PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11664, 31 October 1923, Page 3

PERSONALIA

VICE-RECAL At Government House, Wellington, yesterday. His Excellency the GovernorGeneral presented to Dr. llenry Percy Piekeiill. dean ot the Dental Faculty of tho Uni\crsity of Otago, his badge n» a Commander of the Order of the Brit ish Empire, a distinction which His Majesty the King conferred upon Dr, Piekeiill on January Ist last. MINISTERIAL The Hon. G. J. Anderson (Minister for Mines, Marine, and Labour) arrives in Wellington this morning from tire South Island The Hon. 11. F. Bollard (Minister for Internal Affairs), and the Defence Minister (Sir Heaton Rhodes) are to represent the Government at the Manawatu A. and P. Show at Palmerston North to-morrow. Sir Joseph "Ward i 6 leaving for the South Island to-night. Mr H. M. Boddington. of Maetcrton, was in Wellington yesterday. Colonel and Mra Harrison Bidwood, of London, a~e visiting the Dominion. Mr and Mrs C. W. Smith, of Wellington, are at Auckland. Mr W. Rothwell, of Dalgety and Co., lias returned to his office, after three weeks’ holiday in the South Island.

Mr J. D. Sievwright has returned from a visit to Auckland and the aikato districts.

The Rev. C. Pitkoweky returned to Wellington yesterday morning iron Christchurch.

Mr J. S. Dickson, M.P., of Auckland, Chief Whir> of the Reform party, is visiting Wellington.

Mr W. Roger, general manager ot the Anchor Company, returned yesterday from a visit to Sydney.

Mr A. A. Corrigan, of Wellington, ha.s returned greatly benefited in health from a recent visit to Victoria and New South Wales.

Mr C. B. Jordan, formerly Undersecretary for Justice, who is now farming in the Tauranga district, is at present on a visit to Wellington.

Mr J. S. Swan, ox Wellington, left Auckland by the Niagara on a business and holiday trip to Sydney and Melbourne.

Mr and Mr» P. Peterson, of Queensland, who have been on a visit to New Zealand, returned to Australia by the Niagara.

Mr B. L. Hammond, assistant secretary to the New Zealand Employers’ Federation, has returned to Wellington from Auckland.

Mr J. H. Lynch, of Morrinsville, haa been appointed postmaster at Waitoa, where a post office will shortly be built.

Mr Thomas Ritchie, of the Christchurch city surveyor’s department, haa been admitted as an associate of the New Zealand Institute of Architects.

Lieut.-Conimander James C. Man* field, R.N., has been “lent to the New Zealand Government for war stafi duties.”

Mr J. L. Hay, general secretary, Wellington, for the Y.M.C.A., resumes duty on November Ist, a 4 ter nine months’ absence through ill-health. He has been recuperating at Christchurch.

Mr Griffin, son of Mr and Mrs P. J. Griffin, of the Gresham Hotel, left in the Tahiti yesterday on his return to San Francisco, where lie is engaged in engineering pursuits.

Mr H. A. Goodwin, general manager for Australasia for Studebakere*. Ltd., arrived from Sydney by the Marama, and proceeded south by last night's ferry* steamer to attend the motor show at Christchurch.

Captain E. Foster* accompanied by his wife, arrived by the Niagara, and intends making a month’s tour of the Dominion by motor-car. which they brought- with them. Captain Foster is a member of the Middlesex Regiment.

Mr W. F. Marsh, formerly Commiseioner for Crown Lands at Napier, and who was recently appointed Commissioner for the Auckland district following the retirement of Mr H. 51. Skeet, has arrived at Auckland.

Tho National Mutual Life Association of Australasia. Ltd., lias confirmed the appointment of Mr John W. Co* as new* fcurinoas manager for the Wellington district. Mr Coe has been acting new business manager for Wellington for tho past two months.

Mr W. Forrest Marshall left for the United States and Europe by the Tahiti, in connection with the development of hydro-electric power from Lake Hochstetter for gold dredging on tho West Coast. He expects to return about February.

Captain L. Mclntosh Ellis, Director o-f Forestry Services, who represented New Zealand at the British Empire Forestry Conference at Ottawa, Canada, arrived back in Wellington by the Main Trunk express from Auckland yesterday. Mrs Ellis is spending sora« little time in Canada, before returnin| to New* Zealand.

A member of “The Cabaret Girl M Company, which arrived in Wellington yesterday from Sydney, is Mr Gordon Bolitho, formerly of Auckland. Mr Bolitho is a brother of Mr H. Hector Bolitho, the New Zealand journalist, who lias boon associated with various newspapers in Sydney, and who is now on his wav to England. Mr Gordon Bolitho has entered tho dancing profession under the J. C. Williamson management.

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