PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17234, 9 August 1919, Page 10

PERSONAL ITEMS.

%&?i If,- Hitches, of Sydney, Is at %» . . ofsad Hotel ~ . v ."' 'M?.-|5. J. GiffordV who for several -.ears has"be<m a clerk 1 in the WelUngson atagla. gate's Court, and who has not loay re-■,-■ '■.-■;: jSrijad from■•■active.. ggyyiep. hat been pro*.»■'■■ tooted aid transferred to-Hamilton. ?;/;' ;.- Mr. Trentbam C. Webster, of Auckland '■;■.'' -" %jw i^jecitly-yctimied from active service, ; was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme ; <?ourt by Mr. Justice Chapman yesterday, ' <*?» the nwitjo?* of Mr. : W<. P. Bsdesn, lj -Mr;vip>Barry, who for the last three yeftj* has„beejn .gelds inspector and instructor of the Agricultural Department in the Tarafiakl district, has been transferred to' the Sands I)eparimfl,ril as supervisor of th.j poIdJSJPS-settlements under the jamdiotite of the Taranaki Land Board. Mr, John Beaton Rhodes, of Christ. ©bnr(&, Is expected to return to that city irtest weak. When the war broke oat Mr. S-hodea was on his way to England, imP3B(jiaAe]y oh 6% arrival in the Old Conntry L be enlisted, and obtained a comtnl?igiea m the Army Service Corps. He served through.Q'Bt the war, being tor a greater part. o» the time with the forces at Salonika. Mr. W. Juris?, of Ghrigtehureh. who baa been appointed - inspector of fire brigade for New Zealand, was for j many y£ar# a member of the old Christ-' ohm-eh Volunteer Fire Brigade. When tfao" pewaanenti brigade was established in th*' Cathedral City, Mr, Jurisa was appointed deputy-superintend'Jat under the late Super'' intendenf E. §|nit.!k. < He held that position for many vsars, When be resigned to go into business on his own account. He was a member of the New Zealand fire brigade team which visited Geolpmr in 1905. Mr.; JurisS was a good competition man, beinj; One of" the mainstay* of the Ohristchiwch City Brigade team in the old competition days,. He was in business in a North Island town when the war broke out, and left with one of *W. early reinforcement ,draft?." He . saw considerable service at Gallipoli fend in France, and returned to 'New Zealand earlv this year by the troopship Tahiti, lioklmg the rank of regimental s^geant-fiDajor.