PERSONAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 11 August 1928, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

All the Roman Catholic prelates of New Zealand will attend the great Eucharistic Congress, to 7 bo held in Sydney frorii 6th to 9th September (inclusive). ' The personnel consists of Archbishop Redwood , Coadjutor Archbishop O’Shea (Wellington), Bishops Cleary arid Liston (Auckland), Bishop Brodie (Christchurch), and Bishop Whyte (Dunedin). The archbishop, who will be accompanied by the Rev. Father Smyth, of the Thorndon parish, will leave for Sydney by the Maheno next week. “ ‘ ' "L

.Motions of sympathy on account of family bereavements suffered by Miss Robinson (of the clerical staff)) and Mr R; Kenning (of the road, staff) were passed by the City Council last evening. •Mrs K. I. Woodward (Takaka) and Air Hugh Fraser (Afurchison) have been appointed honorary child welfare officers. ’ "- ' “ ■ 1

4 ' Miss A. R. Bell) of Oamaru, has been appointed Child Welfare officer for the Nelson district, in succession tp Aliss Ekins, resigned. Aliss Bell has taken up her new duties.

Lieut.-Colonel L. C. Chavtor, AI.C., and Alajor G. N. Taylor, of the NelsonMarlborough Afounte'd Rifles, have been awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Air Irvine Brown, superintendent engineer of the Anchor Company, had .the misfortune to be knocked down by a motor lorry which was turning a corner on the wharf yesterday afternoon. He sustained severe injuries one of his fee\.