PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10689, 8 September 1920, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Mr R-. B. Spieri has been appointed probation officer under the Wanganui Education Board.

Mr C. A. AVilkinson, who, has been on a visit to Wellington, has returned to Eltham.

Mr L. W. Fowler and Mr P. Murdoch have arrived back in Hastings after a visit to Wellington.

Dr G. J. 'Adams, formerly of Foxton, arrived flora Home at Wellington last. evening, accompanied by Mrs Adams, by the Ayrshire.

Mr A. Dehham, manager of the Patea branch of the Bank of Australosia, is leaving shortly on transfer.to Ashburton.

Colonel G. Mitchell, organiser of th« Central Progress League, spent Monday in another visit of inspection ol the hydro-electric works at Marigahao.

Mr P. J. Ryan, District Solicitor in the Wellington office of the Public Trust, hae been appointed to a similar position at Auckland.

Major A. G. Penlington, Director of Vocational Training, who has been on a visit of inspection to Rotorua, has returned to Wellington.

The Rev. H. S. Barnett has been appointed-by the" Church of England authorities to be visiting chaplain to Trcntham Camp.

Lieut .-Colonel D. Cpssgrove, . Dominion Chief Scout, who has been seriously ill, has suffered a relapse, and his condition is reported to be very low.

Archdeacon Jacob, of Timaru, hi# tendered his resignation of St. Mary I *, in that - town, in order to take oyer tho control of St. Saviour's Orphanage. ■

Mr J. B. Merrett, of Cbristchurek, was in Wellington yesterday, on hia way to Melbourne. He intends to investigate, the sugar beet industry ia Victoria on.behalf of a southern, firm.

Mr J. G. Rule, Assistant Chief Postmaster at Christchurch, who is. retiring on superannuation, haß been-presented by the staff with a couple of Morris chairs as a mark of the esteem ir which he has been held.

Mr Charles Symons, an old and ea ! teemed resident of Foxton,,. has .just undergone an operation; at a private hospital in Palmerston North'. He is reported to be making satisfactory progress' . . _/-, ~, i '

|. -The ;Hon." G.' J. Anderson, Minister for Internal Affairs, who has been laid aside by illness for a considerable time, his sufficiently; recovered to.,resume duty to some extent, and yesterday he was back again in his seat' in the House. . v ■-,-•

Captain Wilkes, secretary of the Air Board, and Captain Isitt,, of Sockburn, afrired at' Timaru by air yesterday .afternoon .on the .way. south. Captain "Wilkes is to" " report ! on air routes southward.' They will go to the tomorrow.—-'Press- Association.: -«-•---«-<*-;■... _■■.•• : '«<,;,'.?

The death occurred at New "Plymouth: Hospital- after-'-* short ..'yinesp of Mr Percy Lealand, a well-known New -Plymouth business man; » Mr Lealand, who was 48 years of age, was born in Nelson, and. was educated at Coromandel. About 26 years.age he removed to Taranaki.

Signalman Condon, who wont through the war period in H.M.S. Warspite,; arrived in Wellington yesterday,? on furlough to visit hia parents, a who ,live at Khandallah. He has been absent" from home for about seven and a half years, and, at the conclusion of his furlough will join H.M.S. Veronica 'at Auckland.

' A remarkable"career was brought to a close by the death at New Plymouth of Mr. Michael O'Donnell, who had reached the age of 102 years. For the past sixteen years Mr CrDonnell had resided with his son a* Tongaporutu, but recently he came to New Plymouth. He had all the re. markable experiences of th« oldfcr eenoration of British soldiers.

A motion of condolence with the relatives of the late Mr Greorge Frost, chairman of the Wellington Education Board, was passed at the annual conference of director* of technical education and of technical education board* yesterday afternoon. Sympathetic reference was made to the loss sustained by the cause .of technical education, owing to the death,of thejate chairman.

. The House of Representatives ye*» terday afternoon gTanted one day's leave* of absence to Mr J. A. Nash (Palmerston North) on' account of urgent public business; four days' leav« to Dr. Thacker (Christchurch Bast), on account pf illness; four days' leave to Mr J. Edie (Bruce), on account of urgent public and private business; and three days' leave of absence to the Hon. J. A. Hanan £[nvercargUl),, o« a'ceount of. urgent private , business.

Mr ,R. Victor White, who for serath ill years has given valuable service '.'on the literary, staff of the "IH>mmion," »and who has severed his connection with that iournal to join the staff of "Hansard," has been entertained by his former colleagues. Mr White was presented with an oak Morris chair and a 'couple of pictures, and appreciative references were made to hi« long and valued connection with thf paper.

, The following promotions and ap» point ments in the Public" Trust Offica are announced:—Mr B. O. Hales, local Deputy Public Trustee, Auckland; Mr A. B. Jordan, local Deputy Public Trustee, Dunedin; Mr G. H. Elliffe, reviewing inspector, Dunedia district; Mr F. T. Carson, 6rrt as. sistaut local Deputy Public Trustee, Wellington; Mr'G. 'E. Miller, second controller, estates administration division, head office; Mr 0. "WV Bamfield, district manager, Te Kuiti; Ml H. G Shakes, distnot manager, Feilding; Air C. H. Fletcher, district manager, Sydenham; Mr W* J. Turnpenny, district manager, Rakaia; Mr A. O. Williams, district manager, Waipukurau. %

Let Stanton show you a MorrisOxford three-seater car, with olectria light, five Sankoy wheels, for quick sale. Stanton and Evans, motor garage, 15, Molesworth street.*