PERSONAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 52, 1 March 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr W. H. Price, manager of tho Union Company at InvercaTgill, motored through" from the South, and is spending a few days in ' Nelson. Mr '..' Price ha 9 been cordially welcomed by ✓ many friends. Miss R. A. White, 8.A., of Damodin, at present on th© staff of the Girls' 'Central School, has toeen offered a war appointment on the staff of th e Boys Grammar • School, Auckland. ' ' Mr W. D. Lusty, of the literary staff.of the New Zealand Herald, is .at pre- ' sent on a visit to his parents at Rich- . mond. - -...-*•• Mr H. G. Btissett, of Glenhope, . has been advised by the Minister'of Defence that his > who left with the Eighteenth Reinforcements, has been admitted ■to thti New Zealand General Hospital, Godford, suffering < from pleurisy." Mr Apperly x General Manager of the A.M.P, Societv, Sydney, and -Mr. ' Amies, Resident Secretary for New Zealand, arrived"' in Nelson by motor \from Blenheim yesterday' afternoon m . the course of a, tour through New Zealand. Accompanied by Mr ■J. Hair, Resident Secretary/ for Nelson, they visited the apple districts, proceeding on to Motueka. Acceptance of the Hon., W. F. Massey's resignation as Minister" of Lands and Mr Guthrie's appointment to tho ' port-folio is gazetted. — Press Association. . • Mr T- A. H. Field, M.P., in ' tendering his congratulations to" the Hon. L\ H. Guthrie, on his appointment to tlie Cabinet, invited him to visit Nelson. Mr Guthrie has written .to Mr Field, expressing his appreciation of his kind congratulations, and ,snti-\ mating that he -will be pleased to:visit Nelson when opportunity offers,' which will not be until after the forthcoming - short session of Parliament. . Mr H. V. Gully, in conseqiuenc© of his departure for' Wellington, haR resigned the position of Registrar of- .the Anglican diocese of Nelson, which he has occupied' for six years. Mr Gully has aflso resigned his <position as.-a ' district trustee of the Oddfellows' Ledges, the resignation yesterday being accepted with regret. Mr Henry Barltrop, one of -th 0 , oldest residents of Nelson, and: a very'early colonist, is at present on a visit-to his daughter. • Mrs- J: Horn, of Maoril'Hill / (says a Dunedin- .paper). Mr' Barltrop arrived in Wellington in 1842, -/and, after residing there ■ for som 0 % seven years, removed to; Taranaki,.. leaving thero for Nelson in 185*; where; 'he."haft resided 7 ever since. He is in his .'nin-etv- - fiTust year, and haa retained' his' faculties to a remarkaWe degree,-" : •""-,.