PERSONAL ITEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18381, 23 April 1923, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. Allen Bell, M.P., of Kail*;, • the Grand Hotel. ' --""**» * 4 ~;; t Mr. Peter Barr and Mr. P""H^^^^ bell, of Dunedin, are at the Grand, sffir Captain P. F. Dawson and Mr S!^B Ladm, of Wellington, are at the Grand Mr. G.W.Allsop has been electa member of the Royal Sanitary InstffiS Of IX>ndon. . •• -?-&*s Mr. J. G. L. Hewitt, S.M., has few -?• appointed chairman of the Railway ;Botod|W ppea ' ; '.' ,i'i?^M Brigadier-General G. S. Administrator of Samoa, has been m :'■ moted Major-General. ~p ro: ' •■■; ■>•.?# Colonel HI R. Potter, C.M.G., «-- " mandant of the Northern Command, yt for Wellington last evening. ' jgssm Lieut.-Colonel J. Stafford, D.8.0; ha. been appointed assistant-director of veterinary services Southern command ! Professor H. S. Dettmann returned vm. terday from Wellington, where he "at-" tended the meeting of the University/'•' Senate. '*. v Mr. D. F. Wilbur, retiring Consul-1 ' General for the United States, sailed* from Wellington last week for Sydney en route to America. fl Mr. T. U. Wells has been elected m,.'. opposed to the seat on the Auckland Education Board rendered vacant by th» death of Mr. G. W. Murray. Canon C. G. Mutter has accepted (th?§s§ [ cure, of the parish of St. Saviour's, SyjMp enham, Christchurch. He *; will take up his duties at" an early date. • "^riJelll . ■ .: .-■ ■ - Mr. A. W. Wheeler, assistant ■ general ts|| manager of the Union Steam Ship Company, arrived from Wellington on Sat- . urday and is at the Grand Hotel. -,',.< Sir George Clifford has : been confineo" to his room in Wellington for a few days, [ as the result of a chill, but he is now ' • making steady progress toward. recovery. Major-General Sir E. W. 0. Chaytor, X General Officer Commanding . the • New Zealand Military Forces, will unveil the _ soldiers' memorial at Collingwood, Nel-. son, on Anzac Day. Mr. Albert Spencer, president of the Auckland Employers' Association, left for Wellington last evening to attend a pre. ; | liminary ■ conference of employers on tie'? ■ s subject of the proposed Apprentices and Vocational Training Bill. -; "tr, : Lieut.-Colonel C. G. i Powles, 'h C.M.G., ; 5 D.5.0., A.D.C. to the King, has been pro- ',-':;.'■> moted to Colonel, and succeeds Major- :.;-. General Riohardsoii as Chief of Staff, i and Lieut.-Colonel R. B. Smythe, D.5.0., ' r succeeds Colonel Powles. Colonel T. H. Hawkins, assistant general ; manager : of "the; Mersey Docks. and....; Harbour Board, Liverpool, who has been - visiting: the principal ports of the' Do-- ■* minion, : returned ■to Auckland on 1 ? Satur- " [ day and is at the Grand Hotel. Colonel -h Hawkins leaves for Whangarei to-day. ..- ,J Mr. R. W. Kane, financial _ ad- ,'„* viser ■to the Public Trust Office, has been granted leave of ab- - ) sence for six weeks. During his absence" -\ his : duties will be carried out by . Mr.. , i Alfred ■•: '■■ Smith, formerly ; branch : manager*g of the Bank .of New Zealand at Wei- :*' lington. i \i |