PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 358, 28 March 1922, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Miss C. IS. Higgs, of Kailmm School Ims I icon appointed infant mislioss at 'I okoumru. ,>, i"l | "l' l-i>lon. Coadjutor -P.idiop of Kirkland. relumed to Auckland from Wdlliimton by tin) Main Trunk train \e.-terdav. Ihr employees of the .Manawalit hosiery factory have presented Mr |>, Stubbs will) a. silver mug, and a silver-mounted toilet out (it on behalf of his infant son. A Press \ssoc;alion message from ( hri-t----<-liiil'( I: staler that Mr dolm Davidson, one ol the bed known residents of Kaikoiint. died on .Saturday, at the are of 57. Mr Marlin I larsam, .vvh . passed a wav at Papdan K.isi a few days ago, aped 84 vears. was the. eldest son of the late Docior' I larsain, formerly magistrate ai Te Avvamulu. who landed in Auckland in 1854. Senator G. E. Pearce, of Melbourne, citived ai Wellington .yesterday hv the ■ ahili, on his return horn the W asliiiigion Conference, and left for Sydney to-day by the same steamer. Mr William Ti/omalb, son of the laic Mr ly I (X)tnaih, a well-known schoolmaslci' Sn Inc early days, Inis been appointed lo the position of assistant secretary and organiser to the, Turly So!tiers' and Historical Association. Wellington, The Rev. Howard I*lll lott. who was taken ill a fortnight ago in Auckland, and has since been confined to his bed ai his residence in Wellington, will have to undergo ;i minor operation, and does not expect to he about again for a week or two. I he Hon. (Joorge Eowlds. who is paying a short visit to Otago, was asked if he had any intention of contesting a. seat: at the coming election. Mr I‘dwlds gave an emphatic negative, adding that he would not again enter the political arena under the existing electoral system. The death has occurred at Dunedin of Sergeant. W. Gilbert, formerly a menioer of the police force. He came to Now Zealand in 1873. having previously been in the police force in Cornwall, England. lie was for many years sergeant in-eharge of North Dunedin, retiring a. tew years ago. lie was 75 years of age. I

In his capacdy as First (Irand Principal of ( Ik* Sopi i'ii i(> (i r.: n(I (’iui pi or of Royal Arch Mason.-. Mr A. .1, (Ir.slmin left Palmerston North today for Wellington on route for iho South Inland on a. vi-h to the West. Coast and North and South Canterbury, lie trill return to Palmerston North on Saturday week. in 1889 Mr 11. Jl. Scant, of Launceston. Tasmania passed through Palmerston North, and he is at present paying another visit to the town, lie expressed himself as delighted with the manner in which the Square had been laid out in gardens. The Esplanade, with its native 1 trees and shrnh hery, was the host he had seen. The Palmerston North (.’hamiter of Commerce decided last night to forward a letter of appreciation oi the business community to Mr J. L. Morgan, late stationmaster at Palmerston North, whose never-failijig courtesy and ready assistance were deserving of evOyfy praise. It was also decided to congratulate Mr Morgan on his promotion to Christchurch.

Mr IE P. Pell, who has occupied tl position of advertising manager ol ’ll Doimnioii for the past four years and

leaving to lake up the position of managin; director oi the 'I imam Post and Aslihnrtoi (Inardian. was met by representatives o (ho advertising, literary, and conimercta staffs of The Dominion yesterday and pie added with a memento ol llieir esteem. The death has oeeuired at Auckland <> Mr Frederick dames Ihtrgess. who was i son of the late Captain Burgess, one o the very earliest residents of the non hen city. The lute Mr E. -I. Burgess etderei the service of (he Justice Department as ; clerk in the Warden’s Court at Thames ii 1868, being appointed Stipendiary Magis irate and Warden for the Queenstown district in 1900. and at a later date irauslerrec to the charge of the Ihames and Ohiuemun goldfields. The. Prime Minister received many con gratillations on celebrating hi- 65th birthdev on Siindii.v last. Eulogistic references to iho Prime Minister, were-inadi hv the jirosicleni of the Auckland ( onmterciM Travellers and W arehon-emen- Association, Mr A. ThompMin. at the ‘ ladies night, held ill ihe ehih moms on Saturday. In moving ;l resolution llial (he meeting oiler to Air Massey their heartiest congratulations and hes’i wishes for many happy renuns of the day, Mr Thompson said they looked on Mr Massey as one of the line-l statesmen in the British Empire and one wlio had made a great mark in historv. The death occurred in Auckland ai midday on Saturday ol Mr P •)■ I lartlcy. of iin; oldest members of the I. tiioti Company s )»iovi(lore department. Mr llanlev had been 45 years in the Enion Company's

etnplov, and wits duel steward in it number of its steamers until he came ashore 25 years .ago as providore superintendent. Before leaving the sea he was chief slew. ltd of the Marat oil. which was then the company's commodore- steamer. '1 he deceased was hunt at the Isle of .Man 65 years ago and was on the eve of hi- retirement on .superannuation.

The Hoard of (loverimrs of C.inierbnry; ( ollegc has decided to oiler the position oi Profiwsor of (Tienpslry. rendered vacant I , v tin- re-igti ’tion oi Dr. V\. P. Loans, to 1),. ||. (I. Detiliam. M.A.. D.Su.. of Cape T,iwn I’niversilv. Dr. Denham is tin son „| Mr Kdwatd Denhitm. of Sumner, and was* educated at the Clirisibeiireh Hoys 11 jo 1 1 School lie is it- graduate of Cmlerhurv Colli ge. where he obtained his M.A. decree in 1905. ami his M.Se. tit 1908. J'r'ior to aeeepiing an appointment at if (* : ,t>o ’l'owh I ’niversity lie _ occupied the Chair of Chemistry at ihe Brisbane I ni'.ei sitv.—Press Association.

Reference was made at lasi night s meeting of the Palmerston North Borough Council to the resignation of rite assistant town clerk. Mr R- .Jordan, who leaves at the, end of April to take up the position of seeretarv u. the Ashburton Wcctne Bovver Board. The Mayor said that the council appreciated very much the services rendered by Mr Jordan . whose depaitnn would be regretted by ah. As a leliable iUl d ellicient ollicer. he had earned out his duties with every success .-uni at. various limes he had filled the position of actmgtown clerk very satisfactorily. Mr J° riU " was to be' congratulated on having been selected for the appointment 1 com among 67 applicants. Other councillors spoke in a similar strain, following which the resignation was accepted with *<’gie . am Miivor was authorised to frame ami band to 'Mr Jordan a signed testinioinal on Behalf of the council.