PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 254, 21 July 1920, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Hon, J. 13 Gov was yesterday granted by the Legislative Council a week's leave of absence on account of illhealtli. Tho Hon. 15. IL Clark was jjiven leave for fourteen days 011 account of urgent business, and the Hon. D. T. Fleming leave for four days on account of urgent public business.

Mr. E. >f. Sladden, who has practised as a solicitor at Wellington and at Niu pier, lias been admitted as a barrister by tire Chief Justice (Sir liobert Stout). Brigadier-General 0. J M'Gaviu, C.M.G., D.5.0., Director-General of Medical Service;, has returned to Wellington from a visit to Auckland. '

Lieutenant-Colonel H. E. Aveiy. C.M.G., D.5.0., who has been appointed military representative of New Zealand on the staff of the Imperial War Oflieo, will leave Wellington on September 1G to connect at Sydney with the Orsova for London.

Mr. Gavin Hamilton, private secretary to tho Earl of Liverpool, will leave for London by the Argyllshire on July 2G.

Mr. A. W. Stables, of Duncdin, will proceed to England ' shortly to tako charge of tho London office of A. and T. Burt, Ltd., in place cf Mr. J 1!. Burt, who is returning to the Dominion in September.

Mdjor D. A. M'Curdy, 0.8. E., _ of Upper Hutt, will leave on Friday to join tho Mokoia at Auckland for Samoa. He lias been selected by the New Zealand Treasury Department as accountant of its Samoan branch, and expects to bo away from New Zealand two or more years if the climate does not affect his health. Aftrr service ill Egypt,' France, and England—in addition to a geriod at Anzac shortly after the historic' landing there-—ho returned to New Zealand some tinio ago.

Mr. IT. G. Palethorpe, of the .firm of Messrs. S. Vailo and Son, Auckland, 18 at present a visitor to Wellington.

Mr. A. S. Adam?, who has wen appointed Crown Prosecutor at Dunedin, vice Mr. W C. MacGregor, who becomes Solicitor-Genera], was born on a farm nt Taieri Mouth in JSCS. He was educated at tho "Stone" School, Dunklin, for about a vear (Sir ftobert Stout 'being then one of the teaching staff), and afterwards at Middle District School. 110 entered the office of his brother, Mr. J, A. D. Adams, in 1879, and was admitted a barrister and solicitor in 1883. Mr. Adams was last week appointed president of the New Zealand Alliance. » position he has held previously. Hi* only appearance in the political arena was when he stood for Dunedin West against the late Hon. J. A. Millar.

Tlio following promotions and appointments in the TuWic Trust Office are announced:—Mr. F. W. Hornev, assistant solicitor, head office; Messrs. J. Eeid ana B. L. Hammond, legal clerks, head office : Mr. P. L. Barr, district manager at Wniroa; Mr, H. Mulholland,_ district manager. Western Invercargiir district; Mr. 0. W. Bauifield, district manager at Feilding; Mr. A. H. Ihle, district manfleer at Xcwlovrn; All*. W. L. M'Goldnck, district manager at Gore.

Dr. Skerman, who was medical officer at Samoa for some time, left for Sydney on Saturday evening en route to Hew Guinea (Rabaul) and the East.

Dr. and Mrs. Dakiell, of Glasgojv, are visitors '.o New Zealand. They left Wellington on Monday evening for Hotorua and Tanpo.

Tlio Rev. W. .T. Hands, who lias sue. ceedcd the Rev. Herbert Wilson a.} vicar of Khandallah, is leaving shortly on a trip to the Islands. /

'Mr. S. H. Munson, a veteran of the Maori War and one of the early settlers at Wanganui, has died, aged 84 years. Born at Orkney Islands, he landed in Australia in ISSS, and came across to New Zealand in 1862.

The Kev. Thomas Fisher, vicar of Opotiki, lies been appointed Anglican chaplain for the Napier Hospital and gaol in the place of the Bev. J.Hobba, who has removed to Palmeriton North.

The Kev. Gordon Bell, lI.A. (Cantab.), has been appointed vicar of (ho Church of the Eoly Sepulchre, .Khyber.:J.'ass, Auckland, in succession to the Dev. W. A. lCeay, who recently resigned and went to Australia. Mr. 136.1 is a young married man and is at present in Staffordshire. He expects to leave England early in September.

Mr. K. Masters, M.P. for Stratford, has been re-elected unopposed as representative of the Central Ward on Iho Taranaki Education Board, and has been reappointed chairman of the board.

Mr. H. Harrison, formerly acting-edi-tor of tho Nelson "Colonist," has been appointed to (lie fluff of the Cflwtliron Institute, at Nelson.

Mr. John Pavne, former Labour member for Grey Lynn, is ut present privato secretary to Mr. John Uooley, Colonial Secretary in the New South Wales Labour Government.

Mr. A. l'\ Ellis, of Auckland, wiM leava for Loudon shortly to attend the iirst meeting of the Commissioners for Nauru Island.