Personal Items.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18569, 19 December 1925, Page 16

Personal Items.

Mr Fred Fox, the well-known Christchurch cornetist, removed to Temuka during the present week. Mr "Winter Hall and Mrs Ball will be tendered a civic reception at noon on Tuesday.

Mr H. D. Raphael, of Wellington, arrived yesterday morning to attend Christ's College celebrations. Mr and Mrs B. T. Dinwiddie, of Napier, went north by the ferry last evening, oh their return from a visit to the Dunedin Exhibition. Mr F. O. Hay, consulting engineer to the Waimakariri Eiver Trust, arrived from Wellington yesterday morning for the purpose of completing the scheme for the protection of the Waimakarin River. On leaving the employ of Me* B " Lane, Walker, Rudkin, Ltd., after it years' service as mechanic, Mr J. «• button was the recipient of an illuminated address. Mr C. W. Rudkin made the presentation on behalf of the, arm and staff. ( Mr W. I>. Hunt, Managing Director of Wright, Stephenson and Company, Ltd., has been appointed the representative of the proprietary and commercial interests on the Dairy Control Board.—Wellington Correspondent. Mr A. J. Joblin, Mayor of Taihape, is spending the Christmas and INew Year in Canterbury and the Wert Coast. Mr Joblin is a native of the Little River district, afld as a pupil at the Christchurch schools in the late '6Q's was much interested in the anniversary celebrations of this week. Mr Melbourne Orchard, formerly of Christchurch, but now resident in London, arrived in Wellington by the Matatua on Wednesday. Mr Orchard is well known in Bowling circles, both in the Dominion and in Great Britain, and it was he who was instrumental in arranging the visit of the British bowling team which will arrive at Auckland by the Aorangi from Sydney next Monday. It is not often that five primary school teachers retire at once from the service of an Education Board with from 32 to 42 years' service, and it waft not surprising that special notice was taken of the fact that this had occurred at the last meeting of the Wellington Education Board. Hie chairman said he did not like to ajlow the occasion to pass without making special reference io the long and faithful service of the teachers in question, and asking the Board to forward to each of them a letter of appreciation of the great service rendered by them to education. This was agreed to. The following are the teachers referred to:—Mr R. J. Pope, Eaiwarra School, 37 years', service; Miss M. H. Piggford, Mount Cook Girls', 41 years; Miss A. B. E. Laidler, Grovetown, 33 years; Mrs A. A. Dalrymple, Kaiwarra, -42 years; Miss K. Dempsey, Island Bay. 32 wears.

Mr H. B. Lusk, ai Napier, is fi **^r < f||S|H Mr H. S. Q^ti&fiJHH the guests at H» V,sfflW&£^^M Messrs C. H- Tnn»w»jl^^^B (Westport), R.O. GrigfflHHMß J. Jobltn (Tmihape), %^^^^H aio among the I^MiJH^H^B The Right Dunedin, Dr.' I. Bicnanq^^HlH Christchurch to-day. a Confirmation Service *£ to-morrow afternoon, to the Bethlehem Tlkbll rfS||H^K • Mr J. Sutherland, St. Albans School, superannuation after, master of the school' presented on residents with a chair. He was also school staff with * Sutherland, in r «pt& ! donors for their «B* his gratitude to t& 'tj§n|H|HH the Eupport they bad Mr F. W. Saltan, ist, has sent his ns Wellington City cepted a position ments, Ltd. Mr tho City Corporatioa has been reaponsflJa tion of many of the such as lubricating disinfectants, and has carried out an paving, and found the composition. Be chief chemist to the will be given f aC additional research with pavtsiz. Be paving*technique. •