Personal Items

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 21026, 30 November 1933, Page 8

Personal Items

Mr M. Thornpron (Auckland) is staying at the Clarendon Hotel. Mr C. R. Orr Walker, S.M., left Timaru yesterday to take up a week's relieving duty at Wellington. The Deputy-Mayoi' \Mr J. K. Archer) will pay a visit to the Kaikoura district during the week-end. Colonel A. Osborne, New Zealanf secretary to the Salvation Army, who arrived from the north on Tues« day, left for the south yesterday. Mr C. H. Burson, president of the Canterbury Manufacturers' Association, is a patient in Lewisham Hospital. Guests registered at the New City Hotel include Messrs J. H. Goode (Sydney), M. Ford (Victoria), and F. Mullan and M. J. Graham (Wellington). Mr H Johnson, of Auckland. New Zealand representative of Messrs W. B. Carmichael and Company, of Sydney, will arrive from Wellington by this morning's inter-island steamer. Guests at the United Service Hotel include Messrs R. D. H. Swindley (Oamaru), H. Hallidav (Dunedi'n), J. W. Smith, A. L. Walker, A. Ronald (Inv.ercargill), J S. Robbie, and S. J. R. Officer (Gore). Mr William Easton, manager of the Otago Daily Times Company, Dunedin, passed through Christchurch yesterday morning on his return to Dunedin, after a visit to Great Britain and the Continent. He returned by way of America. Mr L. Gower. of the staff of the Magistrate's Court, Christchurch, who has been transferred to Hokitika, was met yesterday morning by members of the court staff, and on their behalf Mr H. A. Young made him a presentation. Mr F. Scott, of the Napier Courthouse staff, has received notice of his transfer to Nelson, to take effect from January next. Mr Scott is honorary secretary of the Waimarama Golf Club, by which body he will be greatly missed. Mr C. Massey has retired from the position of manager of the Stratford branch of the Bank of Australasia, and has been succeeded by Mr L. J. Rowell, formerly accountant at the Christchurch branch. Mr Massey was in the bank's service for 43 years, and spent 22 yeais at Stratford. Mr H. Odell has been nominated by the Wharenui School Committee as a candidate to fill the vacancy on the Canterbury College Board of Governors caused by the death of Mr W. M. Hamilton. Mr Odell has been for some years an active member of the Canterbury School Committees' Association, and was for four years its secretary. He served for several terms on the Wharenui School Committee, Riccarton. Mr H. Worrall, secretary of the Canterbury General Labourers' Union, resigned from that position more than three months ago, but, at the request of the union, consented to hold over his resignation till arrangements were made for the appointment of his successor. Those arrangements now have been made, and Mr WorralFs resignation will take effect next week. Mr Worrall has been secretary of the union for nearly 14 years. The Rev. H. Leggate, M.C., of Manchester, who has latterly been Toe H padre for the north-western area of England, arrived at Wellington this week by the Makura from Sydney, accompanied by Mrs Leggate. Mr Leggate is visiting New Zealand in connexion with the Toe H movement, and expects to remain here for 12 or 18 months. Mr Leggate has brought messages from the Methodist -Church in England to the Methodist Church in New Zealand.

Prominent educationist and wellknown in sporting circles, Mr C. F. Collins, who has been headmaster at • the Whangarei primary school for many years past, has announced his intention of retiring on superannuation at the end of the year. Mr Collins will then have completed 40 years' teaching service. Educated at the Timaru High School, Mr Collins originally intended. to enter the medical profession, and he studied for a few years towards that end. Later, however, he decided to take up the teaching profession, and his first position was as probationer at the Timaru main school. From that post he moved upwards, taking positions in several schools in Canterbury, until he returned to the Timaru school as chief assistant. Mr Collins held that position until he was promoted as headmaster of the Whangarei primary school in 1918, and he has been in charge ever since. His Grace the Archbishop of New Zealand has appointed the Rev. E. M. Cowie, M.A., vicar of Khandallah in the Diocese of Wellington, to be his commissary for the purpose of calling and presiding at the Synod of the Diocese of Nelson, which will elect a successor to the present bishop, who will retire next year. The Rev. E. M. Cowie is a son of the late Bishop Cowie. of Auckland, who was Primate from 1893 to 1902. He was vicar of Hamilton from 1908 to 1926 and Archdeacon from 1913 to 1929. It is proposed to call the special session for the election of a bishop for Thursday, December 14. Mr Cowie has issued a letter to the clerical and lay members of the Synod calling them to meet for a quiet day of prayer and devotion on Wednesday, December 13, as a spiritual preparation for the important work for which the Svnod is being assembled.