PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 17279, 18 February 1920, Page 6

PERSONAL

Aecordmg to a p ar j s ca ble, the late Harrv Pifif 5 left h ® r - dancin S Partner, Ham, i Ucher, an annuity of 18,000 francs. Hm lnf l r rne> M ' P ' for in the of Commons, arrived in the Moana trorn ban Francisco on Saturday. He will make inqumes in New Zealand regarding iligation, and trade and prospects for investing capital, and will report to the Trad" 111 ofßce and the Board of Overseas His Honor Mr Justice Sim will return to Dunedin next Tuesday. Commissioner Hodder, leader of the Sal-vation-vrmy in New Zealand, arrived in Hanedin by the first express from the ssouth tins morning. He was accompanied by Mrs Hodder and Majors t-olym and Gunn. Their tour down south, which was mainly with the object of s jnni.atmg the spiritual life and activities ot Salvationists and Christians who attended the meetings, lias been very satisfactory to fhe Commissioner and his party. Ino Dunedin programme, as far as the public are concerned, begins on Friday evening in the Dowling Street Citadel, and then on Sunday at the usual hours in the same building. Word has been received bv the last tnglish_maiM.bat Mr Ernest Drake, well known m this City, was the guest of the to oi Gountess of Harrowby, San don Hall. Stafford, for the Christmas season, umlst there he, with Lord Sandon and party, spent a pleasant week’s pheasant shooting. n? lv R " Smith - an old teacher in the Utago Board’s service, and an ex farmer, has been appointed temporarily as agricultural instructor for the Otago district. at Gtc first rehearsal for the . sea son of the Dunedin Philharmonic ■- ocietv last night, .Signor Squariso made appreciative remarks regarding the late . uss -Vlayme Dick, who has been for many years a performing member of the society. ? 16 "'as a very loyal and consistent meiii- ?. er :., and . ler foss will be marked in the lanks of the ’cello section. He also made reterenco to the visit of the N.S.W. Orchestra, and pointed out that such a standard was only reached by hard work and persistent study. Unfortunately, it was the amateur orchestra that did not require piactico, wnereas the professional saw that' riot.nng could be attained without it „ uu,st mend our wavs,” he said and attend practices regularly if we are to achieve anything worth while. It was encomaging to find a good attendance at their first rehearsal.”

Mr V . Crow, for many years private secretary to various Ministers, has been appointed to a position in the library and imormation bureau attached to the'office of the New Zealand High Commissioner. Rand r n -, He leaves for England next month by the Athenic.—Wellington tele-