PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 74, 29 March 1939, Page 13

PERSONAL ITEMS

VICEREGAL. Their Excellencies the GovernorGeneral and Lady Galway returned to Wellington from the south this morning. During the morning his Excellency presided at a meeting of the Executive Council. The Hon. F. Langstone and Mrs. Langstone and Sir Alfred and Lady : Webb-Johnson were the guests of their Excellencies at luncheon at Government House today. The Minister of Education (the Hon. I P. Fraser) will leave this evening for Christchurch. He will open a newschool at Okain's Bay and additions to the Lyndhurst School tomorrow, and on Friday will open a new manual training centre at Geraldine and a new school at St. Andrews. He will return on Saturday. The Minister of Justice (the Hon. H. G. R. Mason) was a passenger from Auckland by the Limited express today. Dr. E. Marsden, secretary to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, arrived from Auckland today by the Limited express. Colonel W. Minell, a Sydney accountant ana company director, arrived at Auckland by the Wanganella last night on a short business visit to New Zealand. The Rev. Father E. Brill, a New Zealander who is priest chaplain at St. Theresa's Agricultural College, Abergdwrie, in the diocese of Townsville, arrived at Auckland by the Wanganella from Sydney last night on a visit to New Zealand. His parents ; live at Te Awamutu. Lieutenant-Colonel T. J. King, who has been a member of the management committee of the Wellington Rugby . Union for thirteen years, but who did not seek re-election this year, wa3 thanked for his past services for Rugby by the chairman of the committee (Mr. J. N. Millard) at a meeting last night. As a small token of esteem he was awarded a Rugby- Union blazer. The Rev. Father T. Cleary was wel- ' corned to the management committee of the Wellington Rugby Union last night by the chairman (Mr. J. N. Millard). The chairman referred to Father Cleary's keen interest in Rugby and other sports, and wished him a happy and successful term of office. Mr. 3. R. McKenzie arrived at Wellington from the south this jnorning. The resignation of Mr. C. O. Barnett, lecturer in civil engineering and surveying, was accepted with regret by the council of the Canterbury Uni-/ versity College on Monday. The council expressed its appreciation of the services rendered by Mr. Barnett, not only to the college, but also to its affiliated institutions. The Rev. Alex. Campbell, president of the Congregational Union of Australia and New Zealand,, and a pastpresident of the Sydney Rotary Club, who is visiting New Zealand, was the speaker at the luncheon of the Wellington Rotary Club yesterday. Ha was introduced by the Rev. H. W. Newell, and spoke on the subject of Rotary. Mr. and Mrs. John Aston have returned from a tbur of" the United States. They came-back in the Mariposa and stayed a week in Auckland, reaching Wellington last Saturday.

Mrs. E. M. Gilmer and Mr. W. H. Field, whose terms of office as Government representatives on the Wellington Colleges Board of Governors will expire soon, are to be recommended by the board for reappointment, according to a decision made, at yesterday afternoon's, meeting of the board. Mr. W. H. P. Barber requested that he be not reappointed when" his term as board's representative on the Victoria University College council expired.

A motion of condolence with tha relatives of the late Colonel G. Mitchell was passed yesterday, afternoon by the meeting of the Wellington Colleges Board of Governors, of which Colonel Mitchell was.a former chairman. Re^ ference was -made to Colonel Mitchell's valuable services. . ' .