PERSONALS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1736, 6 September 1919, Page 7

PERSONALS.

Admiral Viscount Jellicoe laid the foundation stone of the new Returned Soldiers' Club-rooms this morning, and in the afternoon attended the trotting meeting at Addington, given in his honour. To-morrow morning he will deposit in the Christchurch Cathedral the New Zealand Ensign flown by H.M.S. New Zealand at the surrender of "the German fleet. In the afternoon he will leave for the south, on his way to Dunedin. He will spend the night at Timaru. - Mr W. Drake, of the Timaru Telegraph Office, has been appointed postmaster at Sumner. The Rev. Percy Knight, of Durham Si reet. Methodist Church, has been confined to his room this week by a painful illness. However, he -is now making good progress towards recovery. The Hon. John Barr, M.L.C., has been appointed to represent Sumner, Spreydon, New Brighton and Woolston Borough Councils and the Christchurch P-ainage Board on the Christchurch' T hnical College Board of Governors. '"he presentations from the citizens of O ristchurch to Mr H. Holland, ext>~. \vor, will take place in the Art Gallery next Thursday. The present Mayor (Tr H. T. J. Thacker, M.P.), who will trtc the chair at 3 p.m., will make tl" presentations. "he staff of R..S. McKenzie and Co. H»--.: on Thursday evening and presented Mr Bright Nicholl with a silver and greenstone match box, suitably inscribed. Mr Nicholl is returning to England by the Athenic this month, an'! in wishing the recipient bon voyage. Mr R. St. C. McKenzie expressed, on behalf of the staff, the hope that he would 30on return to New Zealand and ••gain rejoin the firm.