PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 91, 18 April 1921, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

VIOE-REGAL.

His Excellency the Governor-Generai left Wellington by train this morning for Napier.; On arrival there this evening he will proceed straight on. board the Tutanelcai,, and "will go to Gifiborne (where he will stay for two days) and places of interest on the East Coast, and afterwards will journey across the Bay of Plenty. He will be joined at Waihi by Lady Jellicoe, and will then proceed North to the Bay of Islands, subsequently returning to Auckland, where he will go into residence for the winter months.

Sir R. Heaton-Rhodes, Minister of De r fence, lias returnedl to Wellington from Auckland.

The Hon. D. H. Guthrie, JSjjister of Lands, returned to-day from the Auckland district. ' \ .

Mr. John Dinneen has been appointed manager of the Boys' Probation Home, Wellington.

The Rev. J. Pattison. has been elected Moderator of the Auckland Presbytery, vice the Rev. J. W. Shaw, who ,haa resigned.

Mr. James Sugderi Hanna has been admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court by his Honour Mr. Justice Reed, on the motion of Mr. W. Peisy. '■

A Press Association message from Sydney states that Mr. E. C. Beckett, secretary , of Messrs. Birt and Company, dropped dead while playing golf.

Mr. E, Page, 5.M.,. will preside at a sitting of the South Island Railway Appeal Board which opens in Christchurch to-morrow,

Mr. R. A. Holmes,. formerly resident inspector in New Zealand of the Union Bank of Australia, Ltd., has been appointed a local direotor of the Australian Mutual Provident Society.

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fuller have left for Sydney, where Mr. Fuller is joining the headquarters office of Ben and John Fuller. He was at one time house manager at Hia Majesty's, Wellington.

Mr. T. W. Leys, of the Auckland Star, has returned to his home from Canada, England, and the Continent, accompanied by Mrs. Leys. Mr. Leys was a delegate to the Empire Press Congress in Canada, and was one of the two delegates whom M'Gill University honoured with the degree of D.C.L. (Doctor of Civil Law).

Sir Thomas Mackenzie addressed a meeting of the Farmers' Union at Palmerston South lost week. He was accorded a civic reception and entertained at luncheon at Oainaru, and in the afternoon addressed a meeting of the Oamaru branch of the Farmers' Union. Next Wednesday he will address a meeting of the Ohristchurch branch of the union. Sir Thomas and his daughter will leave on a trip to the Old Country by the Goririthie, which sails from (Wellington on 25rd April.

Mr. W. S. Hood, secretary of thePoneke Cricket Club, was the recipient of a presentation from the club;atl<tst week's social function. The Chairman (Mr. P. Laurenson) spoke in high praise of what Mr. Hood had donejn the interests of the club; the services rendered were appreciated by all members; It ifi worthy of mention that Mr. Hood has taken a' keen interest in cricket f^or many years, and as a scorer he has been of valuable 1 assistance. '

Mr. J. T. Mannix, a journalist from Minneapolis, is at present visiting Wellington. Mr. Mannix jwas for several years State Printer in Minneapolis, and was at one time a member of the State T>g/isla(tiiire. He Isf sifow. making ai leisurely 1 torn- of the world. Five years is the time he has set himself, and in two or three years, since he left America, he has visited' many places in Brifish India., China, Strait Settlements, Java, Australia. He follows no plan, but goes from place to place as he finds the methods of transport convenient. After several weeks, itv New , Zealand he proposes to go to South Africa.

Opportunity was taken by followers of the sport a,t the opening of the harrier season at Lyall Bay on Saturday afternoon of bidding farewell to Mr. A. Marryatt, a vice-president of the Olympic Harriers' Club, who intends leaving for Auckland. Mr. W. H. Pliilp, president of the club, presented Mr. Marryatt with a silver-mounted walking stick suitably engraved. Mr. Philp spoke of the high esteem in which Mr. Marryatt was held in sporting circles !in Wellington, and on behalf of the club wished him the best of luck. Mr. A. T. Davies, chairman of the N.Z.A.A.A., endorsed Mr. Philp's remarks. Mr. Marryatt suitably replied.

Mention is made in the annual report of the New Zealand Rugby Union that Mr. W. W. Hill, of Sydney, has resigned the position of Central Australasian Secretary. The report adds:—"His services to amateur sport of all kind* were especially marked in Sydney by an illuminated address, and your committee gratefully accepted the opportunity accorded /it of.' having the. New Zealand Rugby Union's, sentiments recorded on the testimonial. His successor is Mr. A. B. B. Palmer, who as also secretary of the N«w South Wales Rugby Union. The thanks of the New Zealand Union are due to both these gentlemen for the time and care they have given to the work of Central Secretary.