PERSONAL ITEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18388, 2 May 1923, Page 10

PERSONAL ITEMS

j Bishop Listen arrived in, Hamilton yesterday from To Aroha. ; Captain A Whitney, with Mrs; Whit- '" ney and daughters, are leaving by the, Kaikoura for London to-day. . ! The Hon. G. R. W. McDonald, of Syi. ney, returned from : Rotorua yesterday, and is. at the Grand Hotel. * Mr. H. R. Bobbins, of New York, Mr. ' H. Aiißown, of Wellington, and Mr. R. J. Hancock, of Melbourne, are at the Grand Hotel. ■„ • Mr. W. E. Richardson, Mayor of. Northcote, has been appointed representative of that borough on the Lake Takapuha Board of Control. '• . ;' Dr. Roland /Fulton, - who hag -been studying surgery in England , for some':: years, returned to Dunedin last week, ac-. companied by his wife.- - Dr. J. L. Gregg, formerly of- Coromari- • del, has resigned the position of medical superintendent ;of ; the j Greymouth Hospital to take up a similar position at. the Picton Hospital.

/Mr., and Mrs. J. Sutton, vof Christchurch,;; acc6mpanied by ; their son : ; arid daughter, are at th© Central Hotel. They will leave on Mav 11 by the Manuka for Sydney, whence they will proceed to England on a visit. ;■•.>

;■*;-■ Mr.; ; V. < ■■■ M. '-'•'' Edgar, inspector for- the .'. National Insurance Company v at Christ- -i church, has received notice of his pro-': motion to chief W clerk at the Welling- s ton office of the company. Mr. Edgar was well known in cricket circles.

:The Rev. W. J. ,; Eddy, Australian secretary of the 1 Mission to Lepers, has arrived in New -Zealand. •; He intends - to confer with ' representatives ■;■ of k :'■' the ; mission- : here, and to undertake deputation work, returning to Melbourne about ;; the end of May.

5 Mr. W. H. Kelly, manager of •; the Dunedin;office of; the New Zealand Insurance Company, t has ■ received ;. notice of his.;; appointment- as;t; manager * of;»; the branch in :; Victoria, with - headquarters in Melbourne. ' Ho will be - succeeded ; in; Dunedin ;- by Mr. ! Noel ; Nelson,; ; manager, of the Wanganui branch.

Mr. R. S. Abraham, of Palmerston ,•. North, has retired from the ' position of ~' general manager. cf Messrs. Abraham ■ and - Williams. A complimentary banquet was \ tendered Mr. Abraham,, who was presented with a gold watch from the directorate and staff. He continues on the" company as chairman of the board. ' '

Mr.' C. E.\Macmillan, M.P., has re- •.,.■■'; turned to Taiiranga from Wellington. At Wellington; ho attended a meeting of the Dairy .Council, on which he is the EastCoast representative. Mr. Macmillan, at '' the request of the South Island Dairy As; ■: sociation's Executive, will visit the "Dun-' - edin Winter .Show on Juno 6 and address . : the annual meeting of the South; Island I; Dairy Assoication 'on the proposed Dairy ■■■,■• Export Control Bill.

Mr. E. K. Lomas, M.A., M.Scl. F.R.G.S., who has been" appointed vice-principal of the .; Wellington . Teach- \ ers* Training .■: College in (succession to Mr. H. A. Gould, . Graduated at ■ the Otago H University, where he gained . first-class honours 'in mental science. ; Ho has; been on the staff of 1 the Train- , ing s College for tha paat« 10, years. Apart from, his. professional .ucittvitieg , Mr. Lomaa; is secretary of the Wellington v';.; : ; Philosophical Society, and in his younger days was a prominent footballer in ■ Dim- - edin. ,Ho is at present? a memberS of the Victoria ; Collesrei Council, representing ■ secondary school*., Mr. Lomas travelled extensively in America, studying educa- : tional problems, and also spent two years as,principal of a boys' college in Korea.