Personal Items.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19611, 6 May 1929, Page 10

Personal Items.

The Prime Minister (Btr Joan* ~ Ward) left Wellington on Saturday ig the Taranaki district, and wi& be *%,, Bent from Wellington until Almost immediately after Us reesfjt. Sir Joseph Ward will visit (Aria).. church, Dunedin, InvercergiU, ■*a*l„' heim, and Nelson, returntaf t» 11% ui l lington, en route for Auckland, wa*M 1 he is doe towards the end of %$ ,;," month. ( Mr C. S. Stewart, of a recent arrival at the Claresdea H«(i^ Mr V. White-Parson*, of AackUai, is at present on a visit to Ckrisk >o| church. *jF| Messrs P. G. Ellis (Timsru), J. TaakJ J and H. C. Coop (Sydney) are at the United Service Hotel. Bishop Bennett, of Aotearoa. fa ing a visit to the Maori* of ArahwsJfl WertUnd. He will shortly par a 33m to Christchurch. fit Mr W. H. Flint, New Zealand atfr'faß aper for Thomas Rorthwick and 9m%M Ltd., will leave Chmtehurch ttHawt*/row for London. -Aj Mr John Alexander, C.M.G., pr*ai%j dent of the Auckland Branch Of IkavJu Nary League, is at present ill m€,{§ unable to leave his home. . ]{ Commissioned - Gunner E. Gala A M.B.E . arrived at Auckland fa«&2.fl land by the Tamaroa to join Veronica. ,'ff^J The appointment by the Ifiwhftw far 'ft Education of Mr J. Porteoua MLA n «fj ;| a member of the Music Teacher Keg* tration Board is gaattted. i The Colonial Auxiliary Fore*** G^i oenr* decoration ha* been lonfened at / ! Lieut.-Cblonel C. E. Hercua, DJUQu "**'« 0.8. E., N.Z. Medical Con*, at] ft", Lieut. W. L. Gibson, retired BR. ,*,»*§ • Archbishop Averill and Aldkaaate* H. Hawkins, superintendent of JfcJ Maori Mission of the Auckland K* cese, are at present touring mMl'lH Auckland. .;, ( fl| Guests nt Warner's Hotel todlljiil} Messrs P. J. Cornagav B. Sef*L Segal {Sydney), M. E. Jeaeata (Bt».,:gJ ediL) and P. B*. Portal England). T|B - Mr K. G. Sievwright, of th* tait/l| staff of ' the Oamaru tnVwphaa* i§y|| change, has received notice of all ?| transfer to the Christchnrob tdenhe|M| exchange. • i""lj|j ■ Mr G. W. Wylea, uaiUM tisbbat' .r and electrical engineer of the lip,lE Zealand Railways, ha* returned faffM! the conference of Australian attt Ite '> I Zealand railwaymen held at A*llm|Eil The two other New Zealand tatives are still in Australia. iAJjjj At a meeting of the ooCMftsy* iMt the Christchurch Savage due i*M Vl| Saturday night, Mr H 7 S. HotteVAHll merly of Christchurch. and *wlß|| Napier, and Mr Sidney Wini******L #tli Christchurch, were elected hemnim£x members of the Club in reccfjeJtliß jH|f. : their services to the Club ia tlbf f4fH| A partv comprising several JPP4HHI of the Christchurch Savant Cstfc. jfjfflf eluding Savages G. M. Sjirftli ffetwllll Chief), C. E. Jones, (vio*fM**piß||| and A. E. Loach (hon. saii'otjtfj) ■■lll motor to Oamaru on Saturday flitat faff! take part in the Opening Btfftfo 09m the Oamaru Savage CttO> t «Wd* •« WM held in the evening. '491 Mr H. Coxheed, of the Moon Ooofctfj Motor Company and TaagarOJO FsHtlli Tourist Company, will tea** shtrtb rfeFjgj a trip to England, Canada. Hi Ants* Jl§ rica. It is Mr Coxheed't mmfim ta II make a close study of net %*Jfhoda id employed in those couutrkn ft ' *h» M matter of tourist and trantntjt M*)y9 D.5.0., of WangaaoL OfficerQajn3* M ing the First Battalion Bam/KBKK r* Regiment, will reliquiab «■■• towards the end of this V*feW&l&i--be succeeded by I^ t 'A Gambrill, of Giahorne, who sent second in oonunaad 1M talkm. Both officer* have di*g|p|lf' H war records of serTice on (M$MHKi;j! in France, and have served Mr lM@i years with the regiment. r 3^i« A social was tendered ia iMfIHH Inspector R. Griere, of tik*B||HHl a full set of bowl* on > bahaft Auckland staff, Jit. T, J, Hng*f§9| Medical Officer of Health. ni»nMj|Ull Inspector Griere'* faithful ,tlftlmJ/BM New Zealander by birth, Grieve left Auckland in the j*aValM|S sel Stanley ia the year IM> t*Hfl|H employment on the JohanaaabeM mKKMM field*. 'On arrival at DirlMBaHM learned that it waa almoe* to find work on the goidftatihy mHKKI joined the Durban poßco, rWIttIHHH rank of sergeant. Be aooa ftMMHH acquainted with the taagnafl* iM|j|H|H torn* of the country, and -e*>el4BMHß| many adventure* with gu<M 1895 he left IHuban to take ay •-4MHH important position oat H» 4M||HH fields, and enlisted on the iiutiri*MlllH the Boer War. He took part IriWIM defence of Kimberley and as*s)ljN|HH in the Oranspe Free State, Ml JlH| a member oT the ftyinf «wn ..—M first entered Mafeking. He vWMNHH| detailed for service under tike ftjflHH Marsha] in Johannesbnrg, and MfIHH a member of the political InsßJilßlH the intelligence department, a piHH| which he occupied until the end mmmmi war. Inspector Grieve iiiaillißlll New Zealand in 1904, and mtfimmMmM service of the Health the outbreak of the Great wMUHH unlisted, and saw service In ahwHaWH France, being discharged in £*n*lfHH| in December, 1919. ■ .SIHI