Personal Items.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20835, 20 April 1933, Page 8

Personal Items.

Mr P. H. Harper, SM borne, is visiting ChristdM *• Mr C. Frith Roberts, , been staying m Chnstchurcfl,^ t G h » hoMayS - ha lanTc. *. Zg&jSSS* A. G. Macdonald (Wellin&A guests at the Clarendon Ktfei Messrs C. F. Gardner V, Candy (Auckland) and J (Dunedin) are registered bsS at Warner s Hotel. Messrs John Gardner (Tw T. Lassey (Ashburton), and^s? Kitchingham (Greymouth) ■' guests at the Royal Hotel 885 Squadron Leader T. M W«v Director of Air Services, Christchurch from WellingtoJ v« terday morning. Mr William Bottrell, presifW the Canterbury Chamber afrl c£ merce, who has been sliehtlv w 1 " posed, during the last S now recovering. ® Mr G. G. Dewsbury will leave w' the ferry steamer to-morrow 4S en route to England and the Cw' tinent, where he will continued studies. Mr A. M. Satterthwaite fen- L last night's ferry steamer to em, the Monowai at Wellington tcwsk row for Sydney. He is makmtit business trip to Queensland; Mr H. Holland, M.P., W as elected chairman of the extetrfS; of the Canterbury Patriotic S at the annual meeting yestemW Mr Holland has been ch£drW*£ the last 18 years. ■ Messrs N. Henderson, G. and R. Arlow (Wellington), G S (Auckland), W. A. Mitson, jl Fairbairn, B. H. Nees, and H. Ba® ! day (Dunedin) are guests JeeiS at the United Service Hotel Guests at the New City Hotel-sJ Messrs W. L. Dalton (Aucklajlv E. A. Astley (Auckland), a ence (Wellington), Captain T w White (Timaru). and Mr A. M TtM (Dunedin). •" Wl At his own request Mr $ fe Priest was relieved of the tjosf&g-; of chairman of the appEcartW" committee at the annual mcetin* of the Canterbury Patriotic'.jw yesterday afternoon. It was ® 1 cided to send a letter to Mr thanking him for his valuable as! \fices. . 1 Mr W. Gilchrist Macbeth, ft Perthshire stock breeder ac 4 shta owner, accompanied by a watv of eight, is spending a month in Zealand. Mr Macbeth is vice-|Ets}-dent of the Aberdeen Angus Sotfer of Scotland and president of tta Shetland Pony Society of Mr R. T. Tosswill (secretary <f the Canterbury Patriotic Fuadi vns granted leave of absence at a assf. ing of the executive yesterday, Jflr Tosswill will leave shortly Sjr Europe for health reasons. At tfr annual meeting which members expressed his work over a long period 1 Mr G. V. Oldham will retire fa® the management of the ■ Syifcay branch of the Union Bank <£ Ab£ tralia, Limited, on April SO, hgviag held that position since Decejie 10, 1924. Mr Oldham was bonk <h October 28, 1869, and at tbs-tiate nt his retirement he will have bad the longest service of any offices; at absent in the bank. He jojfied: ■s& Union Bank of Australia.-Ltd.; st Ballarat, in February, 2886. Ms experience at Ballaral. Sydasyt Rockhampton, Melbourne,'' m Perth in responsible clerical. pjfi* tions, Mr Oldham was apppuuiJ manager, and opened a the bank at Narrandera (rTc*S<ff& Wales) in 1901. xHe became roil ger of the Newcastle branch 15 and was appointed manager it Perth in 1918. From . 1920, to January 1, 1922, he was.-Sffl* ing-manager at Melbourne, ajdjj 1921-23 he held the posilson of spector for Victoria, Souih.Awb* lia, and Tasmania divisions., 3ft Oldham will be succeeded G. A. Rae, who has been in dUp of the whole of the bank's iftgilffli in Western Australia for.somesfitct&