Personal Items.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20038, 20 September 1930, Page 14

Personal Items.

Messrs D. Brown, R. L. Fisher, and Lindsay Russell were passengers on yesterday morning's ferry steamer from the north. The Rev. Professor W. Hewitson. of Knox College, Dunedin, was among the passengers on the Maori fro™ Wellington yesterday. Messrs J. P. Vine and T. H. Macky (Auckland), H. Le Gay Holthouse (Wellington), and J. Leggett (Timaru) are among recent arrivals at Warner's Hotel. ' A resolution of sympathy with the relatives of the late Mr T. ~R. Fleming, an inspector, of schools, was passed by the Canterbury Board of Education at its meeting yesterday. Mr H. Herbert Smith, who has been a patient in Queen Mary 'Hospital, Hanmer Spri'ngß, for the past three weeks, was brought to town on Tuesday. andis now in Lewisham Hospital. Mr P. N. Jeffreys, of Wellington lias been appointed to the "position *of genera] manager of Messrs. G. McClatchie and Company., Limited, and will take up his new duties at an early date. Mr C. S. Harcourtj who was recently admitted a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Coitrt of New Zealand, and who is the elder son of Mr C. J. 8 Harcourt, of Wellington, has left for London, where he will complete his "terras" at the Inner Temple nreparatory to being admitted to the English Bar. Mr M L. Page was elected a Member of the St. Albans Cricket Club at last night's annual meeting of the club. In welcoming him Mr C. S. Thompson (president) referred to the sporting action of Mr Page in joining the St. Albans Club, adding that he would strengthen the club's playing and moral strength , Major A. Armstrong, officer . hi charge -of-the. Solvation Army training farm, Waotu, Putaruru, is retiring from active work, after having completed 39 years' service. During Major Armstrong's regimemany -hundreds of English boys have passed through the Putaruru farm,, in addition to a large number of boys in the home. :, Mr T H. Grenfell, for the past years Christchurch manager of the Goldoerg Advertising Agency,' is severing his connexion with that firm to take up - the position of advertising New Zealand of Mackv, Logan. Caldwell, Ltd. His future Wdouarters will be in Auckland. Mr Grenfell has rlosely identified himself w-th business and advertising aetivif*w 6 urch d . urin * the last few years. He was assistant secretary to the Canterbury Advertising Club and has an outstanding successful athletic record He is an ex-New Zealand and representative -oarsman. and an. ex-middle weight boxma uremel] s transfer to Auckland Wn^iii'C? e «t Advertising agency in Christchurch will be left in RnsJSl Im ** tJ ?© hsnds of Mr L. rf the in

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