PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 93, 20 April 1920, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

Sir James Allen will be "the gue3t of the New Zealand Club at luncheon on Wednesday; the 28th inst. :..

Major-General Sir E. W. C. Chaytor, General Officer Commanding the Forces, Brigadier-General G. S- Richardson, General Officer in Charge of Administration, and Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. Sleeman, 1.G.5., Director of Military Training, will, leave for Auckland to-morrow, as tho representatives of .Defence Headquarters at the Reception to the Prince of Wales.. • ■'.

Mr. C. H. Cormack, for many years "manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Carterton, is retiring from the Bank service in June after over 40 years' service.

Dr. .Kingston Fyffe is at present in a private hospital in Wellington.

Mr. anil Mrs. W.-H. S. Hempton, of AVellington, returned ' to-day by the Moana from -v visit ■to America.

'- Mr.H. E. Holland, M.P., left for the South Island last evening. It is his intention to live permanently in ,Westport, the central town of.his electorate.

Mr. Austin. E, L. Scanfclobury, ol Blenheim, was admitted to-day a barrister and solicitor, of the Supreme Court by'his HoßburtKe'Ghief"Justice- (Sir ■Robert-Stout)-,'-on-the motion'of Mr. C. H. Tfcadwell. s ' "

Brigadier-General G. N. Johnston, C.M.G., D.5.0., who commanded the New Zealand Artillery throughout the war and afterwards took command of the New .-Zealand' troops',remaining 'in England, ''lias ';been'.'appointed,'t<> command the 'Royal Artillery of- the "Lowland (Territorial) Division.

Dr. Chesson, District Health Officer in Canterbury, will take up duty at Samoa, states a Press Association telegram from Dunediiij'and will be succeeded by Dr. Telford, of- j'Whangaiei. Dr. Hughes, who relieved Dr. Chesson while the latter was at Samoa, ha 3 .received notice ol' his re-transfer to Auckland. . '

Lieutenant-Colonel H. .E. Avery, C.M.G., D.5.0., at present-Staff Officer for "Q" Duties at Defence Headquarters, has been selected to represent New Zealand at the War Office, London. The appointment dates until January of next year, when Colonel Avery will undertake a. course at the Staff College, Cam berJej

Paymaster-in-Chief Jlamnet H. Share, C.8., Secretary' to ~ Lord; Jellicoe, who has just received the Knighthood of the Order- of the- British Empire, is well known to many Wellington citizens, having been.in the Dominion with Lo\d TJellicoe in H.M.S. Xew Zealand' le/.b year. Sir Hamnet Share is now in-his 56th. year, ana iv ,oj<e Gf the most distinguisoed members, of the accountancy branch of the Royal JTavy, which he entered in 1880.

JM*r. St. Leger Reeves, a member of the literary staff' of the Evening Post, who has resigned to enter.the legal profession, having joined the staff of»Messrs. 0. and R. • Beere, was yesterday wife recipient .of a presentation from Mg colleagues, with accompanying good wishes for his success in his new sphere. In making the presentation, the editor (Mr. J. Parker) said: he was ■ sure that Mr. Reeves would find that the years spent in journalism has provided an excellent basis for his new profession.

According to the Freemasons' Journal, "The Supreme Council of Scotland. ,has admitted Bro. Colonel George Barclay 32nd Degree to the 33rd Degree, and appointed him as Inspector-General for New Zealand, in succession to the late Bro. T. Sharlock Graham, 33rd Degree. Colonel Barclay," who. 'served; throughout the-war with'the-NeW Zealand' Forces, .was the president of the New ZealandExpeditionary Force Association, and was for a period in command of the New Zealand Engineer Depot at ■ Bournemouth.. „ In, the. Craft, Colonel Barclay is a Past GraJid Deacon of England, and a. Past Grand Warden of New Zealand, and in the Boyal Arch he holds the rank of Past EirsK .Grand. Sojonrner of New Zealand and Hon. First Grand Sojourner of Scotland." !