PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12015, 18 December 1924, Page 3

PERSONALIA

VICE-REGAL GO VERNO R-G EN ERA L' S MOVEMENTS. Their Excellencies propose to paj their first official visit to Auckland at the end of this month. They expect to arrive there on December 30th, and to romain for about a week. Among their engaegmente will be the civic reception from the city of Auckland, and attendance at the races at Ellers! ie. Yesterday morning (Wednesday) tho Commodore commanding the New Zealand Division of the Koval Navy paid his offioial call upon the GovernorGeneral, which His Excellency returned shortly afterwards. Later, the Governor-General received at Government House the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand and other prominent members of the church, who presented to him a loyal address. Representatives of the Jewish communities of New Zealand also called upon His Excellency, and presented an address of welcome and loyalty. On Thursday afternoon Her Excellency will present the prizes at the Marsden School, and in the evening, Their Excellencies will be present at the performance of the “1924 Reveille” at the Opera House, under the auspices of the Wellington Returned Soldiers 1 Association. The members of the Jewish community waited on the Governor-Gen-eral, Sir Charles Fergusson, yesterday morning and presented a loyal address; The address was presented by Ml Phi'lip Myers acting on behalf of the Jewish community in New Zealand. His Honour Mr Justice Herdman is at Christchurch. . Mr H. Atmore, M.P. for Xelson, left Wellington yesterday for Elt ham. Mr A. Harris. M.P. for W&itemata, who has been visiting Wellington, left for Auckland last night. Mr G. Witty, M.P. for Riccarton, was in Wellington yesterday and left for the south by last -night’s ferry steamer. Mr A. B. Williams, Tokomanj Bay. was yesterday elected a' life member of the Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association. Leave of absence was last night granted by the Wellington Harbour Boaid to Messrs T. Moss. C. M. Turrell, and C. J. B. Norwood. Mr D. Miller, entomologist, Department of Agriculture, who has been on a visit of inspection to the Central Otago, orchards, has returned to Wellington. Mr O: M. Innes, late of Auckland, has .been appointed editor of the “Ashburton Guardian.’’ .He will take over his 'editorial duties at the end of the year. Mr W. T. Irvine, hon. secretary of the Palmerston North Lawn Tennis Club, has been transferred to Whakatane as accountant of the Union Bank of Australia.

Sub-Inspector Kemp has gone to the South Island, wbcie he will spend a three weeks’ vacation. During his absence Senior Detective Cameron will control the local detective office.

Among the visitors to Christchurch are Meosra A. C. Johnston, A. Clayton, M. F. Turner (Wellington), and j- H. Anderson (Wellington), and D.- Foreman, of Feilding.

Mr A. G. Barker, who has been a member of the Wanganui “Herald” literary staff for the past 6} years, bat accepted the position of sub-editor « the Hawera “Star.”

It was mentioned at the New Zea land CQub luncheon yesterday that Hii Extoelleney, Sir Charles Fergusson, would address members of the club about the middle of January.

Major-General C. W. Melvill, General Officer Commanding the New Zealand Defence Forces, who left on Monday on a visit to New Plymouth and Auckland, will return to Wellington on Monday next.

Mr O. E. Blayney, New Zealand manager of the B.S.A. Company and Mr F. B. Bus hell, of the Farmers’- Cooperative Wholesale Federation, have been nominated as members of the Wellington Rotary Club.

Sir Joseph Ward, who has been on holiday in the South Island for three weeks, returned to 'Wellington yesterday morning. Sir Joseph attended, tho Southland Show while away, and declared yesterday it eras a fine exposition of its kind.

Mi' A. H. Say, an old Rangioral School boy, has been promoted to-the position or Inspector of Explosives, with headquarters at Calcutta. - Mr Say has for several years held an important position* ■ in the explosives manufacturing department at Aruvankadu, South India.

Reference was made at the meeting of the Harbour Board last night to the/ deaths of Mr Neil McLean, foreman carpenter, and Mr E. J. Glennie, late of the accountant’s staff. Sympathy was expressed with the bereaved relatives. Both were old members of the board’s staff.

Mr Gordon Conrad, general exploitation manager of the -First National Film Producing Company, has arrived in Wellington to make preliminary arrangements for the presentation of the feature film. “The Sea Hawk.” at tho Dc Luxe Theatre at an early date. Mr Conrad, who is accompanied’ by his wife and child, has brought over from Australia his car, a light Citroen sports model of 4-cylinders, 11 horse-power. They came from Auckland to Wellington without mishap in the fast time of IS hours.

Mr Richard Wallwork, of the staff of the Canterbury College School of Art, who has been granted leave to go to Europe next year, had a tribute paid to the work he has done in the past by Mr H. D. Acland, chairman of the Canterbury College Board of Governors, who presided at the prize-giving of the School of Art. Mr Acland said that Mr Wallwork is the mo6t successful art teacher in New Zealand, and he had no doubt that his “look round” at Home would be of great value to the school in the future. The director of the school, in his report, also referred to the work done by Mr Wallwork.