PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 144, 21 June 1922, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

The Hon. E.P. Lee (Minister of Justice) returned, to Wellington to-day.. The Hon. G. J. Anderson (Minister of Labour) arrived in Wellington from the South to-day. ' A motion of sympathy with Miss N. E. Coad, M.A., in the death of her brother, was passed by the Council of Education to-day. Mr. J. R. Kirk (Gisborne) is at present visiting Wellington for the purpose of attending a meeting of the Council of Education, of which he is a member. Mr. C. E. Stitton-Turner (Sydney), who is on a tour of New Zealand,.arrived in Wellington during the. week-end. He will later visit the South Island. Messrs. A.. E. Burch, H. E. L. Burton, W. Greig, C. R. C. Robieson, and H., R. Thomas were yesterday elected members of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. The condition of Councillor S. H. Underwood is causing considerable anxiety. He had a seizure last evening, and, according to a report this afternoon, he has not yet regained consciousness. A motion of sympathy with the relatives of the late Mr. W. I. Nathan was passed in silence at yesterday afternoon's meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. High praise was paid at the Palmerston North Dairy Conference yesterday by the president (Mr. A. Morton) to Mr. W. M.- Singleton, Dairy Commissioner, on his appointment to that position. The conference, fully endorsed Mr. Morton's remarks. An unanimous call was received by the Rev. C. W. Duncumb, of Palmerston North, from the congregation of the Greendalo Baptist Church, in Canterbury. The Rev. Mr. Duncumb has decided, however, that ha will not leave' Palmerston North. . Mr. and Mrs. J. Hamilton, of Perth, W.A., who have been making an extended tour of New Zealand, have arrived back in Wellington, and are staying with Mr. Murray Fuller. Mr. Hamilton, who is an old -Wellington boy, is a structural engineer by profession. . He is meeting with a warm welcome from many old friends on the occasion of his re-visit here. Mr. Archibald P. Nicoll, S.S.A., Director -of .the Canterbury College School of Art, has now attained the distinction of having pictures purchased for the permanent galleries of the four New Zealand centres. At the recent exhibition in Auckland, his painting, "The Hush of Twilight"—a canal pic-( ture painted at Blernigham, in France —was purchased by the trustees of the City Gallery, the price being 60 guineas. It will be remembered that Mr. Nicoll's picture -"The Valley of the Badenoch '.' was purchased in Wellington last year for the local collection. Advantage was taken by ,the chairman (Mr. J. Parker) at yesterday's .Kotary Uub luncheon of the opportunity to voice his appreciation of ■ the good work done by the rescuers in the unfortunate Mount Hector episode. Introducing the speaker of the occasion, he could not refrain, he said, from drawing attention to the sterling qualities displayed by Rotarian Vosseler, the leader of the rescue party. Rotarian Vosseler, he said, had shown courage foresight, endurance, and leadership equal to the best traditions, well deserving the recognition of the general public and of the Rotary Club which he was asking for. At the call of humanity, Rotarian Vosseler had ' left his work promtply, assembled a rescue party, and at once faced the hardships and dangers of a grave situation, and, facing them, had come through1 with the greatest gallantry and cfevotion. Rotarian Vosseler modestly ascribed the success attained to the men who had "one with him. • ■ . a i