Personal Items.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20828, 11 April 1933, Page 8

Personal Items.

Mr J. R. Dench, managing dW tor of Distributors yesterday for the south on busa!!!? Mr William G. Fernie rJ-J* Manager of the Calder has left for a business tri D &i£ south. F w -«« Messrs C. E. Morrison (A»»a. land) and F. Douglas (S&S* Bay) are stayixig at the aSL? Hotel. *°»* Messrs A. Grant (WaimafcA „.. Webber K. F, Dunnage «J JBaird (Dunedin), are stayia* ™* Warner's Hotel. JW * ' * Messrs G. E. Moore (Sydnevl « F. Jackson (Dunedm) are jS arrivals at the Clarendon HoteL^ Mr J. J. Dougall was re-elects president of the Canterbury (n,2\ branch of the Navy League at » annual meeting last night. Mr W. F. Herrick, general seen. tary of the United Commtttfr! Travellers' and Warehousaaeri* Association, left for the island last night. The executive of the Christdmrtk Returned Soldiers' Association decided at its meeting last night to nominate Messrs H. Fleck and E. f Willcox as its representatives cfe the Canterbury Patriotic Fond. Guests at the New City Hotel are Messrs E. Thomas (England), j\ Withers (Auckland). H. Pati«nc» D. Hall (Wellington), J. Courage* G. Bowker (Amberley), and J Pettigrew (Waiau).

Motions of condolence with, the I relatives of the late Messrs C. W 1 Iggo (Linwood Club) and A." & I Holmes (Christchurch Club) ufgre I passed at last evening's meeting <£ 1 the Christchurch Bowling centre 1 Mr A. B. Lane, manager of'ft* I Press Association, will repreosfc 1 the association during the Govep. 1 nor-General's visit to the South Set -1 Islands in the Diomede, which >|t 1 leaving Auckland to-day. - 1 A motion of sympathy with Hr I J. C. Eenge, of the City CooacE't I traffic staff, and with his family fe 1 the death of Mrs Benge, was pandf | by the council at its meeting evening. A decision to place on record itfe appreciation of the services cf'Dt '' A. J. Orchard as its representttitas • on the War Pensions Appeal Bc«j& was reached by the executive "of " the Christchurch Returned SoldUqf' Association at its meeting last night, Mr Thomas C. List, of tj» "Taranaki Daily News," New Ptymouth, district governor of fiotaty , in New Zealand, will leave WelHnfr ton by the Maunganui on May Utio attend the Rotary Governors' Congress and International Confer&Ksi to be held at Boston, United St^tts, The Mayor (Mr D. G. SuHfyin, M.P.) intends leaving to-night for Wellington to attend the conference of local bodies and relief organisations which has been convenedS-lff the Wellington relief organisatßaa . known as the "Smith Family,* l is ' discuss relief measures for 0» „ j coming winter. ■ ■- ■ j A 'motion of appreciation of iWlli services to the city of Mr Gahagan, and of sympathy WTO 11 Mrs Gahagan and family - «BB 'their bereavement, was panefcatJH the meeting of the Cliristcla«o(||j City 'Council last evening. Gahagan was a representative £s■s the city and suburban local lioJiiW||l on the Board of Governors of wimn Technical College. , _j||; The resignation of Mr A. Baflinfi City Building Inspector, years' service, was accepted by fttlftl Christchurch City Council at Ml 1 meeting last night. Mr Batten wf ft granted leave of absence from JNml In 30 to September 30. Mr Ch«&M|l Juriss, assistant Building |nspectos ill was promoted to fill the vacancy. 6$ jj account of the slackness in wll building trade the council das»§| not in the meantime to fill the hfttp I|| position. • .'|" ; HI Mr S. J. Robinson, of Messjs <& I J. Ball (N.Z.) Ltd., Auckland, ie«M M for Canada at the end of the toMffl II en route for Nova Scotia, to mal&tflf visit to the Mersey Paper Cw| || pany's Mill. The Mersey ftfflgi || Company has contracted >j| H supply a large quantity of the WjM I print to be taken by New newspapers this year, said JH ra Robinson's visit to the headquaffl|| W of the company has to do vm fm Iffl and future contracts. I The Rev. Clarence Eaton, fflflgl dent-elect" of the Methodist CwPWH ■ ence of New Zealand, wiU «jfgil§ in Christchurch on ThuKrfay_totg|||| up his appointment at the DOTJS| m Street Church. He will be I » w ffl3l to the pastorate on ing, the service being condiWgflffiH the Rev. M. A. Rugby Fn&jMl recently he was chairman. «:H if Wanganui-Taranaki MethooMtyH|| nexional district, and mnnwr,.Jiß charge of the Whiteley M«w»p||i Church, New Plymouth. ' ■ Congratulations on tte.o*^sßß of his ninety-second birtftd«r_]JS||| offered to Mr S. Manning, **RBfM ber of the Christchurch wgflffigl Club of long standing, fc **! l *.Jffi|| commencement of play O £J'BII club's greens on Saturday. WMII Ainger, a vice-president of *"*rK§|| complimented Mr Mtamtag (MM ■ excellent health, and extended"*g jl good wishes of the menwei*. SHI 1 Manning thanked the meino«»:s||| their felicitations, and P ar in the afternoon's play vm fff il customary keenness and P****^!!!