PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 48, 26 February 1938, Page 11

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. H. K. Sumpter arrived in Wellington from Auckland this morning.

Mr. R. G. Kain, Wellington, returned from the south this morning.

The Minister of Mines (the Hon. P. C. Webb) returned to Wellington yesterday afternoon from the South Island.

The Minister of Public Works (the Hon. R. Semple) left last evening for Christchurch.

The Minister of Labour (the Hon, H. T. Armstrong) arrived back in Wellington this morning from -the south.

Mr. C. A. Burgess has been elected by the council of the New Zealand Golf Association to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. C. H. Andrews. •'---'

Advice has been received that Mr. Alan A. Brash, M.A., of Otago Univer-' sity, who has been at New College,, Edinburgh, for the past- three years,! will complete his theological studies in April and also sit for.his final Edin-; burgh B.D.'examination. ■-, His trialsfor licence have already- been sustained, and he will he licensed by the Edinburgh Presbytery in April. He tied for first place for Scotland in the Browne-Downie Scholarship. Mr. Brash is at present employed as assistant at the Lockhart Memorial Church in Edinburgh. He expects, to reach New Zealand in September.

Mr. Herbert G. Smith, formerly a well-known Wellington resident and general manager for New Zealand of the Phoenix Assurance Company, Ltd., will leave early 'next week on an extended .visit to the United Kingdom and Europe. He will travel via Suez.

Mr. M. Buddie, formerly .of the McMaster Laboratory, Sydney, is now on the staff of the Wallaceville Labora-y tory, engaged in special study regard-'' ing diseases of sheep.

Mr. J. F. Filmer has arrived at theWallaceville Laboratory to take charge' of the field experimental work in the - deficiency diseases of stock, particu- i larly cobalt deficiency. He was former- ' : ly associated with the Agriculture Department of the Western Australian Government.

Mr. J. B. C. Taylor, of the Railways Department, leaves tonight for Christ- ' church by the steamer express 'to take i up an engineering scholarship at Can-'' terbury College. Mr. Taylor was sue- ] cessful in passing the M.Sc. (first-class j honours) in the last New Zealand University examinations.