PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 51, 23 November 1928, Page 13

PERSONAL ITEMS

Sir George Fowlds went to Palmerston North to attend a meeting of the Massey Agricultural College Council, He will probably return to Auckland to-morrow.

Archdeacon George Mac Murray is about to celebrate the fiftieth aiiniverr sary of his ordination as a priest of the Church of England (states an Auckland Special Service message). Since 1892 he has been a pillar of the Church in Auckland and New Zealand, and now, at the age of 74, he finds himself as busy as ever, although free of parochial duties, with the work of the archdeaconry and the Dilworth Mission Trust Board. Venerable as he is by title and venerable In fact, he is one of the grand old men of the Church, whose inspiring influence has shot its silver threads through and through the life’s fabric in this province.

Dr. E. S. Dukes, of Auckland, left by the Aorangi for a three months’ holiday in the Islands.

The appointment is gazetted of Commander A. E. Tate, D.S.C., Royal to H.M.S. Dunedin as squadron navigating officer. Captain Hinkler has been commanded to appear at Buckingham L'al.-ce (states an Australian Press Association message from London). It is understood that the King will personally confer the Air Force Cross.

Canon Hancock, of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne, has been elevated to be Archdeacon of Melbourne. Mr. A. H. Wagstaffe, manager of the Midland Hotel, will return to x-qn-don shortly after two years’ service at the Midland. The Rev. D. C. Bates, of Wellington, left for Greymouth on Thursday to take charge of the parish during the illness of the vicar (Rev. J. A. Jermyn).

The Prime Minister of the Com,monwealth (Mr. Bruce) has announced that Colonel H. C. Brinsmead (controller of Civil Aviation) and Mr- G, F. Hughes (president of the Niiwt, South Wales section of the Australian Aero Club) will represent Austra'm a$ the International Civil Aviation Conference to be held at Washington fspini December 11 to 31.

Captain W. M. Bell, Resident Corny missioner of Savaii, left for Apia_by the Maui Pomare on Tuesday, attetf four months’ furlough In New Zealand* Dr. K. Dean left by the Maui Pomare to take up the position of resident; medical officer at Niue in succession to Dr. Boyd, who has been transferred to Samoa.

The Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration has been conferreu on Lieut.-Colonel N. S. Falla,' CAI.G-* D. 5.0., A.D.C., and Chaplain K, H. Catherwood. Mr. J. A. Bond, well known as an Australian artist, is visiting Dunedift in the. course of a sketching tour of the Dominion. He will spend a week in Dunedin, and will then visit Mount Cook and Lake Wakatipu as well as any other beauty spots that may be likely to serve his purpose as au artist. Mr. Bond recently spent some time in the Wanganui district modelling Maoris from life, and also the native wild pigeon. On his way back to Australia he Intends to visit Rotorua. Mr. S. P. Jacobi, civil engineer, who arrived in Auckland on Monday, will make a tour of New Zealand on behalf of Jewish relief organisations, having as their object the relief of 2,000,000 destitute Jews, the victims of famine and disease in Eastern Europe. Mr. Jacobi’s mission is supported by the chief Rabbi, Dr. J. H. Hertz, and Lord Rothschild, the English trustee of the fund. The appeal in Australia had the support of General Sir John Monash. Mr. Jacobi will make his appeal to the Jewish communities in the four chief centres.

The Rev. C. Carr, who defeated the Hon. F. J. Rolleston for the Timaru seat, intends to take up his residence in that town as soon as he can make the necessary arrangements. He will continue his duties on local bodies in Christchurch in the meantime, but will not offer himself for re-election. Mr. I. C. Weston, farm economist to the Tasmanian Department of Agriculture, and formerly of the New Zealand Government Agricultural Department, has been appointed as farm economist at Lincoln College in place of Mr. G. Holmes, who has resigned to enter business with a private firm. Mr. Weston took his M.A. and M.Sc. in the New Zealand University, gaining honours in Economics. For some time he was assistant in the Agricultural Department ip New Zealand, but accepted the position of farm economist in Tasmania twelve months ago. Mr. George H. Scarse, for over eighteen years principal of Gilby’s College, Christchurch, died in a private hospital at Auckland on Monday. He had been in retirement for the last three years, living at Rotorua, until rapidlyfailing health made it necessary for him fp enter a hospital in Auckland. Mr. Scarse was educated at St. Mark’s College, London, later taking the degree of master of arts at. Louvain University, France. He is survived by his wife and by one brother, who Is the librarian of Birmingham Library.