PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 12, 14 July 1931, Page 9

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. A. A; Na-ttr-aaS)-ofi- Wellington, H leaving to-day on a business trip tqj San-:»3rrancisco\and iips- Angeles; ■-.'

Monsieur Paul Ser're, who lias retire ed from the position of Trench Consul i for New. Zealand ifmd-is -returning ta ( France, left Wellington by the Maunganui for San Francisco this afternoon. Connnander .E. G..Rhodes, .pf Christcliuteh,';lc£t by the1. Maunganui'. .tliij. : afternoon for San Francisco. Mr. Misclia Levitzki, the pianist, is returning to America by the Maungaimi, which .left Wellington, this after* noon.' .-•■■:■ • • ■•.■-;- -•■ ' ' Mr. D 7 Gould, of Christcliureh, is re» turning South by the Maori to-nightJ " Bishop Brodie, of Christchureh; will be among the passengers leaving by tho Maori for Ly'ttciton.. to-night. The Postmaster-General (the Hon. .T, B. Donald) arrived in Wellington this morning by, the Limited 'express' from Auckland, and is a guest at the Midland Hotel..- -". ' . ... ;, . Mr. and Mrs. Chudlcigh, Mr. and Mrs, J. T. Hawke (Auckland), and Mr. and Mrs. Eric Eiddiford (Orongorongo) are among the, guests at the Midland Hotel. The.Bey. C. F. Pierce, .-MiA.j. '..Sot health reasons,1 is resigning 'his position, as principal of the Wanganui Collegiate School, to which he- was. appointed ia. 1922. The resignation takes effect a\ the end of the year.. •'• .. .: • ... • A motion."of- appreciation, of the ser« vices to education performed by Mr, A. M'Bain, headmaster of Eastern.'Hutti School, who has retired, was passed by; the Wellington School Committees and Educational Fedemtion at its meeting last evening. Messrs. W. Jeffrey. H. Johnston, T. K. Claik, C. J. Schnauer, Captain A. W. Beaidsall (Auckland). J. Somors, R. Somois (To Aioha), H. Swan (Wanganui), N. M'Leaa (Amberley), J. K. M'Konzie, A. Henderson (Christ* church), W. Hilclcbrandt, R. E. Jupp, P fc C. Haugh (Sydney), W. Hume' (Mel. bourne), N. D. Lees (London), 3P. W« Ncall (Philadelphia), and R. A. "Wiet-t , ■haup (Milwaukee, U.S.A.) are guests at the Hotel St. George. Mr. W. M' Hardy Formaii, mauaginjf director of General Motors (Now Zealand), Ltd., loft by the Maunganui.for) San Francisco to-day to attend an in.» ternational conference in. New Tork» After the conference he will proceed tq[ England, and will visit tLo various my dustries in which. he is interested. H<j will also attend the Olympia motoi* show before returning to.Nev, Zealand,^ He expects to be away about fiva' months. • A Pi ess Association message from: Duncdin states that at a meeting 0:8 St. Paul's Cathedral congregation lasfc night Bishop Eichards intimated thai! he had received the resignation of) Canon Xevill from the position ofl vicar of the Cathedral. The resignation; will take effect at the cud of nexl| March. Canon Nevill's health has beeri" far fiom satisfactory in the last twelva; months.

A tribute to ihe^late' Shv: ":.'(J66rgai Clifford, president of tlie New Zealand Baeing Conference, was paid' by' ;Mr» H..P. Nicoll in his presidential^addres^ at the New Zealand; Trotting "Confer^ enee to-dayi :Sir George Clifford; wa^ a tower of strength.to: the sport -h^ loved sb'well,.said. Mr. Nipoll, arfdMth!.. his masterful mind,- sound judgnienti and;, keen sense of duty, ho guided the affairs • of racing through some difficult period^ : of its history. ■ WhHst'he never ;tooH ' any. active interest in trotting,-Tie wa? i at all time's willing .to work with them1 for the good of the two sports.