PERSONALS.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 151035, 29 July 1919, Page 4

PERSONALS.

It is understood that Mr T. J. Griffin „ headmaster of the Motueka High School* iias been offered an inspectorship by theEducation Department. Mr Charles William Thorp j of tlie Wei- - lington College teaching staff, and formerly of Motueka, has been admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court at Weilington on the motion of the Hon. T. M. Wilford, Minister of Justice. Mr Eric F. Waters, who recently returned from active service, has resumed his duties on the staff of the Nelson School of Music. Miss Judson, of the School of Music find the visiting music staff of the Nelson Girls' College, has been granted twelve months' leave of absence to en»f cr ' in ComPany with her mother, Mrs E M. Judson, to pay a visit io Intm> W -Me? e they wiU stay witb- Miss . Lilian Edger. Mr Ralph Steele, who will be rememnered as one of the Steele-Payne Beilnngers, when touring New Zealand, Dv b a paralytic stroke recently at Lieut. W. Perry, of Wellington, who recently returned from the war is taking a holiday in Nelson with his wife bet *£«* resuming, his professional work in.Wellmgton. . • ,M + r- S- B. Canavan, the newlyeleqted member for the Nort,h Ward took his seat at yesterday's meeting of the Education Board, and was cordially welcomed by the chairman. Thirty-one applications from all over aow Zealand were received for the position or director and secretary of the Ashburton lechnical College. The appoint ment has been offered to Mr R J inompson, at present chief commercial instructor at the Seddon Memorial Technical College, Auckland. j Miss Ivy G. Wynyard, who formerly was on the staff of the Devonporfc - Borough Council, but for the past three years was engaged on war work in France, has been appointed to a position on the United States Headquarters fctafr m France. xi Mrr,4-, A- Pritchard, whose death at tlie trisborne Hospital is announced was several years ago a well-knowil Player of Rugby football, and was also popular as a referee. 'Mr Pritchard, wlio was thirty-six years of age, died after a long and painful illness. The Rev. 'William Bullock, who arrived fey the troopship Brilon last week came out to the Dominion fo fulfil an engagement as organising secretary to the C.E.M.S. He has been an Army chapJain for some time. He served in the 8.E.F., and was for a time attached to lattoly BerrinE: Captain Evan Dickson, who holds the Distinguished Service Cross (and bar), Distinguished Flying Cross, and French Lroix de Guerre for services as a pilot, has been appointed by the Canterbury Aviation Company to take charge of bockburn Aerodrome, in succession to the late Mr C. M. Hill, who was killed while nying over Riccarton racecourserecently.