PERSONAL ITEMS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 10 May 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Dr C. J Reakes, Director of Agriculture, left last week on a visit to Australia.

• rPi Kaley formerly a Dominion journalist has been appointed chief assistant publicity secretary in the Prime Minister's Department, Melbourne. Mr W. D. Nicholas, proprietor of the & eTo G.?:Z^ te ' and a former iesiplfe^vn \ J; G-.Co J ates (Minister of SSS rkf } arnv? d at Na Pier la«t mght. He leaves this morning on a ATsoc^tit 6 C°aSt di^t g-p re s 8 At the annual meeting of the Xew Plymouth Harbour Board yesterday for the purpose of electing a chairman, Mr. Newton King was reappointed to the position, on the motion of Messrs Vv « Bellnnger and J. McCluggage. Mr. Bellnnger was re-elected treasurer. Sir Francis B.ell (acting-Prime Minister) received on Saturday the following message from Mr Massey, dated Vancouver, May 6: "All well; address care of Prime Minister, Ottawa, until May 15. Leaving New York by the Carmania May 17."

Mr Cuthbert Chambers, formerly as-sistant-manager for New Zealand for the Vacuum Oil Co. Proprietary, Ltd., has been promoted to the position of manager for Wellington, with control °f Wellington, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, Marlborough and Nelson provinces

Acting under medical advice, Sir Joseph Ward has taken on golf, and according to a London correspondent' has been doing a - good deal of it at Ranelagh. While in New Zealand Sir Joseph had practically no physical exercise at all. A correspondent sends a report of a very successful concert given by Miss Rosma Buckman (Mrs M." D'Oisly) and -her .husband at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on March 12. The house was crowded; extra seats having to be provided, and Mrs D'Oisly had a splendid reception. The death occurred on Sunday, at the age of 70 years, of Mr George Jlale, who for a number of years has lived in New Plymouth as the proprietor of the Trocadero Private Hotel, formerly the late Mr Hale was farming m the neighbourhood of Stratford. Under the new defence scheme the following officers are appointed staff officers in charge of regimental districts: Major F. H. Lampen. D.5.0., S^VF-n o ', Plendi »ing> D.5.0., Major Mb. Is. Robinson, Major F. A. Wood, M.C., Major J. A. Wallingford, M C Major R. A. Row, D.5.0., Captain W.' I. K. Jennings, D.5.0., Captain D. E Bremer, M.C., Captain O. H. Mead, JJb.U., Captain H. Peacock, 0.8.E Ca Pta*n £■ W- Weir > Captain G Dittmer, M.C. " Miss Fraser, M.A. 3 formerly principal of the Wanganui Girls' College, and for r£ c i ,^ ,1 even years principal of lona &uls' College, Havelock N., H. 8., was on Wednesday farewelled by the College Council, parents, staff, and pupils on the occasion of- vacating that position She was the recipient of several handsome gifts, and eulogistic speeches were made regarding the success of her work, mention being made of the fact that she had given the first five years ot her service gratuitously. Miss Fraser goes for a trip to the Old Country, and, after a well-earned rest, will return to the Dominion. Miss Barr, of the New Plymouth High School, succeeds her as principal of lona. Mr A. T. Christensen, who has occupied the Mayoral chair in Patea for the last two years, and who has been connected with many other local bodies tor a number of years past, was tendered a public farewell on Friday night prior to his departure, with his son, on a trip to the Homeland. The Mayor i (Mr J. J. Holtham), who presided said, m proposing the toast of the guests, that he need scarcely say they wished them both a safe and pleasant voyage, and hoped it would not be long before they were back with them once again. He said it was needless for him to say what a good citizen Mr Christensen had been. There was not a position of any importance that he had not held. Mr F. Spooner said af a worker in Patea for over thirty years he was proud to be able to say a few words and endorse the remarks of his Worship the Mayor. It was just 30 years since he had first met Mr Christensen, with whom he had worked for some years, and a better comrade they could not wish to have. It had always been a pleasure to work with him and under him. If all bosses were like Mr Christensen there would be no labour troubles. Several other speakers utterod similar sentiments Mr Christensen, in reply, said he did not know how to thank them for the way they had honoured the toast of his son's health and his own. He took it as a great compliment to see so many there that night. He had come to Patea a stranger, and had been treated with nothing but good fellowship from the day he arrived. He was more than grateful for the friends he had made. With regard to his public life he had merely done his duty. He was proud of his Patea friends'. On behalf of his^-son and himself he thanked them one and all for the way they had honoured the toast.— Abridged from Patea Press.