PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 17925, 22 March 1922, Page 5

PERSONAL

The Rev. AY. Elliott, of Kaitaia,' North Auckland, has received cable advice that ha has passed his M.A. degree with second class honors in economics.

Mr J. D. Ritchie, Land Purchase Controller, arrived from tho north by the express yesterday on departmental business.

Mir E. G. Bush, New Zealand manager of the United States Rubber Company (Australasia), arrived in Dunedin from the north last night, Mr Thomas Lockhead, of Tcpuna, has been, requested by the executive of the Northern Bay of Plenty sub-provincial district of the 'Farmers’ Union to contest the Taurauga seat at the General Election.

On Friday the Prime Minister will leave for the Bay of Islands district, where a large Native gathering is to take place. If public business permits, Mr Massey hopes to leave on a visit to Samoa early in May.

Sir Charles K. Mackellar has retired from the position of president of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Yew South Wales after twenty years' service in the office, and is succeeded by Mr Thomas BuckJand, who has been a director for thirteen years.

Captain 0. M'Donald, marine superintendent, and Mr J. Smith, superintendent engineer, of the Union Steam Ship Company, are at present in Dunedin. To-day they visited the company’s marine repair works at Port Chalmers,

Applications are being received for the position of Secretary of the Crown Lands Department, owing to the pending retirement of Mr Broderick, tho present Undersecretary. Another high-placed lands officer, Mr Ritchie, Chief Lands Purchase officer, is duo for retirement, but has been requested to continue owing to the fact that ho has several soldiers’ estates under his control, in addition to ordinary purchase duties.

Mr John lags, of St, Clair, is dead. Ho passed away on Monday, at the residence of his brother, Mr Win. Ings, St. Clair. Many will bo truly sorry to road the announcement, for ho was a really good man. In back years ho was a prominent horticulturist, famous for chrysanthemums. In his declining years ho spent most of his time in supplying flowers to the patients at the Dpnodm Hospital—a humble service, but very cheerfully performed, and it was all ha could do after his eyesight failed. Mr E. G. Bush, New Zealand manager of United Slates Rubber Company (Australasia), Ltd., arrived in Dnneclin yesterday. and is at the Grand Hotel.