PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 148, 26 June 1933, Page 11

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. T,V..Yer'non Griffiths, (hate been' ap-. pointed conductor of^the Dunedin Or. chestral Society, in place of Mr. A. Walmsley, who has \resigned; -: : •

Sir Ebbert Garraii, of Sydney, and. Lady Garran are through passengers on the -Maunganui, which' arrived today from. Sanl Francisco. 'X Sir Robert has been on an official "visit to England on behalf of the British Government.

Mr. A. H. O'Connor, representative'ia America and Ganada of the National Travel Association, arrived'by; the Maungahui today, en route for Sydney.

Mr. X W. Lawton, S.A., F.E.G.S., F.8.H.5., F.L.S., of the staff of the Wellington Education Board, has beeji made a Fellow of the Eoyal Society, of Arts.

A Press Association message from Wanganui announces, the death of Mr. John Gait Dickie, aged 94 years, the oldest settler in the Waverley district, and a Maori "War veteran. • He was the father of Mr. H. G. Dickie, M.P.

In its issue of May 6, th» "Law Journal" (London) devote* A column to an appreciation of the lats Sir' Alexander Graj', president of the Netv, Zealand Law Society. Sir Alexander, it is stated, did. more than, any other man to maintain and to exalt, tlia prestige and scrupulous honour of the legal profession in New Zealand; and in the result there,was no country in, the world where professional standard* were higher or more generally followed and observed.

i Major J. Pye, a well-known grazier, of Australia, who has been on a holiday visit to Tahiti, is a through p«senger to Sydney by the Maunganui, which arrived today from San Francisco.

Mr. P. Cropper, managing director of Neill, Cropper, and Co., Ltd., Wellington, who has been on a business visit to Australia and England, returned by the Maunganui today.

Mr. Reginald Charles Major, assistant town clerk of Stratford, has been, appointed town clerk of Upper Hutt from seventy-two applicants. Mr. Major is a married man, thirty years of ago, and has had long experience in muni' cipal work.

Mr. Harvey Turner, of Turner and Growers, Ltd., Auckland, returned by; the Maunganui today after a. business trip to the Cook Islands. , '

Mr. A. Harris, M.P. for Wait«m«ta, arrived in Wellington yesterday morning from, the south. Mr. J. E. Henrys was among th» passengers from the south yesterday; morning, ( The Acting-Prime Minister (the' Kt. Hon. J. G. Coates) left Wellington today for Hawera. He will open, the show there tomorrow, and will return, to Wellington on Wednesday evening.

The Minister of Public Works (th» Hon. J. kitchener) will leave Christchurch, tomorrow on a visit to the West Coast and Nelson districts. He will return to Wellington early next week.

The annual report of the Hutt Bowling Club records with regret the death of Mr. J. Kennington, who had filled the position of president, and1, of Mr. J. Scholes, who was for many; years honorary auditor, and at one time held executive office in the club.

Mr. G. Samson, an English novelist, who has been visiting South Seas island*, during the past nine months, arrived by the Maunganui today from Papeete, and intends to spend several months'in New Zealand.

Mr. S. R. Hornabrook, who resigned from the vice-chairmanship of the Wellington Stock Exchange' on account o£ ill health, returned from San Francisco today by the Maunganui, accompanied by Mrs. Homabrook, after making the round trip. lie has recovered his health, and will be resuming his normal duties immediately.