PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 64, 12 September 1924, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

Mr. JR." B. Morris,, formerly Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department, leaves for the South this evening, and, with his: family, will in future reside at St. Andrew's, near Timaru. ,; .Mr. ; C. W. D: Bell has.been officially recognised oa Honorary . Vice-Consul for Spain,- at Wellington. ■-.'*- ■ Mr. . Arnold Hannson; M.F., Yale University, hae been reappointed ChiefInspector of Forestry for a period of four ! years.- • •'". . -.- Mr. C. B. Norwood, managing, director of Dominion Motors, Ltd;, accompanied ,by Mrs. Norwood,.left Wellington by the Maheno for Sydney this morning. : ■' • . . '• A Press Association telegram from Hamilton announces that the Rev. B. F. Rothwell, formerly president of the Methodist Conference, died this morning. He had a stroke a year ago and had been ill., since. At a special meeting of the Otago Hospital Board yesterday, Miss Mabel Thurston, matron of the Pukeora Sanatorium, W Taipukurau, was appointed matron of •■ the Dpnediri Hospital and Director of ■ Nursing id the Otago district. .; , Mr. John A. Slater, one of the bestknown men in the timber industry at Auckland, died • at" Brighton, ■■ in EngI land, on Saturday,: aged 56 years. During the past 17 years he was manager' |to the Kauri Timber Company. Mr. j Slater's early years were spent in London,: but as a youth he came to New Zealand. He was a contractor before4 associating himself with the timber trade. Last March Mr. Slater was granted leave of- absence, and,- accom- , panied by Mrs. Slater and their two daughters, went to England.

Mr. F. W. Baxter, son of, Mrs. W. E. Baxter, of Auckland,'has been appointed assistant professor of English at M'Gil I University, .Montreal, Canada. 'Mr. Baxter was educated at the Auckland Grammar School ands Auckland University College, and after war service attended Oxford-University, where he was Shakespeare scholar of liia year, graduating with first-class honours in English.. Mr. Baxter is at present a member of the English staff of the University of London. He will take up his now appointment vpn 18th September. Dr. J. S. Elliott, president of the Wellington College Old Boys' Association, is leaving with Mrs. Elliott on Tuesday next for a trip to America. A representative gathering of old boys presided over by Mr. W.. 15.. Bethune, who has been appointed deputy-presi-dent during Dr. Elliott's absence, met last evening to wish him bon voyage and a safe return. Complimentary remarks were made by Mr.; Betluine, Mr. J. V. Firth, former principal, and Mr. T. R. Cresswell, the present principal of the college, regarding the good work done by Dr: Elliott, both for the old school and: the' Old Boys', Association, and a presentation was made him as a token of esteem from -his fellow old boys.. •

Mr. Christopher Leek, ex-Mayor of ■•Newmarket, ' Auckland, died at his residence at Remuera, on Tuesday, aged 70 years. Mr. Leek was born1 in Herefordshire. In-1884 heT arrived at Auckland and entered the Government railways service.' ," He was stationed at Mercer, and there, with a small group ■of railwayman, took an active part in organising the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. Mr. Leek eventually became. signalman at Newmar-. ke't, holding that position for many years. On his retirement from the railway-service .in 1.901. Mr. Leek took up public life and was for 20 years connected with the .Newmarket Borough' Council, serving as Mayor from 1917 to 1921. Owing to failing health ho had to relinquish his activities during recent years. ■

Messrs. ,E. Johnston and Co., auctioneers, AVillcston street, will hold a clearins sale by auction at. No. 36," Rimu roacf helburn, on"Tuesday next, at 1.50 p.m.' • The Slwllnnd Surety will hold a dance to the New Century Hall to-morrow eveni»s- „,: ■■■■.-