PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18020, 20 February 1922, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. James Bell, of Hasting, i, .« <v Grand Hotol. * ' * 8l

Mr. F Castle, chairman of ths TO., lington. Hospital Board, is visiting Au£

Mr. and Mrs. Mason Chambers n f Hawkes Bay, arrived in Auckland w« terday morning. J

Mr Henri Verbrugghen arrived f rom Wellington yesterday. He will leave T the Niagara to-morrow. '

Mr. Federick W. BroughLon has been appointed district land registrar and e aminer of titles for the Canterbury di« trict.

Mr. F. E. Powell. C.E., l-ft fa M lington last evening to attend the annua! conference of the New Zealand Society 0 f Civil Engineers.

Caplam A. H. Thorpe, ex-he.rbour. master at Lyttelton, le+'t with his family by the Paloona fop Melbourne, where he intends to take up his residence.

Captain Lach'lan Macpher.on, D.S.O tho military officer v. ho came out as 3 guest on H.M.A.S. Melbourne, intends visiting the cold lakes and West Coast of New Zealand before returning to Aus. :ralia and England.

Mr. D. G. Clark, '''>mmissioner of Ta.\es, has been appointed commissioner of stamp duties, registrar of companies and secretary for lands and deeds. This appointment is in accordance with the Government's decision to amalgamate the Stamp Duties and Lands and Deeds Department with the Land and Income Tax Department, under the titio of the Inland Revenue Department.