PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 115, 18 May 1938, Page 13

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) will return to Wellington at the weekend. . ■ Mr. Justice Keed will leave Wellington on Monday* for the sessions of the Supreme Court at Napier, after which he will go to Gisborne. Mr. Justice Quilliam will arrive in Wellington tomorrow after being sworn in at Hamilton by the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers). Sir George Shirtcliffe, accompanied by Lady Shirtcliffe, will leave Wellington tonight by the Awatea for Sydney. They will travel by the JNTieuw Zeeland fcom Sydney to Singapore, visiting East Inflian ports en route, and after staying some months in Malaya they will leave Colombo by the Orcades on the return to Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. La Trobe, of Karon, and Miss Del La Trobe will leavt by car tomorrow for Auckland, where they will reside in future. Mr. James Lobb, of Waitahuna, il visiting Wellington. .. f > Mr. L. Miles, postmaster at Culverden, has received notice of his transfer on promotion to a similar position at Tokomaru Bay. Dr. John Guthrie, formerly of Christchurch, who recently took/his medical degree at Edinburgh,' has been appointed resident physician at Kettering Hospital, Northamptonshire, England. He was educated at Christ's College. Mr. D. Clive Crozier, president of the Canterbury Aero Club, left Auckland yesterday by the Aorangi for * trip to England and the "United States. He will be away from Christchurch for about eight months. He is accompanied by Mrs. Crozier. ( Mr. J. Macpherson Jones, a new member, was welcomed at last night's meeting of, the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. Mr. J. N. Millard, chairman of the ! management committee of the Weii lington Rugby Union, is visiting the north. Mr. G. W. Hutchison, district governor-elect of Rotary in New Zea- ; land, and Mr. A. S. Bailey left Auck--1 land by the Aorangi yesterday lor ' Vancouver/ en route to the interna- ' tional conference of Rotary in San j Francisco next month; i Mr. A. J. Levick, assistant staff . superintendent of the Railway Departt ment, Mr. J. S. Roscoe, staff representative, Mr. J. R. Robertson, depart- > ment representative, and Mr. J. T. I Collin, secretary, members of the Rail- . way Appeal Board, returned to Weir lington frorti Auckland today.. - Mr. T. J. Watts, secretary of the i New Zealand Fire Brigades' Associa--1 tion, arrived from Auckland today by 3 train.

Rear-Admiral the Hon. E. R. Drummond, Commodore of the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, arrived from Auckland today. *

I Mr. N. S. Falla, chairman and managing-director of the Union Steam Ship Company, Limited, and Mrs. Falla, left Auckland by the Aorangi yesterday for Vancouver, en route to England.

Mr. Albert J. Stratford, J.P., of Auckland, honorary registrar and past president of the Federation of New Zealand Justices' Association (Inc.), is visiting Wellington and is staying at the Royal Oak Hotel. Mr. P. Fowler, of Tasman, Nelson, is visiting his sister, Mrs. E. O'Connor, Oriental Bay. Major F. P. Kneeshaw, who was last month elected president of the Australian Institute of Engineers, is a New Zealander. Born' in Canterbury an 1883, he went to Sydney at the age of eight and after passing through the Sydney Technical College, joined the staff of the Sydney Tramways .as an engineering cadet. For several years before the war he was chief engineer of Noyes. Bros., Receiving a commission in the Australian Imperial Forces in October, 1915, Major Kneeshaw. em'barked as a captain in the sth Field Artillery Brigade. He served in Egypt and (France, and was wounded on the Ypres flats in July, 1917, being invalided home a few moftfhs later. Since 1922 he has been general manager of the Kandos Cement Company and of Kandos Collieries Pty., Ltd. Last year he was president of the Associated Chambers of Manufacturers of Australia. He is also a member of the Legislative Council. Mr. A. E. Werry, headmaster of the Randwick School, who has retired after over forty-eight years in the teaching service, was iarewelled by the Wellington Education Board this morning. The chairman (Mr. W. V. Dyer) paid a tribute to the ability of Mr. Werry as a teacher and said he was sure Mr. Werry would continue to take an interest in educational matters. Other members also expressed appreciation of Mr. Werrys services and wished him a happy retirement. In replying, Mr-Werry referred to some of bis experiences during % his long term of service. Mr. I P. Mayor of-Upper Huttf was congratulated by his fellowmembers on the Wellington Education Board today on his recent' election to the Mayoralty. The chairman of the board (Mr. W. VvJJyert.said that, quite apart from any question of local politics, he was sure members of the board were gratified at one of their number being honoured in his district Colonel T. W. McDonald seconded the motion; of congratulation and it was carried by .acclamation. - Mr. Robertson thanked members of the board and said he would do;his best to keep his duties as Mayor , from interfering with bia work on the board.