PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11583, 28 July 1923, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Hr 11. Levy, of Eastbourne, is visit ing Sydney. Messrs L. George, junior, and I*. A. Rcesby (Wellington), L.re on a visit *o Christchurch. His Honour Mr Justice Fraser, of the Arbitration Court, and Messrs W. Scott and H. Hunter arrived in Wellington yesterday from Auckland. It is understood that His Honour Mr Justice Salinond will pretide over the Supreme Court sessions at Palmerston North, which open on August 7th. Captain Lowry has resigned his charge of the Muratai, and Captain Bullock has been temporarily eppointed to the com* mand. The new chief detective (Mr W. H Lewis) hag arrived in Dunedin, ani will take up hie duties in the course of a few days. Councillor o.* Hull-Brown was absent from tho -Ea.".bourne Borough Council last night owing to continued indisposition. Councillor E. A. Dawson, who is at present in Napier, was also absent. Fas-'engere to Sydney by the Ulimaro* yesterday included Professor J. Macmillan prpwn,,and Mr A. £. Porritt, New Zealand's Rhodes Scholar, who is en route Home. A cablegram from London states that the Wesleyan Conference has designated the Reverend Amos Burnett, senior tary of'the Wesleyan Foreign Missionary Society, as president of the 1934 conference. Mr A. T. Donnelly, Crown Prosecutor for Christchurch, \*as congratulated on his election to the Board of Governor* of Canterbury College at a meeting oi the College Law Students’ Society recently. Dr Allan Thomson, Director of the Dominion Museum, left for Sydney bT the Ulimaroa yesterday to attend the Pan-Pacific Science Congress. He will spend the rest of the winter in tralia. 'Mr IL C. Reed, who for some time past has occupied the position of physical insrtuctod under the Southland Education Board, is shortly proceeding on transfer to Auckland. His position at Invercargill will be taken by Mr F. Cree, of Wellington. Ratana, accompanied by his private secretary, Mr F. Moko, and a party of sixteen, has arrived in New Plymouth. Ratana will deliver addresses at Waitara during the week, and if arrangements can be made to secure a hall, similar meetings will be held at New Plymouth at a later date. The executive of the Power Boards Association elected yesterday is Mr J. A. Nash, M.P. (president), J. A. Monk (Horowhenua), B. A. Hanson (Dannevirke), S. J. Harbutt (Auckland), T. H. Claston (Thames Valley), C. Patterson (Central Hawke’s Bay), A. W. Bodgen „(Southland), and F. \V. Watt (Ashburton). Mr Norman B. Bellringer, accountant. New Plymouth, has been appointed by the Technical College Board of Managers temporarily to fill the position of commercial instructor vacated by Mr G. H. Crimp, who is to enter & Hamilton accountancy -business. The appointment of a permanent instructor hae been left over in the meantime. Recommended by Mr T R. Cresswrtl, principal of the Wellington College, for the Turnbull Victoria College Scholarship, H. Foley, who won a University National Scholarship last year, but was nnable to'hold it as ne was working, was awarded the Turnbull tenure by the Wellington College Board of Governors yesterday. Mr I- F. Miller, who has for the pest eleven years acted as produce salesman for the National Mortgage and Agency Company in Dunedin, has been promoted to a responsible position in the same company’s Invercargill branch, fit has been met by the fiourmillers of Dunedin, and - presented wtih a handsome souvenir of his connection with the milling trade. Mr Frank Kelly, of the literary staff of the Taranaki "Herald," who haa been engaged for the last three months on the staff of the "Wolverhampton Express and Star," left England last week by the Hobson’s Bay one of the Commonwealth Government steamers, foi Australia, en route for New Zealand, and should be back in New Plymouth early in September. Mr H. F. M. Mercer, who has been touring in Queensland with the New Zealand bowlers* was taken ill when in Brisbane, and had to spend some tima in hospital there- but word has been received that he has made excellent recovery. Mr Mercer speaks Tory highly of the kindness and attention he received during his illness from the Bev. Dr Merrington, of St. Andrew’s, to whom First Church is extending a call. Special thanks were accorded yesterday by the Power Boards Conference to Mr A. J. McCurdy for his honorary services as 6eoretary to the committee and. the formation of the association, and also to Mr L. Birks, chief electrical engineer. Thanks were also accorded to Mr Martin, for accepting the very moderate proposals of the committee, and as their funds increased he hoped Mr Martin’s services as eolisitor would be more adequately recognised. The death is reported at Dunedin, by the Press Association of Mr William Dawson, aged seventy-one, one of the founders of Speight and Co., brewers, and the proprietor of Dawson, Ltd., jewellers. Deceased was an ex-Major of Dunedin, member of Parliament fo* Dunedin Suburbs, president of the New Zealand Bowling Association, and member of many public bodies. He gave freely to philanthropic organisation, hie last gift being 200 tons of coal and 100 pairs of blankets for flood sufferers. : Prior to the opening of the Power Board’s Conference yesterday the Prime Minister, Mr W. F.. Massey, unofficially met the members of the conference. Greeted with applause, he thanked them for their welcome, and said he thought the boot should have been on the other foot. It should have been his business to welcome them, but instead of doing it officially he hoped they would enjoy themselves in Wellington and that they would appreciate the 1-1 imate they had come to. (Laughter.) He hoped thej would be able to do good work and that good results would accrue. (Hear, hear.: At the conference of the New Zealand “Electric Power Board yesterday th« chairman (Mr. J. A. • Nash, M.P), said he would like to express to Mr L. Birk, chief electrical enpineer. their deepest sympathy in the sad bereavement he bad .sustained in the past few days. So far n.s Power Boards were concerned they realised that Mr Birk had been a good friend to .them, and that he was carrying on a vorv important work, and in ail his duties lie would have the assistance of the Power Boards Association. He R.skoil the conference to place on necord ttS* fsympathy with Mr Birk in the sad misfortune which had taken place. The motion was those present standing in silence-

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