PERSONAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18180, 30 August 1933, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mr N. Loisel. Gisborne, was a recent visitor to Auckland.

Mr. Thomas Todd leaves for Wellington next week to attend the conference of the League of Nations Union. The King has approved of the appointment of the Hon. Sir Patrick William Ramsay, Minister at Athens, to be Minister to Budapest.—British Official Wireless.

Air. L. ,1. Rowell, acting-accountant of the -Christchurch branch of the Bank of Australasia, has been appointed •manager of the Stratford branch of the bank. '

Mr. 0. 0- Morse, Mayor of Napier, with Mrs. Morse, left cm Friday for a few days’ well-earned rest. Since his election on May 3 to the mayoralty lie lias passed through a very strenuous period. Mr. W. Tucker, member for the Clive riding of the Hawke’s Bay County Council, and formerly of Gisborne, had the misfortune to step into a garage pit in Dannevirke, badly straining a .knee. The injury was fairly serious and he can get about only with great difficulty. Mr. P. C. Garnham, manager of the Bank of New South Wales at Now Plymouth, is to retire from September 30j after 44 years’ service With the hank. He was formerly senior auditor and senior relieving officer of the bank in New Zealand. Mr. Garnham’s- successor as manager in New Plymouth is Mr. P>. E. Whifeombe, the present manager at Timaru.

Recent guests at the Masonic Hotel included Messrs. IJ. H, Cioclietto and G. 11. Den sherry (Auckland); Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Duncan, and Messrs. R, C. Murray. W. 11. Preston and N. C. Armitage (Wellington) ; Mr. E. 11. Smit (Napier); Mr. J. 15. Connell (Christchurch); Mr. L. R. Johnson (London): Mr, W. Maule (Palmerston North); Mr. T. Fleissncr (Hastings); Messrs. 10. M. Lane and -J .E. Harper (Wanganui).

Tins Board of Governors of CantorbuVy College has selected Professor C. Malthus to occupy the Chair of Modern Languages, left vacant hv the resignation of Professor T. (!. R.‘ .Blunt. Professor Malthus at present is in the University of Tasmania. Ho was educated at Timaru High School and l Canterbury College, taking his M.A. degree with first-class honors in 1912 in English and French. He taught at Nelson College till 1914. After two years’ active service die Was appointed senior master in French and English at Timaru. In 1920 ho was chosen first travelling scholar in French and spent, a year at the Sorbonno, Paris, and a year at Grenoble. In 1922 he returned to Timaru, but was appointed lecturer in modern languages at the University of 'Tasmania, anil in 1932 was given the status of associate professor.