Personal

Hutt News, Volume 20, Issue 42, 16 April 1947, Page 7

Personal

Mr. and Mrs. E. !'. Hay. Mr. and Mn. N. T. Gillespie, and Mr. and Mr.--. E. F Rothwell. <•( Lower flmi. v/ere present at the ball held in Wellington last week in connection with i lie New Zealand legal eonfer-

A tribute to Mr. T. G. Richardson. Town Clerk to the Lower Hull City LJoencll. was paid by the Mayor at Monday night's meeting of the Coun•il. The Mayor said Mr. Richardson bad made an impression at the recent Municipal Conference at Roto>;ta; he had been elected a member of the executive, and was chosen to give an address.

The friends of Mr. G. H. Jackson, general manager at the Ford motor works, will regret to learn that he hay itad to enter hospital.

Councillor O. L. Glesen, the librailan, Mrs. J. Williams, and Mr. R. .\. O'Reilly will be the Lower Hutt

delegates at the Library Association conference to be held in Christchurch from May 2d to 2::.

Mr. K. It. Robson, of Waterloo Road, Lower Hutt, has received word that be has passed in Section A of .in- London Examination of the Institute of .Mechanical Engineers, which includes six subjects. Success in this examination usually takes sevornl years, but Mr. Robson lias paused it in bis second year.

Mr. and Mrs. X. Binns, of Lower Hull, spent .; very enjoyable Easter camping at Castlepoint. .

A motion of sympathy with relatives and the New Zealand Government in the death oi' Hon. D. G. Sullivan. Minister of Supply. was passed at the official opening of the new assembly hall at the Hutt Valley Memorial Technical College at Petone on Wednesday afternoon.

Mr. J. R. Ainsworlh. of Lower Hmi, has returned to New Zealand after nearly a year's .service with UNRRA in China. Most of his time was spont in Nanking, where no worked as a senior highway traffic advisor.

The Rev. L. V. Bibby, of Lower Mutt, has been appointed deputychairman o!" the Dominion council of the New Zealand Btble-in-Schools League.

Al a special * service in St. Stephen's Church tonight a welcome wilt he given to Sister Annie James, 0.8. K., whose courageous work in Free China during twelve years of war lias been marked by world-wide recognition. The service will lie open to the public.

Councillor H. G. Lewis, who r<

cently returned from an overseas tour, was welcomed back at the last meeting of ihe'Lower Hun city Council.

At Monday night's meeting the Lower Hint City Council passed molions of condolence with the relatives of the late Hon. D. 0. Sullivan. Minister of Supply; Mr. YV. H. Russell, a former Councillor and deputyMayor; and Mrs. Will, wife of Mr. D. Neil|, n member of ihe staff for 12 years.

Mr. .1. A. Peterson, deputy-Corn

missioner of Crown Lands. Wellington, Chief Clerk Receiver of Land Ren niie, and deputy-Registrar of the Land Sales Court, lias been appointed Commissioner of Crown Lands at Melson. Mr. and Mi 1 -. Peterson, who have been residents of Lower Hult. will leave for Nelson shortly.

Mr. R. N. O'Reilly, who assisted in the change-over of Ihe Lower Hult Library to the ••free" system. has been elected chairman of the Wellington branch of the Now Zealand Library Association.

Sir Ernest Davis, of Auckland, has been elected president of the New Zealand Football Association. • * • Mr. If. J. Jacobs, of Pnlmerston Noii.i, has resigned the office >f president of the New Zealand Upturned Services Association after holding ii for four years. He had '•rf» :< member of Hie Dominion soi >.<i •'c i'cr -i" years.