Personal Items.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19816, 2 January 1930, Page 10

Personal Items.

* Their Excellencies the Governor* General and Lady Alio* Fergusson, who is the patroness of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, have accented the Chamber's invit.ition to be their guests at a members' luncheon on Thursday, Irlth mst., the occasion of their Excellencies' farewell vu«it to this City. The function will be held in the Winter Garden, Armagh istroot. Mr Justice Adams returned from Wellington on Tuesday morning. Mr P. Leonard, of Amsterdam, it .staying at the United Service Hgty'l. Mr C. 0. McKcllar, who lias been »% a visit to England, returned to Christ* church yesterday. Mesars J. It. Little, B. 11. Little, 1L Quuine (llui Uui; are staying tit Warner's Hole!. Mr A. It. .lonian, District, Piihlio Trustee, ChnMcliun hj, will be taking, Ins annual leave this month, and Mr .1 Dolph, tirst assistant, will take ove» his dittos. Mr \Y. A. .lames, for the ikuM, t went v -live years New Zealand l'ublu*. lty Agent m Vancouver, arrived in Auckland on Sunday by the Aorangi. Ho will tour the Dominion to aeoertain the latest, developments before returning to Canada. Messrs .1. M. Hic.Kson, S. Matthews, .1. It. 8. Slcmint, F. L. Lawrence, X Mahon, A. East (Wellington), .1. IX Neil, O. Bowman, J. Mitchell, J. Uudsen (l)uncdin), H. J. Dclargy (Hakatarainea), and J. Flint, (Ward) art guests at the Clarendon Hotel. Captain J. TriiKsell, of Wangarinl, has been presented with a silver* mounted baton and n "wrap of paper.'' The Mayor, Mr W .1. Rogers, in making the presentation on behalf ol the citiswns of Wongaimi, referred to Captain Trusscll's 48 yearn of band work, in 31 of which he. has alsr» acted as secretary to the Wanganui (.inrrison Band. Dr. Edward Taylor, who in June la.st was appointed by the North Canterbury Hospital Hoard second assistant medical otfu-er at the Board's tuber* culosiH institutions, arrived in OhiiNtchurch on Tuesday and took u\> b>» duties. Dr. Taylor is a gradual* of Ottigo University. For a period he wok'ou the junior medical staff «t the Christchnrch Hospital. nerving six months in the bacteriological laWatory and eight months at the tulwr. culosis institutions. In the early p«rt of last year Dr. Taylor kit, the Dominion to obtain experience in tuberculosis work and was house aurgeoii at the City of London Hospital Jor diseases of the chest, and was also on the medical staff of the Middlesex Sanatorium at Harelield for about throo months. After 41 years in the public service, Benior-Seigeant J. P. Olarkson, whe is in charge of the Blenheim police district, is to retire on superannuation on 31st inst., on which date he is to commence three months' leave or absence on lull pay in special recognition of the fact that in all his year* ol service he ha» never lieen subjected to an enquiry or a reprimand —an enviable record. Sonior-Mcrgeant Clarkson joined the publio service in 1889 unci secured a transfer to the Police Force in December, 1897. After street duty in Christchnrch for n period of about twelve months, he wa« placed on plain-clothes duty and than filled the position of day watch-house keeper for a period of about live years, until he was transferred to the charge of ilia Kaikotira polk* station, where he remained for some six years. His next station was Kakaia, where he remained until he was promoted to the rank of sergeant In 1911 and transferred blek to Christchurrh s\n a sectional sergeant. In March, BUG, he took < barge of the Sydenham Mib-diisfrict and at the end of 1917 lie was sent to (Jishorne to replace Benior-,S«rgeant Murray, who Find been transferrin] to Dimedin. In January, 1920, he was promoted senior-sergeant and appointed to the charge of the Blenheim district-, where he has remained ever since, except for the period of the Duitcdin Exhibition, when he waa selected to take charge ol the special police force at, the big fair.