PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 12, 15 January 1929, Page 11

PERSONAL MATTERS

At the conclusion of the meeting of the Executive Council yesterday, His Excellency the Governor-General presented to Mr. R.-N. Jones, Chief.Judge of the Native Land Court and Undersecretary of Native Affairs, the insignia of a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. This honour was conferred upon Mr. Jones by His Majesty tho King on 3rd June last.

The Minister of Internal Affairs. (the Hon. P. A. de la Perrelle) will arrive in Wellington, from the South to-mor-row morning. ' . .■ ■ •

The Minister of Railways and Customs (the Hon. W. B. Taverner) is expected to arrive- in Wellington . on Thursday morning from Dunedin.

The Minister of Education .(the Hon. H. Atmore) will leave .Wellington for Christchurch on 17th January, and will remain there until 22nd January. During that time he will confer with the local Boards of Education meet deputations, inspect 'some of the school buildings, and pay a visit to the Canterbury Agricultural College at Lin : coin. The Minister will proceed .to Oamaru on 22nd January, and after visiting the teachers', summer school, which is being held at the Waitaki High School, will proceed to Dunedin to attend a civic luncheon in honour of the Hon. T. K. Sidey and .the Hon. W. B. Taverner on 23rd January. Mr. Atmore will remain, in Dunedin until 28th January, and during his stay will, attend the Burns anniversary function on 26th January.

Mr. H. H. Sterling, General-Manager of Eailways, will be returning from the South on Thursday morning..

Mr. and Mrs. H. F. yon Haast left Vancouver on 9th January, and are to arrive at Auckland at the end of the month.

A Press Association cablegram from London states that Major-General the Hon. Sir Reginald Talbat, who was Governor of Victoria from 1904 to 1908, is seriously ill and is slowly sinking- '„..'.-.

Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M., has left Wellington. to take up his Magisterial duties at Wauganui. ' . ; ' .

Dr. P. F. M'Eve'dy and Mrs. M'Evedy returned yesterday by the Manuka from a trip to England.

Mr. John Puller arrived at Auckland .from Sydney on Sunday .evening,.on a. business visit to.New Zealand. .....

Major T. J. Warren (Hawkes BayJ returned to the Dominion this morning by the Maunganui' from Sydney.

Mr. G. S. Lynde, , chief mechanical, engineer of the Government Railways, resumes his duties on Thursday after a holiday trip to Taupo and Eptoriia.

The Maunganui,. which arrived from Sydney to-day, brought 418 bags of mail from Australia and 309 parcel receptacles. ' „ ...

Mr. Oswald Hebb, late general manager of Lever Brothers, is expected back by the Oorinthic on Thursday, after an. overseas tour.

Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Eobertson,'; who have been on a five months' visit to Japan and Java, have returned to Auckland.

Mr. H. W. Apperley, general manager of the A.M.P. Society, arrived' from Sydney by the Aorangi on Sunday on a buisness visit to the Dominion.

Mr. H. J. Diddams, C.M.G., exMayor of Brisbane, is on a health trip to Auckland.

Mr. L, ,B. Campbell, .who was recently promoted to the position of inspecting engineer in the Public Works Department, is expected to take up-his duties at Wellington to-morrow. : ■

The Hon. J. F. Cecil and .Mrs. Cecil were passengers'on-the Tahiti for Sydney to-day. .;■■.:.'■ ■ .','■■..;

,- • Mr. W. M.,Bobins, deputy master of: the Melbourne Mint, has arrived at' Auckland to spend five or six weeks on holiday in. the Dominion.

Mr. E. Carson has been elected superintendent of the Lyttelton Voluntary Fire Brigade., He has had over 23 years' service and is the senior member of the brigade.

The death has occurred at Coogee, Sydney, of Mr. Neville Forder, aged 73, a journalist, who- was born and lived for many years in Auckland, states a Prfss Association telegram.

Mr. P. B. Nichols, Foreign Office representative attached to the Prime Minister's Department, has been visiting the South, where he did the.Milford track trip.

The Wellington Education 'Board announces the following teachers' appointments: —Mr. C. E. Eussell to be sole teacher at Te Whiti; Miss E. S. Peart, assistant, Seatounj-Mr. W. Mitchell, as r sistant, Kilbirnie; Miss L. M. Phelan, assistant, Miramar South; Miss 'J. E. Bishop, assistant, Lausdowne..

Mr. -Valentine, late chief inspector of schools in Taranaki, returned by ; the Marama after visiting Great Britain, where he investigated the educational methods with special reference to retardate children, telegraphs "The Post's" Auckland correspondent. He will make a report to.the Director, of Education. ■

The Mayor of Petone (Mr. D. M'Kenzie) and the Town Clerk (Mr. W. F. Sturman) were, at the meeting of the Petone Borough Council last night, appointed as the council's delegates to the forthcoming . Municipal Conference at Wanganui on '6th March.

Major Alfred Greene, M.C., the resident secretary of the-Salvation Army Immigration Department, will sail from Auckland, by the Tamaroa for Southampton on Saturday. During his absence Major W.-G. Middlemiss ta.kea over the management of the department. •'•■.; . .. . . - '

The Bey. W. M. Clow, D.D., and his wife arrived by the Marama to-day, in the course of a world tour, telegraphs "The Post's" Auckland correspondent. Dr: Clow is an eminent preacher and scholar of the Presbyterian Church and spent his boyhood in Auckland, where: his father built the St. James. Church. ' . ..-

Messrs.' M. Dennehy, railway solicitor^ and 1 J. Carnaehan, bus manager, are attending a meeting of the Transport Licensing Authority in Napier on Thursday in connection with the issuing of licenses for, the running of railway buses between Napier and Hastings. Mr. Dennehy will subsequently proceed to Gisborne and Opotiki on departmental business.' ■•' ■

The Eev. J. F. Goldic. who founded the Methodist Mission ik the' Solomon Islands, 27 years ago, and who is coming to New Zealand shortly as president of the Methodist Conference, to be held in Auckland at the end of February, is one of the most influential men in the Islands. He is a member of the Governor's Council of Advice, and stands high, in the esteem of natives and Europeans alike.

Mr. J. I. King recently returned to Wellington after two years' absence abroad, completing his studies in architecture. In July, 1927, he took the R.1.8.A. final, qualifying for associateship, while in December of tho same year he successfully passed the final examination of tho Institution of Structural Engineers. This result was the more satisfying as Mr. King came highest in the London group in the structural steel, work paper. For the whole of the 1927-28 session Mr. King concentrated on advanced architectural design, under Professor Rich and M. Corflato, of the Bartlott School of Architecture. Mr, King spent some time on the Continent touring through Holland, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden. Mr. King is joining Mr. J. M. Dawson, F.N.Z.1.A., as junior partner. Prior to leaving for abroad ft£r. King was chief assistant to Mt. Dawson. '