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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22057, 3 April 1937, Page 12

Personal Items

Sir John Lamb, a former Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, arrived in Christchurch from the North Island yesterday morning. He is on a tour of the Dominion lasting five weeks, and will leave for Mount Cook this morning. Mr Arthur King, who has been for six years a member of the literary staff of “The Press,” will leave early next week by the Rangitata for England. He was met by the staff and presented with a travelling case. Praise of his ability as a journalist and his personal qualities was offered by the Chief of Staff, Mr C. H. Williams, who made the presentation, and the Chief Sub-Editor, Mr L. M. Aitken. Mr G. M. Keys, who has been granted a Carnegie travelling fellowship, was last night granted a year’s leave of absence by the Christchurch Technical College Board of Governors. Mr Keys intends to leave New Zealand for America at the end of the first term next year, and while in America he will study at the Harvard University. While in America and Europe Mr Keys will investigate several problems for the Department of Education. Mr G. R. Simpson has resigned from the staff of the Christchurch Technical College and he will soon leave for England where he will continue his studies. Mr S. R. Evison has received advice of his appointment as business manager of the proposed National Broadcasting Journal to be published in Wellington. The Kitchener scholarship, tenable at Canterbury University College and at Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, has been awarded •to David Mcßurney, a pupil of the Christchurch Technical College. This announcement was made to the Technical College Board of Governors last night by the director, Dr, D. E. Hansen. It was also announced that an agricultural bursary had been granted to George Banfield. Supplementary bursaries have been awarded to Meryl Cole, whq will receive £5, and Winsome White, who Will receive £3. Mr H. D. Andrews, Chancellor of the Christchurch Diocese, will leave to-night for the North Island, where he will attend the general meeting of the Senate of the Anglican Church at Hamilton on April 7. Mr W. F. Blackwell was a passenger from Wellington by the steamer express yesterday morning. Mr H. E. Otley returned from the nortji by the steamer express yesterday morning. Mr F. R. Picot, Director of Internal Marketing, arrived in Christchurch from Wellington yesterday morning.

Mr Henry Cotterill was appointed subwarden of Christ’s College at a meeting of the Board of Governors of the college. He takes the place of Sir George Harper, who had been sub-warden since 1919. The board placed on record a motion of appreciation of the services of Sir George Harper to the college. Colonel S. C. P. Nicholls, officer commanding the Southern Command, returned to Christchurch by the steamer express yesterday morning. The Rev. S. J. Cooper, formerly vicar of Addington, has accepted appointment as vicar of Riccarton, in succession to the Rev. R. de Lambert, who has resigned from active work because of ill-health. Colonel J. E. Diiigan, the newly-appointed General Officer Commanding the New Zealand Forces, has been promoted to the rank of Major-GeneraL—Press Association.