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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23317, 1 May 1941, Page 6

Personal Items

Thp Minister for Public Works (the Hon. H. T. Armstrong) will arrive in Christchurch on Saturday morning and remain here till Tuesday night. He will meet the Ashley River Trust on Monday afternoon and the Ashburton County Council and the/Goraldine River Board on Tuesday to discuss river control questions. On the motion of Colonel the Hon, Sir E. Heaton Rhodes, members of the executive of the territorial Assopiation of Canterbury, at their meeting last evening, carried a vote pf condolence with Colonel J. Murphy; who recently dost his son through war action. “He was a brave lad and we are all particularly sorry over Colonel Murphy's logs, 1 ' Sir Heaton said. Members ’ stood in silence. Sympathy with Colonel Murphy was also expressed by the Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association last evening.

Mr R. McGUlivray, who has retired from the position of Fields Superintendent of the Department of Agriculture, was entertained by the executive of the North Canterbury district of the Farmers’ Union at its meeting yesterday. Tributes to his work for farmers and for the land in Canterbury were paid by members from every part of the district,, The president (Mp R, G. Rishop) presented him with a travelling rug on behalf of the farmers of North Canterbury. Mr McGillivray said he would be continuing his interest intop-dressipg in Australia, where he would be going soon. He would be advising lime interests m Victoria and New South Wales, but he would not be taking UP any new position.

Lieutenant George C. Israel, M.Sc,, son of Mrs L. G. Israel, of Invercargill, has been appointed chemical adviser to the Army in Melbourne, Re will take up his duties immediately at Army headquarters, Victoria Barracks. He is at present district gag officer at Brighton Camp, Tasmania, and lecturer in chemistry at Hobart University.

Mr W. T. Foster (Lyttelton), at the final meeting of the North Canterbury Hospital Board yesterday before the elections, announced that he did not intend to seek reelection to the board, of which he has a member for 10 years. The board was algo informed that Mr J. Heslop, one of the country representatives on the bqard, would not seek re-election. Appreciation of the services of both members was recorded. Mr W. P. Spencer, who hitherto has represented the RiccartonWaimairi district, announced that he would this year contest election in the city area, because of the rearrangement of district representation since New Brighton became part of the city.

The appointment of Mr R. P. Connell as Fields Superintendent of the Department of Agriculture in Christchurch is announced, Mr Connell succeeds Mr R. McGillivray. He will have jurisdiction over the Canterbury, West Coast, Marlborough, and Nelson districts. His present position is land utilisation officer in the department.—Press Association.

A tour of the greater part of the South Island ‘is to be mad*; by Mr W. Holmes, a past president of the Trades Union Congress of Great Britain. He will leave Wellington by air this morning for Blenheim, where he will be met by the Mayor and representative citizens. He will go later by car to Christchurch. There he will be joined by the Minister for Labour (the 1 Hop. P. C. Webh), who will accompany him on the rest of his tour. Mr Holmes will remain in Christchurch until Tuesday, of next week, when he will go to Timaru. He will go on to Dunedin on Wednesday and remain there until Friday, when he will return to Christchurch. Ho will then go to the West Coast, visiting Greymouth, Westport, and Nelson before returning to Wellington on May 15, Civic receptions have been arranged in honour of Mr Holmes in the cities and towns he Is to visit. He will address public meetings and meetings °f trad ® unionists.— fress Association., \