PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 25, 31 January 1933, Page 9

PERSONAL ITEMS

Sir James Parr was among the pa»« sengersfroin. the South this morning. The Hon. J. A. Hanari" arrived ia Wellington from-the South- thjs morn^ ing. ...... . ...„_. ~_.._. . . Mr. J. -Ev" Kirby, of- Wellington, returned from Sydney by the Marania to-day. . professor B. B. White, of Knox College, Dunedin, left Wellington by the Eangatira last evening. Mr. D. Wilmot, headmaster of Westport primary" school, who has been appointed headmaster of Te Aro School,' Wellington, takes up his new duties oa Ist March. Mr. W. B.^ Gough, chief inspector for the Petone Borough Council, was elected sole vice-president of the New Zealand Sanitary Inspectors' Association "~ at the annual conference at Auckland last week. • ■ . Sir James Allen, K.C.M:G., arrived this morning from the South. Mr. L. Tripp returned to Wellington this morning from, the South. Mr. H. E. Taylor, New Zealand manager of the British General Electria Co., Ltd., ..and Mr.. J. H. Dupin, assistant manager, returned to-day hy the Marama after a. business trip to Australia: -.-..■ y The ■ Government Printing Office will lose one of its valued officers at the end of this month, when Mr. P. Biddick, Copy Supervisor, will retire ;oa superannuation after 35 years' service. Mr. Biddick has specialised in. scientific terminology and sub-edited -the many scientific : publications passing through the office. Evidence of the esteem in which Mr. Eiddick was held was shown by the presentation of a travelling bag by the Overseers' Association, and , a fountain, pen from th« readers. Mr. Eiddick leaves shortly oa a trip to the Old Country. • Members of. the Wellington * Tech* meal College Board of Governors parsed a vote of sympathy at a meeting of the board last night with the rela--tives of the late Mr. C. A. Lawrence, a member of the board, who died yesterday. The chairman of the board (Mr. W. H. Bennett), in moving that a letter of sympathy should be sent to the late Mr Lawrence's son and daughter said that Mr. Lawrence hadsbeeo. aa instructor at the College many years ago and his knowledge of college work made him a-very valuable member of the board. He would be greatly missed at the meetings. • " Among the guests at. the Midland Hotel are Sir James Parr (Auckland), Mr.- and Mrs. G. W. Hawthorne (Victoria), Mr. and Mrs. W. F, Boss (Sydney), Messrs. L. Stephenson (Napier), Percy Halsted (Dunedin), J, J>; Ormond (Hawkes Bay), J. Eitchie (Hawkes Bay), Captain S. Godfree (London),' Colonel G. Bradley (London),- Messrs. J. G. Middleton ■ (Christchurch), E. Bobertson (Vancouver); and D; Coonaa (Manly, Sydney)! Messrs. G." H. Holford- (Christchurch), ,H. E. Dewett (England), and W. G. Blundell (Papua) are staying at the Eoyal Oak Hotel. - , Staying at the Hotel St. George are Mr. C. G. Alcorn (Auckland), Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Gentle (Ceylon), Mr. and Mrs. Noel Newton (Timaru), Messrs. P. V. Boltpn (New York),-A, 0. Ussher (Sydney), H. C. Tyler (Sydney), and and Mrs. G. E. Sutton (Sydirey), and Mr. J.iH.' : Francis (Auckland). Mr. and Mrs. "W. G. Miles (Sydney)^ Messrs. W. Eogerson (England), F. E-ogerson (England), and A. A. Chisholm (Sydney) are among the guests at the Grand Hotel. Visitors' tt> Wellington staying at the Empire Hotel include"Messrs. E. Coghill (Dunedin), H. J. Wef'nham (Auckland), H. O'Connor (Auckland), A, Storey (Auckland), J. Sykes (New Plymouth), and J. A. Bobb (OhristeTuirch)«