PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18159, 2 February 1921, Page 6

PERSONAL

- Mr A. S. Patterson returned from Christchurch by the first express yesterday.

• Hie Honor Mr Justice Sim was a passenger for Timaxu by the second express yesterday.

, Mr H. C. Tewaiey, of Auckland, who was at one time a resident of Dunedin, is at present revisiting the city. Mr A. S. Kennedy has been appointed head master of the Waitati School.

The Rev. John Dawson, organiser and >■■■ general secretary of the New Zealand Alliance, has-been seriously indisposed. - Sir Raymond Dennis, K.8.E., managing i director of Dennis Bros. (Ltd.), engineering works in Britain, arrived in New Zealand from Sydney by the Tofua. Professor G. H. Rawson, of the Home Sciencb School, Otago University, has returned to Dunedin, alter a visit to Hawke’s ' Bay. On Saturday the employees at Marshall’s Proprietary Chemical Factory, in Moray place, presented to Miss Ivy f ates, on the occasion’ of her marriage, a tea set and a copper vase. - Sir Elliot Johnson, Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, arrived at Auckland by the Tofua, accompanied by his daughter. Prior to her departure from Timaru, Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey, the famous swimmer, was met by the officials of the Swimming Centre, and presented with a solid silver jewel case and gold pendant, with a greenstone tiki attached, as a token of appreciation of her keen sporting instincts and bright perKonality. _Mr J. F. Lilliorap definitely announces himself as a candidate for the Invercargill mayoralty. Mr Liilicrap has been a councillor fairly continuously for 20 years, and ’ is in point of seniority entitled to the nomination. It is understood that Mr John Stead, the present Mayor, has no intention of offering his services for another term.

The Rev. C. J. Bush-King finished his duties at St. Matthew’s Church on Monday night, after 12 years’ service to a day under the direction of Archdeacon Curzon-Siggers. Mr -Bush King will take up his work as vicar of Mosgiel and Green Island on March 1. In the meantime he is supplying Momington, Canon Small having transferred to Milton.

The Rev. John Kilpatrick (Green Island), •who has been on holiday in the north for , the past four weeks, returned to Dunedin by tne first express train yesterday. ■ Mr F. H. Campbell, who has been on a visit to Australia, returned to Dunedin on Monday night. A London cable message announces the death of Lord Rossmore, who was a personal friend of the late King Edward 'VII. Me was 69 years of age. Mr J. K. Burt, accompanied by Mrs Burt and family, left by the second express yesterday for Christchurch, where he will manage the branch business of A. and T. Burt, Ltd. Mr H. L. Dolamore, general manager ol the New Zealand Paper Mills, Ltd., bos been visiting the Manawatu district in oonnection with the supply of stripper slips tram the Manawatu fiaxmillers. A'cable-message has been received stating that Dr J. M. Hyde, eldest son ol the late Dr J. G. Hyde, of Tarras, has gained a Fellowship at Edinburgh L’niver- , aity. After the war Dr Hyde stayed for i some months in India before proceeding to England. Prior to the commencement of the crdmary business at the West Harbour Courcil last evening resolutions expressing sympathy with the relatives of two old resi- ' dents ,of the district —Messrs Laurence ’ Griifen and Henry Hansen —who have re- ' cently passed away, were carried in silence, councillors standing. , ,Dr B. Morris Miller, professor of psy- • chology in the University of Tasmania, ar- ■ rived at Auckland by the Tpfua, and shortly proceeds to San Francisco. His ’ work consists of an inquiry into the treatment of the feeble-minded in the United

.States. * Sister Kathleen, of the West Ham Cen- . tral Mission, returned to Dunedin yester- . -day from a visit to Invercargill and {.lore, 'Laving held successful lectures in each - place. She will leave this morning tor .'lNmnni, and will proceed thence to Lhvist- ■' church for the week-end. The Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour has been bestowed on M. Jaspar, ‘ Belgian Foreign Minister, who was one of Belgium’s delegates at the Allied Conj ference in Paris (states a Paris Press Association cable message). .... Mr J. J. Clark has received official word ‘ that the President of the French Republic Las been pleased to confer upon him the •Medaille de la Reconnaissance, in recogm,,tion of the valuable services he rendered 'Vto France ip connection with his war work

in this cityl , . . 0 Mr John H. Parr, who is engaged in '• the business of Messrs Parr, Blomheld, and f Alexander, solicitors, has received intima- ’ 'tion from the University authorities that he has passed in the final subjects tor the solicitors’ law examination. Mr Parr is ' the son of the Hon. C. J. Parr, Minister of Education. ’. It is unofficially reported (says the lest) that Mr J. R. Reed, K.C., of Auckland, i will succeed to one of the pending vaenncies on the Supreme Court bench. Mr , Steed has. for years been a leading member of the Auckland bar, and has appeared in ; many notable civil and criminal cases. He ~ judge-advocate-general of the Defence ■^Mr 6 Andrew Smaill, who has filled the oositkm of foreman engineer in charge of v Messrs A. and T. Burt’s. Dunedin, for the ' last two years, and who is leaving Dunedin .‘ v tb take' up an appointment in Messrs BorthV'wiok and Sons freezing works, Wallara, was on Thursday evening, January 28, pre- - I'■ sented • with a very handsome suit case and dressing case and a wallet. The presentav tion, which was on behalf of the firm and : his fellow-workers, was made by Mr T. R. Burt who regretted that they were parting . 1 and all present wished Mr Smaill health i" and prosperity in his new position. Mr '' Smaill suitably responded. A farewell evening was tendered to Mr * B. Morgan, of the staff of the Lyttelton 41 Times, at the Canterbury Press Club on 1 ’. Saturday evening. Mr Morgan, who was . ..one of the foundation members of the club, 'has been appointed ■ chief reporter of the Timaru Post. Mr W. G. Ataok, president }/' of the club, referred to the excellent work ■ done for this club by Mr Morgan. On behalf of ;tJio members of the club and the V staffs of file Christchurch newspapers, he handed Mr Morgan an envelope of bank

v notes. 'V . r Mr Emest H. Wilson, assistant director of r the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, ■; Arrived in Auckland by the Tofua. During iA.fcis stay in the dominion Mr Wilson will :' study trees as trees, aoart from forest conb‘* serration oir afforestation. He has visited China, Japan, Siberia, and Australia, and is f-l really engaged on a census of the trees of I the ’ wOrld. Mr Wilson will travel through f, the dominion.

Sir W. H. Herriea, who loaves this week by the Aruwa for the United Kingdom, writing to a friend in Dunedin, expresses liis regret that he was unable to visit the South Island before taking his departure, but explains that the orders of his medical adviser were that he should keep as quiet as possible. He has every confidence that the sea voyage and change of scene, together with, above all, rest and a freedom Irom worry, will completely restore his health. He hopes to be back in the dominion by the middle of next session. Mr James R. Boose, Travelling Commissioner of the Royal Colonial Institute, who visited New Zealand a few years ago, is at the present time in Australia on a second trip to the southern dominions, and will arrive in the dominion in the course of the next few months. It' is his hope that he will be able to make a stay iiutticiently long to enable him f.o increase the membership of the institute considerably, and at the same time to make the activities of the institute better known and to explain the schemes which the council of the organisation has in view far future development. He realises that local assistance will be necessary in order that his mission may be as successful as he desires, to which end he hopes to impress upon the public that all who participate in the promotion of the closer union of the Empire are doing a service of great national importance that they are contributing not only to linking together the Mother Country and the overseas dominions, but also to bringing into closer brotherhood the residents of the various parts of the Empire.