PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 26, 31 January 1924, Page 6

PERSONAL MATTERS

The Hon. C. J. Parr (Minister of Education) will leave for the North ■on Saturday. He will remain in Auckland for a few days, and will then embark on a tour of th,e Waikato district on education business. The Minister will, be absent from Wellington "for a fortnight or three weeks. , The Minister of Defence (the Bon. »ir Heaton Bhodes) leaves to-night for Ohristchurch, to visit the Wigram Aerodrome, where, in company with the general officer commanding (Sir Edward Chaytor), he will inspect the candidates at present undergoing "refresher" courses.. iiL. aviation. ■. He. will return to W/eUington on Tuesday. '''.'/' The Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. R. F. Bollard) left last evening to attend the" Horowhenua Snow. He will return to Wellington to-night. ; A cable message received from London to-day states that Mr. A. Harris, M.P.-, a member of the New Zealand Parliament, has arrived to take up his duties in connection with the Empire Exhibition Advisory Committee. Sir John and Lady Luke, who -have been on a tour of the West Coast and Canterbury districts; returned to' Wellington this morning. While on the West Coast they, visited- the Franz Joseph Glacier, A. Baal, Naval Officer in Charge of the New Zealand Station paid an official call on the Prime Minister at 10.45 this morning. As he left Parliament Buildings he was given a salute of 11 guns fired from. Mount Cook Barracks. _ Private advice has been received in Dunedin of the sudden death of Dr Frank _ Bell, a ; well-kn?wn Melbourne specialist. The deceased, says "The Post's" correspondent) was'a son of Mr. George Bell, formerly managing direc,tor of the "Evening Star" Company and a brother of Mr. R. P. ■ Bell, a member; of the directorate and of the editorial staff of the "Star." Mr C. P. Blacklock, for many years well known in football, cricket, and swimming circles, died at his residence m Kelbum yesterday at the,-age of 40 years. , The late Mr. Blacklock was educated at Wellington College, and captained the college team;in the year that at won the cricket championship. He' later- played in representative cricket He was for twenty years employed bv Messrs. Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co representing the firm in both Islands During the past four years'he has been a partner m the firm of Staples and Co boot He leaves a wife and a young daughter.