PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 149, 26 June 1931, Page 11

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Minister of'Public-Works - (th« Hon. W. B. .Taverner) -was to-day granted seven days' leave of absence from the House of on, account of illness. ■ ■ • -.-■

Mr. J. It. M'Kcnzio -is going South,' by the Wahine to-night.

Mr. and-Mrs. A. Coxliead (Dunedin), Messrs. J. AL.Russell (Wauganui), W. Wallace, and i\ N. Burbush (Auck» land) are staying at tho"" Empirs Hotel. *"■ ■" "."" -■ .

Captain B. S. Lewis, marine 'superintciidciit at Auckland for the S.baw, Savill, and Albion Company, -who--has been visiting Wellington, leaves for the Korth to-night,. ■ .-.',

Mr, W. H. P.. Barbcv has been, re-i appointed tho Governriieiit's -repr^senV tative on the Board of Governors ".(>£ the Wellington. Colleges, ' ; -'!

Visitors" to Wellington staying at tli9 ■Grand Hotel- include Mr. andMtrs. h, ■Harris ..(Chvistehu.rch),' Messrs..- 0. White (3S Tapier) and J. M'Leod "(Neif Plymouth). ' '" ' ■

Mr. and Mrs. Anderson (Martbn)', Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Macarthy-'■Beid, (Upper Hutt), Messrs. W. JT. Blackwell, G. W. I'airweather ; (Christ* church), E.- Horrobin" (Te Aroha), T. D. Spedding (Sydney), li.. and" J.;M. Morrison (Masterton), and T. Beynolds (Hawera) are among the guests at■ tha Eoyal Oak Hotel. ■■ a - -

Councillor W; Appleton has been.appointed a member of the Milk Committee- of the City Council, in places of Councillor B. M'Keen, who asked per* mission to resign from that committee.

Advieo has been received by cablegram that Dr. Charles D. Bead has beck appointed honorary gynaecological surgeon to the ' Chelsea . Hospital "'foe Women, London.. Dr.-Read graduated at the Otagb.i .University,-and'is p at .present gynaecological, and obstetric registrar and tutor at the: ■ AVestminstejf; Hospital and Medical School.

The work of the retiring, president* Mr. W. Simm, in the interests :of.tha district was made the. subject of eulo* gistic remarks at the annual meetingof the Karori Progressive : Association.held last evening. The iiewly-elected president, Mr. G. H. Scott,. said that Mr. Simm had always done is best.-to-wards getting improvements carried out' in Karori. Mr; Simm was elected- ij vice-president of the association.-::: •

Guests at the. Hotel St. George-1»» elude Mr. ■ and Mrs.' A. 'YarnaieyJ (Stratford), Mr. and Mrs. 8.~ Bonrgeojjj (Franco),: Messrs.' A. - Gregory, Ik-3Vp Parkhurst, H. Pag© (Sydney),! £.: 11, Evans (Palmerston North), J; ISiliei'jj C. M. Ollivier, A..C. Holmes, 8.-H. Webb (Christchiircb.), M. J. Villiera (Stratford), N. A. Forgie,.N"; iDouissoa. (Auckland), E. Hudson, J. H. Duneaa. (Dunedin), C.-:B.; ;Tapley-;. (Invercargill),- and H.~ Bittson Thomas''-(Bleiii heim). : ■:-. - :,. -.>-: :.: . •■'..a az- '-:.

Mr. ■ <3v Bi- Eifehardson, of the-stifl! of the Hutt Central School, 'who -has been treasurer of the Hutt ■ Valley; Schools' Athletic: Association, is leay* ing on Tuesday for Scotland on';ex* change -with a Scottish teacher. x --H9 was farewelled by "members'-:of. tEe;-as« sociation yesterday, the\pi'esi:dent''^MTV H. Miller)-an'd- the. s€cret'afy s(_MrV?'W; J. Melody)-' making- eulogistic"-refer-ences to the services rendered by-him* He was presented with a tabaccf pouch.-