PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17249, 27 August 1919, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

. _ Mr. A. C. Chapman, of Thame* «* .* " - '-■ the Royal Hotel. ' a** ' - of A Dr. A. W. AyeriU, Anelican BkW of-' I Auckland, left last evening by the Ma! - s - Trunk express for Wellington, where k \ will attend a conference of bishops re.AH • j ing Melanesian matters and also a ma* 'S\ iftg of the Standing committee of a,*- •©! General Synod. W8 ; W. •. Colonel W. H. Parkes, of Auckland had the degree of Doctor of Medicine conferred ■& upon him-, in absentia, at the recent zrad,, ation ceremony at the University of Edi '■' burgh. The subject of the thesis' present*!! was "Some Observations Up™ Ep-WmU-Respiratory Catarrhs in the New ZelS ; - Expeditionary Force, with special refer- j ence to purulent bronchitis." '* f The Hons. B. Hirris, W. Stewart *«j ,G. J. Garland, M L.C. ! . and sSiT? ': ; Blander, Venion H. Reed, J. Q rw** r I C. H. Poole, J. 8. Dickson, A. E. GwS* A. Harris, T. W. Rhodes Tan ft and R. Semnle, M.P.'s, left for WelKoT ton by the Main Trunk express last ev< ing. The Hon. J. fisher, M.LC «,» Mr. R. MeCal'um, M.P. for' Ww»X'iSJ to join the train at way stations. Mr. W. E. Golden, deputy-traffic man ager for tie Auckland Harbour Board hv , been appointed acting-traffic managed and Mr. R. C. Holmes, assistant ffi ; manager, has oeen appointed actinif-deiww ; traffic manager. Th* chairman of til | Harbour Board, Mr. H. D. Heathe- ™2? terday reported bavin? made the appowt | ments owing to the death nf \f r q X j S&a 1 many years baffic mao '^