Personal Items.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18969, 6 April 1927, Page 10

Personal Items.

Mr Jas. Aikman Black, Messrs Peppier's, Ltd., who a serious operation in "The' last week, is making good wards recovery. Mr David Keswick secretary to the Governor-Gen4ril|SH Wellington at the end-of Sidney. He is returning Mr F. W. Furkert, Chief and Under-Secretary "Works, returned to Wellington Wpu day from an extended tour has been absent from the PoWMOla™! nearly a year.—Pkess Service |j||H The Rev. A* 0. Harris, concluded a term of five "ywHfftfl minister of the Lees ton /Jlffllifl circuit, left by last for Wellington, en route to accompanied by Mrs Harm aSolimH A deputation of business mmSH on Mr J. W. Barnard, of terdtty, and asked him to cQsi|||a| nomination for the Borough. Mr Barnard agrerff|||M eeed to the deputation's reqniii|HH Amongst the recent Clarendon Hotel are Messrs (Wellington), R. Planner (WlujgggiH 6. McDonald (Gisborne), A, /MffflglH las. (Waikouaiti), R. llartiiUjJl||M land), D. Pickering Pickering (Picton). I'fiiflH Recent arrivals at the' U(||s|||lH vice Hotel aro Messrs P, (Wellington), R. Telford J. L. -Dempster (\Vellinf^onyM^^M| Smith (Danne* irke), J. A. (Dannevirke), F. A. Drake 'illmuffl ton), and A. C. Mitchell The Rev. Harry Johnson, and secretary of the Congr&glmjH Union of New Zealand, will the ferry steamer this mornilllfflß will remain in Christcliurch forlfiiM ' days. On Saturday he will The Rev. M. A. Rugby : has been appointed tary of the Met'-odist Zealand in; succession to ■thmMßM Samuel Lawry, has arrived iriaßßM church, and will take over tra||S9 of his office on Monday nexfcfflffllH At a meeting of the Court (jrajumH cation of Auckland lege last evening, it was decided to .support the nomiiil||HH Dr. William Newlands, of convocation representative on tKMjEH Zealand University Council.—p|||j|jH An Invercargill Press As&SjmH message announces the* death Cuthbert Cowan ; 'aged 92, a memblajW Parliament during this ernment, and one of the fourijffigHH the Southland Frozen Meat CtmfflU He owned an extensive 1 OTOPgtjwIM Kawarau and was a praminent'|l||9M of Romney sheep. ' Guest 3 at Warner's Hotel Messrs J. W. Lammach E. Jackson (Wellington). H. EkTaiaiM (Wellington), R. J. H. Coxlwliiß ton), P. E. Cutte Parkhursfc (Sydney), D. -'SwaSKB (Timaru), W. C. Paterson.. (NelMmfiaH Jeffreys (Nelson), J. G. U.S.A.), J McLean ( R. Wilson (Auckland), V. 'AEfjiKH and H. B. '^|H The Rev. W. Uphill, vicar, ton, has decided to accept an off«JKfl| to him by cable of his brotfcer'ragHß in Dorset, England, and will leave New Zealand in' Jun4. AlflttMl of Wiltshire, Air Uphill reoefrMAlfl training for the Ministry jn and was ordained at SalighßMßljM edral. He has been in. twenty years. Mr Uphill; very keen' interest in the Wi||g||ljß other local institutions. much missed when he jg^^^B Mr E. E. Wagstaff, of the British Imperial Oil .Gvh£SS|h Ltd., is retiring from life. For 25/ years Mr rected the operations .of Sltell tors in Australia ... Zealand, and in that has seen a remarkable under his guidance. A ,gift. staff on his retirement bound album, containing and autographs of some 3000eMfe||l|M| of the company in Zealand, and also aerial vieW ? m||g|jM company's big works in