PERSONAL.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 61, 18 April 1914, Page 11

PERSONAL.

Mr J. T. M. Hay hurst left for Wei lington last evening.

Dr Gribben arrived in Christchurch from the North this morning. Mr Justice Hosking left for Wellington by the Maori last evening.

Captain Onslow returned to Christ church this morning from the North.

Dr Bradshaw and Mr Seaton-Kella-way returned from Hanmer yesterday.

Mr W. A. Paul arrived from the South by the Tarawera this morning. The Hon. T. Fergus arrived in Christchurch from the North this morning. Mr G, R. Whiting returned to Christchurch this morning from the North.

The Rev. Alton and the Rev. Father Henry arrived from the North this morning.

Mr G. W. Friend, of Sydney, who has been visiting Christchurch, left for the North last evening.

Messrs J. M'Combs, J. Craigie, and G. M. Thomson, M.P.'s, arrived from the North this morning.

Mr C. Holdsworth, managing director of the Union Steam Ship Company, arrived by the Wahine to-day. Mr J. Vigor Brown, M.P. for Napier, together with Mrs Brown and family, left this morning for the coast.

Mr Mandel, of Wellington, arrived from the North this morning, and is staying at the United Service Hotel. Mr and Mrs Jopp, of Dunedin, arrived in Christchurch from the North this morning, and are staying at the Clarendon Hotel.

Mr W. J. Dickie, M.P., will leave for the West Coast on Monday, and will probably be absent from Canterbury for a week or ten days.

Mr R. T. Robinson, of Auckland, arrived in Christchurch by the ferry steamer this morning, and is staying at the Clarendon Hotel.

Mr Clement Arthur Suckling was yesterday admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court by his Honour Mr Justice Denniston, on the motion of Mr G. T. Weston.

Mr J. W. H. Scotland returned to Wellington from Auckland on Thursday, and will come South shortly. He anticipates being able to resume flying in New Zealand before next summer.

Mr G.. Girling Butcher, secretary and organiser of the New Zealand Catholic [Federation, arrived from Wellington this morning and left by the second express on a business tour of the South Island.

Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. G. J. Smith, commanding the Ist Canterbury Eegiment, has been appointed* colonel and to the command of an infantry brigade, vice Colonel W. A. Day, V.D., A.D.C., deceased.

At a committee meeting of the Canterbury Horticultural Society held last evening, Mr Harold Biggs was appointed secretary, to succeed Miss SneycfSmith, who" has relinquished the position after 11 years' service.

At last night's meeting of the Council of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association it was decided to write to Mr G. Harris (president) expressing sympathy with him in his present indisposition, and hoping for his speedy recovery.

The Eev. Dr. Kennedy, Bector of St. Patrick's College, and the Eev. Dean Holley, of Wanganui, have been selected to accompany Dean Eegnault in the representation of New Zealand at the General Chapter of the Order, to be held in Belgium later in the year, says a Press Association message. The Eev. P. N. Knight, who arrived in Christchureh this week from Melbourne to succeed the Eev. C. H. Laws as minister of the Durham Street Methodist Church, will preach both morning and evening to-morrow. Mr Knight has a reputation as a preacher and lecturer, and is a son of the manse, his father, the Eev. S. Knight, being a supernumerary minister residing in Melbourne.

A large gathering of Halswell residents assembled in the public hall yesterday evening to bid farewell to Mr Walter Streeter, on the occasion of his departure from the district. Mr A. Rose, who presided, presented Mr Streeter with a handsome seven-piece set of furniture on behalf of the assembled company, speaking in eulogistic terms of the way in which he had always worked in the interests of the district. Mr Streeter's mother was also presented with an easy chair. Mr Streeter suitably replied. Mr Christian Heinrich Hadler, of Rhinefield, Amberley, ended a long and useful life a couple of days since at the age of 83. The deceased, a native of Germany, arrived at Lyttelton in the ship Egmont in 1856. Tor a number of years he was engaged in hauling timber from the bush, but within 10 years of his arrival he was able to buy property at Amberley, which he reclaimed from its wild state and converted into one of the-most flourishing farms in the district. He*was for many years a churchwarden of the Amberley Anglican Church. Mr G. J. Dennistoun, of Peel Forest, who intends making a lengthy visit to the Old Country, handed in his resignation as chairman of the Geraldine County Council and the Mount Peel Road Board at the monthly meeting of these bodies held on Thursday. For twenty years Mr Dennistoun had been a member of the .County Council (chairman for seven years), and he- had served on the Mount Peel Road Board for an even longer period. The resignations were accepted with many expressions of regret from all the members. Mr K. Mackenzie was elected chairman of the County Council, and Mr B. H. Tripp chairman of the Mount Peel Road Board.