PERSONAL ITEMS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14210, 26 May 1910, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Wancjanm College Board have ; appointed Mr W. H. Savage, of the Wanganui Education Boai'd staff to the position of secretary. There were thirty applicants. Mr Alexander Littlejolin, head of tlio firm of W. Littlejolin and Son, jewel'lors, died at Wellington yesterday morning. He had suffered from heart' trouble for some years. He was 011 a of the leading chess players in New Zealand. Sir Joseph Ward did some hard tra* veiling on Tuesday. He left Wellington in the Maori at 8.5 p.m. on Monday, and reached Lvttolton at 6.5 a.m. next morning. Ho stepped on to a special train on the Lyttelton wharf at 6.35, and reached Christchnrch at 7 a.m.. and after a stay of five minutes <m the platform, went on to Broken River. From there ho took coach to the Otira. He caught the train there in tlio afternoon, and reached Greymouth about eight o'clock at night. On "Wednesday 'afternoon the children of the Winchester school made a presentation of a. silver-liaclccd brush to Miss Aimers, who is leaving for the jj Tiniaru Main School. The presenta- • t.lon was made hv Willie Elsom, who read a short, address nicely expressing reiiret ; ,t Miss Aimers' departure, and wishing her success in futip-e. Miss Aimers f<>cl ; n"ly fontio*], -i"'l the nropcedinjw ended with the children Riving her three l.Pnrty eV-rs. A soda! frntlierinr' will he held in t,h*> Winehnq. 1 schnol this pi-enniEr to " farewe" " I Miss Aimers. "'bo is leaving at th« • end of the week.