Personal Items.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20612, 30 July 1932, Page 14

Personal Items.

Messrs G. Worledge and A. H. Champion (Auckland) ar6 guests at Warner's Hotel. Messrs J. H. Davys, W. S. McKlnlay (Wellington). .1. W. Samson (Dunedin), and F.. Mitchell (Invercargili) arc guests at the United Service Hotel. Tho Chief Justice, the lit. Hon. Sir Michael Myers, who has been presiding over the Supremo Court in Timaru, returned to Wellington last evening. Mr Justice Frazcr, Messrs W. Cecil Prime, and A. L. Monteith (members of the Arbitration Court) and Mr J. A. Gilmour (associate) will leave for tho north to-night. Mr It. F. A. Grey, of Auckland, has been appointed associate to Mr Justice Smith, in placo of Mr Roy McElroy, who was awarded u ' legal scholarship and is going to Cambridge to continue his studies.

Mr C. D Gilling, who has been appointed headmaster of the Fairlie DiV patting gifts from the staff and scholars of the Elniwood School The headmaster, air T. C. Wilkins, spoke in complimentary terms of the wort done by Mr Gilling during the last two years as a member of the staff. A motion of appreciation of the services, dating from 1902, of Mr K. Mcllroy to the Canterbury and Weßtland branch of the Federated Association ot superannuated public Servants was carried at the annual meeting yesterday, when Mr Mcllroy retired trom tjie offico of vice-president at the age of 88 years, on account of illhealth. Mr. D. H. S. Buddie, New Plymouth manager of the National Insurance Company, has received notice of transfer to the Cliristchurch office of the company. Mr Buddie will leave early in the coming month for the south. J* D. Robb, of the Auckland branch, ha 3 arrived at New Plymouth to take over the local managership. _ DI ;- F- Plimmer Furkert, sen. of Mr , ' Furkert, ongjneer-in-chief to the Public Works Department, left for Lngland by the Karamea this Week to undertake a post-graduate course. i)r. Furkert, who is a Wellington College old boy, received his medical training at the Duneclin Medical School. Later lio became one of ,the house staff at the Wellington Hospital. Afterwards ho went into private practice in North Canterbury, and for the last six months has been house surgeon afc the Napier Hospital. Mr H. A. A. Aitken, M.Sc., was n, passenger from Dunedm by the express last evening, on hiss way lo Auckland to join the Port Hunter, which sails for London on August 6th. Mr Aitkon, who as research chern-

ist to the Otago Medical School, _ has . time been engaged in with the British Empire pnign, will continue iitt^ work in London. He Or. A. 0. Aitken, Pf^jH F.R.S.E., who is lecture? and statistical mathMASM^jJN^H University of Edinburgh.. _ rgftßH|