. E. said thai; Mr Ford bad done for Riccarton. He Lad iIfSS* 1 a , lon j; term, on the Council, and Msgy>K -the Kfit sue years had filled the ;;fj!SS£jJn.position with dignity. They J l%nP^s'- access in his candidature f'§3Sfn°; ;Cit ? Council. In replying, |-:fsPfwd«said that Riccarton was a .to be proud of. Altliough he $m election to the Citv Counou,d *» always interested in 1,0 of Riccarton. fcl+M, 1 /'';