Personal Items

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21746, 31 March 1936, Page 10

Personal Items

The Minister for Public Works (the Hon. R-. Semple) and the Minister for Mines (the Hon. P. C. Webb), who have been spending a few days on a shooting trip near Bealey, left for Wellington last night on the inter-island steamer. '

Sir Benjamin Fuller arrived from Dunedin yesterday morning and left by aeroplane in the afternoon for Wellington, whence he will leave to-day on his return to Sydney. Sir Benjamin's visit to the South Island was on business for the Frank O'Brien Vaudeville Company, which will open a season in Christchurch on Easter Saturday.

The Chief Justice (the Rt. Hon. Sir Miqhael Myers) passed through Christchurch yesterday from Dunedin on his return to Wellington. Members of Parliament who travelled to Wellington on the inter-island last night included Messrs E. J. Howard, H. S. S. Kyle, T. H. McCombs, H. E. Herring, C. Carr, A. H. Nordmeyer, W. A. Bodkin, C. Morgan Williams, J. Thome, and D. Barnes.

Mr P. W. Fryer, engineer for the Lyttelton Harbour Board, left Christchurch last night on a trip to Australia. Mr Fryer is one of about 50 men in New Zealand interested in the iron and steel industry who have been invited by the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Ltd., to inspect its works.

Regret at the death of Mrs West-Watson, and sympathy with Bishop West-Watson and his family, was expressed by the Canterbury University College Council at its meeting yesterday.

Sympathy with the Hon. Sir R. Heaton Rhodes in the death of his brother, Mr G. E. Rhodes, was expressed by the Canterbury University College Council at its meeting yesterday.

Mr A, R. Harper, previously of the D.I.C. s Dunedin staff, arrived in Christchurch yesterday to take over his new duties as assistantmanager of the D.I.C, Christchurch. Mr K. M. Gresson has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law at Canterbury University College.

Congratulations were extended to Mr J. Stout for being elected. president of the Canterbury Advertising Club at the Christchurch Business Men's Club's luncheon yesterday. Mr W. G. V. Fernie, general manager of the Calder Mackay Company, will travel by air today on a business trip to Dunedin. Colonel F. W. W. Dawson, recently appointed medical officer of health in the Waikato district has been appointed officer in charge of the Taranaki district. He will arrive at New Plymouth early next month to take over from the relieving officer, Dr. Wyn Irwin, who will go to Wellington.

Mr C. C Cox. a former tennis champion of New Zealand, will shortly leave New Zealand to take up the secretaryship of a Melbourne golf club.

Mr E. T. Norris. registrar of the University of New Zealand since 1915, will retire this week on six months' leave of absence. He will leave toward the end of April on a visit to Great Britain.

Mr R. D. Thompson, of the teaching staff of the Southland Boys' High iSchool, has received notice of his appointment to the staff of the Stratford Technical College. He will take up his new duties in May. Mr R. O. Sinclair, the first New Zealander to be accepted for the British Colonial Service under the new arrangement with the British Government, has been appointed the magistrate at Benin City, Nigeria, British West Africa. He has recently' been on furlough in England.

Mr Johannes C. Andersen, librarian of the Turnbull Library, has been selected by postal ballot as delegate of the New Zealand section to the international conference of the P.E.N. Club, to be held at Buenos Aires in September.

The field and office staffs of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, Ltd., at Wellington, assembled recently to bid farewell to the new business manager for New Zealand, Mr W. P. Yeoman, who is retiring after more than 25 years' service. Mr R. B. Ashe, manager for New Zealand, presented Mr Yeoman on behalf of the staff, with a pair of field glasses and a handsome gold-plated inkstand. Mr Yeoman will leave Wellington on Tuesday to take up residence in Sydney.

Mr T. Jackson, of Patea, is spending a holiday in Christenurch as the guest of Mr and Mrs Dowle, Chester street.