Personal Items

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21972, 22 December 1936, Page 10

Personal Items

The Hon. P. Eraser, Minister for Health, arrived at Greymouth yesterday, and will leave for Hokitika to-day on his way to South Wcslland.

Dr. H. G. Denliam has been appointed a representative of the Canterbury College Council on the Canterbury Agricultural College Board. Notification of his reappointment as representative of the Professorial Board on the council was received yesterday, when he was welcomed by the chairman, Mr C. T. Aschman. Mr W. Montgomery Stewart, who lias been on the staff of the Christchurch Boys' High School for the last 20 years, has resigned to take up the position of principal of the Greymouth Technical High School. The resignation was accepted yesterday by the Canterbury College Council; which recorded its appreciation of Mr Stewart's services.

Mr M. J. Gresson was a passenger for the north last night by the steamer express. Mr C. S. Thomas left for Wellington last evening and will return to-morrow morning. The Rev. Father A. Keane, of the Marist Fathers' missionary headquarters in Sydney, and a noted mission preacher, will arrive at Auckland by the Maunganui to-day. He will be the guest of the Marist Fathers at Mount Albert.

Mr R. Kingston-Smith, managing editor of the "New Zealand Financial Times," has resigned in order to accept an executive position with New Zealand Newspapers, Ltd., Auckland, from March 1, 1937.

Mr Laing Woods, Papanui, has left for New Plymouth, where he will spend a few weeks' holiday.

A motion of sympathy with the relatives of Mr E. J. Poison, of the City Council staff, who died recently, was passed at a meeting of the council last night.

Flight Lieutenant A. T. Nevill, who was i'l England as' laision officer and to complete his training, arrived at Wellington by the Awatcu yesterday to take up his post as Staff Officer to the Director of New Zealand Air Services. Lord Balfour of Burleigh, a director of the National Bank of New Zealand, arrived at Wellington by the Awatea fi;om Sydney yesterday. His trip is purely a business one, but he is looking forward to seeing New Zealand's scenery.

The Mayor (Mr J. W. Beanland), Ci\ E. 11. Andrews, and the ' Town Clerk (Mr J. S. Neville) were appointed by the City Council last night to represent it at the annual conference of the New Zealand Municipal Association, to be held in Timaru in March. Squadron Leader J. L. Findlay, officer commanding the Wigram aerodrome, arrived at Wellington yesterday from Sydney by the Awatea. He was accompanied by Mrs Findlay. The Chief City .inspector (Mr J. W. Huggins) will represent the Christchurch City Council at the second annual conference of the New Zealand branch of the Royal Sanitary Institute, which will be held in Auckland next month.

Captain R. Stuart French, of the 11th Hussars, has been appointed aide-de-camp to his Excellency the Governor-General (Lord Galway) in succession to Captain A. Heber-Percy, who has been recalled to his regiment in England. Captain Stuart French has previously been aide-de-camp to a Governor-General of Canada. He will arrive at Auckland by the Aorangi on January 18.—Press Association. Professor J. K. Murray, of Brisbane, was a passenger by the Awatea, which arrived at Wellington from Sydney yesterday morning. He is particularly interested in pastoral investigation, and is in New Zealand at the request of the Government. He plans to stay in the Dominion about six weeks. He will attend the conference of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, to be held at Auckland next month. —Press Association.

The appointment of Mr H. M. Crompton as showroom manager in the Municipal Electricity Department was confirmed at a meeting of the City Council last night. Mr Crompton has been in the employ of the department since 1921, his recent duties being those oi publicity officer and sales engineer.

Mr S. S. Dean, chairman of the New Zealand Rugby Union, met with a painful accident when he tripped on an uneven pavement in Mount street, Wellington. An X-ray examination revealed a fracture of a bone in one of his feet.—Press Association.

Mr J. Rennie was appointed acting assistantchief traffic inspector by the City Council at its meeting last night. Mr Rennie, who will be on trial for three months, was one of the first group of inspectors appointed by the council, commencing duty in 1926.

Major T. J. King arrived at Wellington yesterday from Sydney on the Awatea, after a five weeks' visit to th~ principal cities of Australia, where he discussed with military experts mutual problems of defence and inspected munition factories. His visit was made at the invitation of Sir Archdale Parkhill, the Commonwealth Minister for Defence.—Press Association.