Personal Items.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20088, 18 November 1930, Page 10

Personal Items.

'The Minister ;or Health th*. u a u t i all T orUiy ' leaves Mo d ndayr m ° rrOW The Minister for Bailways, the Boil v.. A. \ eitch, 3s to leave for An.viJ j i.)wards the end of this week to attSl the official opening of the Jw S land railway station on Monday. The Hon. S. G. Smith. Minister for I.abour leaves Wellington for h'eiv Plymouth to-day. ® Archbishop Averill, who ]ias -heea •>» lending the Lambeth Conference i» » turning by the Orama, which k'du/;. Sydney next Thursday. He U eriwttf to arrive at Auckland before the s ß > the month. ■ 4 *■ Mr A. M. Burns was a passenger lathe north by last night's ferry f teanc r . Mr E. A. Johnson left last night f« Auckland. • Mr G. T. Stevens, of Inrercarzill .is among the recent arrivals at Warap'. Hotel. Mr Norton Francis left last evening on a visit to Wellington and P«Wr ston North. He will return to Ctritu churr-h on Thursday rnarnina. Out of fifty applicants, Jtr A. J Benhani, of Kelson, has been appointed engineer to the Tauranga County Com' I cil.—Press Association.

It is announced that Mr W. g. Keld (Reform), the sitting member, and MA. B. Sievwright (United) will stand for the Otaki seat at the (Jejeral Election.—Press Association. Major P. .1. Borrie, M.8.C.5., En* New Zealand Medical Corps, has linquislied the position of Deputy-A* sistant Director of Medical Setvices Southern Command. " ' Dr. E. C. Hayes, honorary %n»sthetist, Christchurcli Wellington by the Maunganni ' from San Francisco yesterday and is Christchurcli this morning. Mr W. J. Gaudin has consented w the request of the New Zealand Political Association to contest the 'Wellington East seat at the next Genera! Election, says a Wellington Press Alsociation message. Messrs H. H. Le Pine, H. A. Beanchamp, L. Williams, 8. Oldham, and G. Meredith (Wellington), E. J. Rishworth (Auckland), A. C. Alcocls; (Duned;n), and G. H. b. (Osmaru) are guests at the United Semis Hotel. No improvement has yet beea in the condition of the Bev. F&thtr Gilbert, S.M., Hector of 6t. Bede'e College, who is lying dangerously ill it Lewisham Hospital. Prayers for lij recovery were offered at Catholie churches throughout the diocese on (Jnsday. Messrs Geo. E. Jeffreys (preeisjeati, R. Pearce (seeretarv), A. E. Hpiuuell J. D. Gobbe. *R. Wi son, B. Jones, A. W. McNicholl, (ko. Bundy, and H. Woods (delegates) vers passengers by yesterday's express io attend the annual meeting of the' South Island Poultry. Pigeon, and Canary Association which is t§> jja ktld in Hokitika to-morrow. •

The operation recently undergone ft Cr. W. W. Scarff, of the Heatkcofc County Council, was referred ta y§jterday's meeting of the Mnancef ftwamittee of the Cit liens' Tmemplayaett Committee, of which he ie a On the motion of Mr H. T. Bailey it was decided to send a fetter fo Or. Scarf! sympathising with hiijj in Us misfortune. Dr. P. Cieunell Fenwiek, Hoawaij Dominion Chief Comiaissieaer at Soj Scouts, left last night to tjie aanual conference of ths New Zeala?(i Boy Scouts* Association,irtjieli ppsas lit Wellington to-morrow," C?BU?lissifnjer .1: H. Montgomery "Metej politan District), and 6ommißSioßei E. S. Furby (General left last night for.Wellington. LieotColonel *F. B. Crepvell, peggtfrfßnel Commissioner, intends leaving far Wtjlington to-night. References to the deaths of Sir Bobert Stout and Mr H. Herbert Sjaift appear in the annual report ol ths Be? Scouts' Association. Sir Bobert fltwt was a member of the Coaaiyl ft>T years, and Mr H. Herbert Smith iff actively associated wiih Domiiwi " Headquarters since the inception of the movement in Zealand, and at ttf time of his death he was chairman •? the Finance Committee. The low 8 Mr Smith's valnable assistance and idviee •will be greatly felt. Mr L. J. YTatkin. lecturer ia art « the Wellington Teachers' Training College, retires at the end of nest after forty years' tie Education Department. Bora i# .iff Zealand, Mr Watkin conainenffia w service as a teacher. After ten ywn he was transferred to art work, soW" guently establishing the Art aad TR* nical College at Palmerston Nortis. B» years later he went to London a?a tained his art masters degree at bona Kensington. After serving ter in several X-oiidOQ scnOQISIIS t turned to New Zealand and superviser of art instruction i# tVanganui Education t!i»tri<it. * signed many illuminated addtaWft eluding one'to the King afld Mfefjiw the' Prince of Wales.4-Bre|f' Pf tion. Friends of Christ's College and £ latives of the fcovs gathered at" Christchn rcli "R-f ilway S ation » evening to sav farewell to the which left to contest the annualJf race against W.nganu. CbJegJ School at Wanganlu next ThnrWW The crew is: P. Shield (bew). Jcuson (3), J. Holderness (Bj, gendorf (stroke), and M-Jopps (ft Mr A. J- Dunn, of the College st® accompanied the crew as panager. It" is estimated that the task * issuing registration certificates m xtexion with the linemplo ajojl i 3 now almost completed- "J 450,000 certificates havo been wrogj Applications for registration a" being received and attended to Post Office authorities. In these late applicants did »9%flgS that they were required to JSIW& The work of compiling tlie Sstfi now commencing The capfcPiW W*£ Post and Telegraph handle efficiently and w»jn tho organisation of a schema? jg. side its proper province has limjg. viouslv demonstrated -in tna W**|l tion of motor vehicles, but it HWv ful whether so many IK evpr hp«n nr«vif>n«lv offn ■ ,t _ the Post Office than has M in the past month in dealingJSW employment registration •pp«c§W'. Press Service.