Personal Items.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18369, 30 April 1925, Page 13

Personal Items.

The Hon. J. G. Coates, Minister of Public Works, and of Hallways, arrived from "Wellington yesterday !and wenb south by the first express. The Minister will attend tho official opening of the Monowai power scheme to-morrow. Mr F. W. Fuxkert, Engincer-in-Chief, Public Works Department, accompanied the Minister. Mr F. T. M. Kissel, Chief Electrical Engineer, Department, also arrived from Wellington yestcrdav, and goes south to-day to attend tho function at Monowai.

Mr H. J. Toplin (Inchbonnic) is staying at Warner's HotelMr Harry Holmes, of tho Federation, or" Churches in North America, will bo the guest of the Y.M.C.A. from May 1-lth to IJHh.

Messrs A. Wells (Napier), T. Nicholson (Wellington) and H. J. Tubbs (Wellington) are among the guests at tho "United Sen-ice Hotel.

For the third year in succession, Mr P.. P. Furness has been unanimously reelected president of the Marlborough Automobile Association.

Sir Truby King (Wellington), Messrs G. A. Somerville {Wellington), T. Ford (Wellington) and G. F. Murgatroyd (Balmoral) aro at tho Clarendon Hotel. Mr Charles Zachariah, lato DeputyPublic Trustee, who recently retired on superannuation, will leave Auckland for Vancouver by the Aorangi on May 12th. It is Mr Zacliariah's intention to visit his relatives in New York. Ho will bo absent for about six months.

Mr Frank Dyer, who has represented Greece in New Zealand for the past twenty years as vice-consul, has beenadvised by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Athens, of his appointment as Codbul for Greece in the Dominion. Tho necessary documents in connexion with th<; appointment have been forwarded to the New Zealand Government.

The annual meeting of tho Marlborough Automobile Association carried a, resolution expressing thanks to Mr E. Egglcston, of Christchurch, a former member of tho Association, for looking after its interest on the executive of the South Island Motor Union. It was remarked that it -was of great assistance to the Association to have on the executive of the Union, a gentleman who knew local conditions as Mr Eggleston does. Among tho arrivals by the R.M.S. Makura from Sydney was Mr Arthur Winter, a director of James Buchanan and Co., Ltd., distillers of Black ami White whisky. Mr Winter is already well known to a large number of New Zealanders who visited the Old Country and the -Wembley Exhibition last year. Mr Winter had received such enthusiastic descriptions of the Dominion that he determined to see tho country, and also to take the opportunity of renewing tlio friendships commenced in England. He is looking forward very keenly to visiting Dunedin, Christchurch, Napier, Gisborne, Eotorua and Auckland.

Mr A. Juriss, Court usher, at Dun'edin, who is being- transferred to Christchurch, was accorded a farewell by the la\v students of Otago University on Tuesday evening prior to lectures. Mr T. A. Kinmont, president of the Law Faculty Students' Association, in presenting Mr Juriss with a pocket wallet as a token of the esteem in which he is held by law students, referred to the very friondly way in which Mr Juriss had always assisted the students. Mr Juriss was also met by the Court officials and presented with a handsome solid leather suit case. Mr E. W. Cave (Registrar of the Supreme Court) made the presentation, and referred in eulogistic terms to Mr Juriss's many r j*opd^qualities.'-.. Thero arrived in Wellington by the Maheno last week, the Iter: Hubert L. Simpson, M.A., a distinguished minister of tbe United Free Church of Scotland; He is the son of Sir Alexr. Simpson, and the grand-nephew of the discoverer of chloroform, arid for about twelve years has ministered to the largest congregation in Glasgow. Ho has been travelling for about a year since resigning his Church, and has been making a study of the influence of spiritual convictions on the ideals and the actions of men who have come into political prominence, such as Papini, Mussolini, Ghandi, and others. He paid a visit to India and Burmah, and saw there Sir Frederick Why to <son of the late Dr. Alexr. Whytc, of Edinburgh). At the public meeting of welcome tendered to him in Wellington, he stated that he had seen greater things than Macaulay had pictured of a New Zealander looking on tho ruins of London. Ho had seen that ten per cent, of the population of New Zealand had gone overseas to save London from disaster by their bravery and love of their country. The distinguished visitor is spending a few days at the Hermitage, but is returning to Christchurch for tho week-end. Nest Sunday morning by special request, ho is to preach in St. Andrew's Church, and in the evening at St. Paul's Church in this city