PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10964, 28 July 1921, Page 3

PERSONALIA

VICE-REGAL. The Governor-General, accompanied? by Lady Jellicoe and the Hon. Lucy Jellicoe. arrived in Invercargill yesterday on the first official risit to Southland. Hi was accorded a public welcome this afternoon in the presence of a very large crowd. The Vice-Regal parjy will be in tlio district until the beerinning of next week.—/Pies© Aasocication). Mr W. G. Haybittle ha® been elected president of tiie Feildiog Jockey Club. Wellington visitors to Masterton tbie week have included Mr M. J. Nathan and Mr M. R. Bauchop. The Public Trustee, Mr J. W. Macdonald, has returned to Wellington from Christchurch. The Hon. J. G. Coates (Minister for Public Works) leit Wellington last night tor the Waikato and the north. Mr D. H. Drummond, of Invercargill, has been appointed assistant at the Wai pawa District High School. Rev. T. Keith Even, of Wellington, bga accepted a call to the charge of the Hastings Baptist Church. An improvement is recorded in the condition of Mr D. W. Duthie, general man-, ager of the National Bank of New Zealand, who has recently been rather seaously illMr Norman Brindley, manager for New Zealand of the Australian Provincial Assurance Association, . Fixe and Marine Department, come to Wei-, lington from Auckland. ’ Mr John Francis Trapski has been admitted by the acting-Chief Justice, Mr Justice Sim, to practice barrister mml solicitor of the Supreme Court of New. Zealand, on the motion of Mr E. S« Stafford. i Mr G. A. Darkness, senior inspector of schools for the Nelson District, is retiring on superannuation after 28 years* service. Mr Harkness is said to be the senior inspector in the Dominion. Mr W. H. Galvin, inspecting l engineer to the Publio Works Department, left yesterday for Paeroa on departmental business regarding the Waihoe and Ohinemuri river schemes. Mr H. H. Sharp, engineer to the Public Works Department, Imm* gone tf New Plymouth in connection with the Toll Gates Commission, which, is held there. Mr Alexander Gray, general manager for Australasia of the Gordon and Gotch Proprietary, has just completed a tour* of the Dominion. He will return to* Melbourne, via Auckland, at the end of the week.

Mr Robert Hill, who was secretaryorganiser of the Town-Planning Associa* tion. Save the Children Fund, Citizen Soldiers' Carnival, and Greater Wellington Election Committee. has joined Goldberg Advertising Agency, Limited, - Dr. P. H. Bock (Te Rangiluioa} hat been awarded by Otago Univeraity with the 8. Percv Smith prise for rwwtith in Maori ana Polynesian technology, Maori anthropometry for hi# lecture on “The Pre-European. Settlement of New Zealand," at the Auckland Institute. Mr E. C- Banks took: his seat at the University College Council in Auckland .at Its last meeting as successor to the Hon. G. J.. Garland, to represent the Board of Education. The Hon. George Fowlds was re-elected chairman, and Professor A. P. W. Thomas vice-chairman. At the annual meeting of Die Thorndon Bowline Club, held last evening, keen- regret was expressed by the directors in recording the deaths of Messrs H J. H. Elliott, one of the founders of the- chib, and R. Darby* alee.an esteemed member. Mr J. Livingstone has been elected unopposed as president of the Dannevirke A. and P. Association, and Mr Q. J. R Bickford has been re-elected treasurer. For two. vice-presidents, Messrs T. W. Bllingham, J. Holden, J. M, Hutchinson and H. B. Stuckey have been nominated. A cable message from Sydney states that Dr Druitt, Anglican Bishop of Gt»l- - is dead. The Sight Rev. Cecil Henry Druitt, D-D., was bdfn in 1878. Ha was the son of the late Rev, WilKsan Druitt, rector of Stockbridge, Hampshire. He was ordained in 1896. He wa* consecrated Coadjutor Archbishop of Grafton and Armidale in 1911, and elected Bishop of the new See of Grafton in Ifebroaryj 1914. r Mr M. A. Phillips, eon of ***# lata Mff P. A. Phillips, for many yesuns Mayor and town clerk of Auckland, is on a brief visit to Auckland from Old Cotofarj and is staying at the Grand Horn. Mr Philips has been settled in Ebgland with has family since 1918, and daring the war took up French intensive gardening in Tonbridge, Kent, end achieved oobh sider&ble fame throughout the Old Goran* try in having created what was general-' ly recognised as the finest garden is Hog* land, producing during the war jiwm, when antonsive production was of vital importance, very high grade produce to the value of over £IOOO per acre. For Motor Garage «j©d repairs ring 2240. Stanton, LtA 11, Molesworth street (opposite Teiifamtint Building©). Motors for hire (open of closed): reliable oharaffevm.