PERSONAL-ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 96, 23 April 1940, Page 11

PERSONAL-ITEMS

The Minister of Public Works (the Hon. R. Semple), the Minister of Labour (the Hon. P. C. Webb), and the ' Minister of Industries and Commerce (the Hon. D. G. Sullivan) arrived from the South Island this morning.

The Hon. W. L. Martin, Minister of "-. Agriculture, who has been an inmate of the Bowen Street Hospital since - Sunday, had a comfortable night.

The Minister of Public v7orks (theHon. R. Semple) and the Minister of' Mines (the Hon. P. C. Webb) returned from the south this morning.

Mr. W. W. Mulholland, Dominion^,, president of the Farmers' Union, Mr. J. G. Barclay, M.P. for Marsden, Mr.' , J. R. McKenzie, Mr. E. A. Rattray, and the Hon. Vincent Ward, M.L.C., were passengers by the steamer express from' the south today. -* ■ -"*- Mr. A. Parlane has completed long ■»- service 'as a member of the Wades- ••-. town School Committee. After being... % " a member of the committee 'for 25 " j years, of which for about 20 years he/ [was its chairman, he ,dedihed to ac-'"-' cept nomination again/at the annual ' [meeting of householders last night Congratulations- to the Hon. P. Fraser upon his' selection as Prime ■ ' Minister were contained in a resolu-- ' tioii passed by the Technical College Board of Governors last night. ;■ The";' chairman, Mr. W. Appleton, expressed" the hope that Mr. Fraser would retain, th<- portfolio of Education, in which. ' subject he had always shown a particularly keen interest. *The Town Clerk .of Christchurch., Mr. J. S. Neville, attended his last meeting of the Christchurch City Council last • evening. He will be given a - farewell by the council next Monday evening, but last evening the Mayor;" ••• Mr. R. M. Macfarlane, M.P.,-said that.*he did not like to allow the meeting.,^ to close without paying a tribute,-- hi .'■ council, to the devoted services Mr._ ■■, Neville had given the city over a longr'^, period of years. His work merited the"r thanks of the council and the great";1' mass of citizens. "''" The pending retirement of the Christ- ■;.:. church City Engineer, Mr. A. R. -GaL-.";r braith, and- the appointment of the'v. " assistant engineer, Mr. E. Somers, to..\', his place were announced at the meet-,,,, ing of the Christchurch City Council • last evening. Mr. Galbraith's term 6f. .- office ends on April 1, 1941. The counv.;- ' cil decided, in the meantime, to send " ■; Mr. Somers abroad to gain first-hand ■. ■ knowledge of modern developments in , civic engineering problems. Tha waterworks engineer, Mr. A.H. Jecks, will become the assistant city, engineer. ■ -