Personal Items.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20498, 17 March 1932, Page 10

Personal Items.

• V ■ The Hon. G. Witty, MLC*rived from Wellington yesterday/-' Mr W. A. Hislop, saiee ' ' Universal Films, is staying 1 ner's Hotel. 8 at Messrs J. Studholme and M T# 1 '' were passengers on the ferry from \Vellington yesterday. - Messrs A. Grant, H. R n dfl«,vi (Waimate), and W. Wright (Dmjlvf are guests at Warner's Hotel. "- ) \ Dr. "VV. Irving has returned fw,Auckland, where lie attended thai), ference of the New Zealand the British Medical Association. Messrs C. and R. Parry, W t v . bud (Timaru), and C. E. hJ«»» f Auckland) are recent arrivab * Royal Hotel. . ae J Overseas visitors now at thn K— 1 City Hotel include: Messrs J 3. A. Sloane, lan F. Sloane. andPrt» -i E. Sloane (Sydney). retet '1 Messrs C. McDowell, H. LuL-p . I D. Sea'orook, A. R. Hoskinjr it.J" land), S. J. Goulter, H. : . Imgton), R. B. Bell <Timaru),aiidtr S. Porter (Sydney) are staving nt - United Service Hotel. J «w Mr J. G L. Hewitt, relieving magfe. I Irate, will ill the vacancy in the ' Hawke's Bay district during th# ab. sence of the resident magistrate air ■ 1 A. M. Mow!em, who leaves this Veek ; "' ,V ' on a holiday visit to the Old Country." -*! Messrs George M. Turner (Stewart' ; Island), J. A. Fleming, G. Encdl fln. vercargili), N., Boyd, H M. Hfller H and E. W. Fendall (Duuedin) are rei ■ 1 gistered at the New City Hotel. " J A motio.i of sympathy with tho tives of tlie Into Mr il. C. HarnsoS""'3 .v as passed at last evening's meeting of V - the North Canterbury Cenke of tWir? New Zealand Athletic, Cycling, Axemen's Union. * At the annual meeting of the Caa-l:? terbuvy Branch ol the New League of Nations Union, a special » of thanks was passed to the retiring president, Mr A. C. Brassington lor his service in that office for the'past two years. - '~j Mr C. H. Lawrence, - president offjii'J North Canterbury Acclimatisation ciety, was not !>resent at last nidrt'isfj meeting, of the council of Iho Assoeu|f-F tion. His son is suffering from iuiani*' tile paralysis, and he wrote thadriqOT members for their expressions of eyife,,, Mr J. Dighy, one of the Uorth Can?®£ terbury Acclimatisation ' Bdeiety r rangers, -was appointed at last" nigh t'l&fj,. meeting of the Council fioeifily Wl Ranger-Curator in chaijrffof tlie So- jH ciety 'a hatchery at Greendtl?, in 3 of Mr D. Hope, who has retired on supArchbishop Redwood, -Metropolitan iIJ "3 of the Roman Catholic Church in JfOTi&J Zealand, passed through Christehtooa yesterday on his way to Where he will lay the foundation of the new Mosgiel Seminary. - Balraj Grace, who will celebrate his third birthday to-dav, is the .-«3djrtHpa consecrated bishop in the world." r Jj;Ka Mr W. J. Greig, stationmasfarAt New Plymouth, has been Picton, and Mr W. G. Stewart, kohe, will tike over the chargß ofJ New Plymouth station. Mr met by the staff of the New station and presented with a outfit as a" memento of his assogjrf%fla at the station. Several pressed the regret the staff the departure of Mr Greig, administered the station "with fairness and satisfaction to bers of the staff. They him upon his promotion, Mr D. Hope, tho position of c rjtjjtlr 1 Canterbury Accli matisal^'^fflMW. * >9 hatchery at Grccndale,' ■with a silver cup at .last ing of the Council of ®®JS§ chairman (Mr G. T. BoVrtson) the -presentation, and work done by Mr Hope rjfll years' connexion with the letter, was read from tho C. H. Lawrence, setting out a source of great regret to him.WVfflffl® was unable to be present; ing to Mr Hope'B faithfjil service. Mr Hope, in the gift, Baid that when trout troduced into Canterbury he "was iwOS® living at Hororata. , He could honour of having caught the in the Hororata river, and been his hobby all his life. Mr A. E. Houston, who Wiß manager in Napier for Messw.BTOjliMi Ltd., for tho past nine and years, and who has reoeived pointment with iha D.I.C. toitifflS™ church, was met 011 Monday *t •s(wbM!| ing tea in the Trocadero by bers of the Napier Retailers tion. A number of speakers function- paid a tribute that Mr Houston had done in terests of Napier, especially earthquake, when, he had done, deal towards restoring the town. behalf of tho gathering, Peters, who presided, Houston with a fountain pen," it was also mentioned at the fflvjjSpjgi ing that, an open letter Bignea, of the retailers of the, town to b© prepared. Mr Houston, a suitable reply, expressing and that of nis wife's at ' e fJ*£sli3j||g town, which he was sure would from the effects of the eartpyw^^W