Personal Items.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19063, 27 July 1927, Page 8

Personal Items.

Mr P. Pawson, Railway Business Agent, will leave for Marlborough today. Mr F. Pawson, railway business agent, has returned to Christchurch from the West Coast. Dr. 0. J. Heakee, Director-General of Agriculture, is touring the Auckland district. Mr H. S. Lowry, Christchurch Stationniastcr, has returned from a visit to Nelson and the West Coast. Mr W. Hartley, chief clerk, Auckland railways booking office, h . returned to the north from his holiday trip in the South Island. Messrs R. P. Staples (Wellington), J. D. McArthur, A. Whateley (Wellington), D. Hazlett (Oamaru), and F. Milner (Oamaru) are at the Clarendon Hotel. Messrs T. H. Murray (Wellington), H. W. Hawley (Wellington), It. E. Herron (Wellington), and Major Northcote (Waiau) are at Warner's Hotel. The Rev. N. L. D. Webster, minister of St. Andrew's Church, has been ordered to rest from his work for a fortnight. His place will be taken by the Rev. R. M. Ryburn. Mr Arthur Glass, of North Auckland, founder of the New Zealand Fanners' Union, was yesterday elected a lifemember of it. He started the movement at Hokianga in 1899.—Press Service. Major H. Gray, D.5.0., M.P., arrived a* Wellington on Monday morning by the Tamaroa from England. He was booked through to Auckland. Major Gray was at one time A.D.C. to the late Lord Kitchener.

Mr R. S. Kent, railway divisional superintendent, has returned to Christchurch from Wellington. At the end of the week he will leave on a two months' vacation in Australia, and his duties will bo taken up by Mr H. Chapman, District Traffic Manager. Messrs F. C. Cattell (Wellington), M. Dodson (Sydney) F. McCrae (Melbourne), W. H. Lock (Melbourne), A. P. Meek (Invercargill), H. T, Stanton {Wellington). V. Baker (Sydney), S, Caro (Auckland), G. Benson (Dunedin), and R. W. G. Anderson (London) are at the United Service Hotel.

A memorial service f->r the late Mr J. W. Bowles was held on Sunday at St. Andrew's Church, where Mr Bowles was an elder of long standing. The service was conducted by the Rev, N. L. D. Webster, who spoke feelingly of Mr Bowles's wonderful record of good work in the church.

Mr E. D. Andrews, New Zealand chanipion tennis player, who is leaving on Sunday for England, where he will pursue his legal studies at Cambridge University, was given an official fare* well by the Mayor and residents of Palmerston North yeßterday afternoon. J _ Andrews was presented with a gold t istlet watch and a set of brushes, states a Press Association message from Palmejfston North. An arrival by the Tamaroa at Wellington was Mr John Yeates, a graduate -of Victoria University College, who has recently taken his degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Cambridge. Mr Yeates held an M.Sc. degree before'he left for the Old Country, and was also the first to win the Ph.D. degree of New Zealand. He gained a po&t graduate scholarship in science, awarded by the University of New Zealand, and while at Cambridge did research work, for which he was highly praised, and on which he gained the Cambridge degree of doctor of Philosophy. The Bristol Piano Company, Wellington, has received advice by cable of-the death on July 17th; at Maine, U.S.A., of Mr Frederick T. Steinway, president of the world-famous firm of piano manufacturers, Steinway and Sons. The matter is of interest to the. musical public, because the long history of the company embraces four generations of the Steinway family. ' The founder was Mr Henry E. Steinway, who was born in February, 1797,' and had four sons and one daughter. The late president was a direct descendant through Charles Steinway, the third son of the founder.

Members of the literary staffs of the "Lytteltom Times" and "Star" assembled yesterday afternoon for the purpose of bidding farewell to Mr L. Guiney, who has accepted a position as supervisor of the athletic and sports columns of the Auckland "Herald." Mr A. B. Lane, news editor, in making a presentation to Mr Guiney of a leather suitcase, colic v box, and a safety razor, spoke of the high esteem ir which he was held by all his colleagues and of his excellent work as a reporter and sports writer. He stated while there was general regret at the departure of Mr Guiney, all joined in congratulating him on his new appointment, and wished him every success in the future. Mr A. Burns, editor of the "Star," and several others who had been associated with Mr Guiney for several years past, also spoke in eulogistic terms of Mr Guiney's cheerful personality and excellent newspaper work. Mr Guiney, in reply, expressed his thanks to all his friends for their good comradeship while he had been associated with the "Lyttelton Times" and "Star."