PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 11, 7 October 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Vice-Regal. The Governor-General intends paying n visit to Wanganui from October 25 to 27, and at his request a cricket match is being arranged for October 26, in which he and two members of his staff will participate.

Tlio Right lion the Prime Minister has accepted an invitation to he tho chief guest and speaker ;.t a New Zealand Club luncheon. The luncheon will be, next week, probably on Wednesday or Thursday. Mr. E. O. Hales, the newly-appointed Assistant-Public Trustee, arrived from Auckland yesterday, and has taken up his new duties.

Mr. George Hume Seddon has been appointed Deputy-Commissioner of Stamps at Blenheim. The appointments of Mr. Edward P. Ellison as Deputy-Resident Commissioner of Niue,' and Mr G. N. Morris as Collector of Customs at the port of Avarua, Rarotonga, are gazetted. Dr .Woodhouse, medical superintendent of the Wellington Hospital, who was recently married at Timaru. resumed his duties on Saturday last, lie will bo succeeded at the end of next month by Dr. ]) Macdonald Wilson, at present medical superintendent of the Southland Mospi tai. Mr. W. E. Caldow, secretary of the Wellington Choral Union, has returned to Wellington from a visit to Christchurch and Dunedin. At Christchurch lie attended a conference <sf choral societies in connection with next years mussical festival

Messrs. Foley, Hanna, Robert Under, and James Gleeson, members of the executive of the Avondale Jockey Club, are visiting Wellington.

Chief Defective- Ward and Detective Torrance, of Wellington, have resigned from the police force, and several transfers have resulted. Senior Detective Kemp becomes chief detective at Wellington ■ Chief Detective M’Tlveney is to relieve Chief Detective M'Mahon al Auckland, owing io the latter’s illness; and Senior Defective A. Cameron is to have charge at Christchurch during the temporary absence of Chief Detective M’llveney.