PERSONAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12572, 8 March 1919, Page 7

PERSONAL.

~*■ tlfif Chaplain-Captain Grigg, who was merly Methodist minister at ’LeestoaVs£ arrived in Auckland by the' Port Mel-'vf bourne yesterday and is expected to.vs reach Christchurch on-Sunday:', Chap-’:). lain-Captaiu Grigg has been on active -,» l service for the past three and a half" years. It is understood that'Mr, Grigg.' /■' has been appointed by the Methodist Conference as minister of ;the .Cambridge Terrace Methodist Church* ' .V> A Main Body 'man, Lieutenant L. J. Poff, M.M.,, who - & >i\ i. the Zealandic, has had a very ■■interest' -, :; 'd ing career, having been right, through*, j the Peninsular and French’; campaigns.*'- ; without being wounded. He left ‘as a .'- sapper in the Divisional, ’Signalling,,-' Corps and gained bis promotion in th'eV field. He is now spending his leave' 1 with his parents in Methven-' before returning to his duties in the Survey De. partment, Auckland. I *, • , • t A telegram from Dunedin states that . : ' the will of the late Mr Donald Reid..*’ has been sworn for probate 'fit ’imder.-V £170,000. Sir Reid has left £loop; i the Early Settlers' Association, and cer-A’-' tain money gifts to Otago University)|C to become available at %'expiry,of considerable nuinber of yearp, by wincin'* l time the gifts will haveat a rough estimate to the value' £SOOO. The gifts are to- be:devotedi'* to the encouragement of,economics a Donald Reid Chair of Economics - is,\’ ; to be founded, , ' , The director of the Technical College V s (Mr J. H. Howell), in aTetter read be-’-fore the board last night in i eferonce to his reported acceptance of the direc* - torship of the ’Wellington Technical College, stated that although the Wol-:, 1 liugton Board had offered him-the posi-'v' . tion, his nihdioal adviser was against!, ’ his taking it,. He had informed the! ’’ Wellington Board accordingly, and the / ’ matter might be regarded as closed/? ;V The chairman of the board- (Mr, Scott) said that the director ■ was greatly overworked man, and he should^' I*' 1 *' have assistance. Messrs 0. H.'Opie and' Vi H. R. Rusbridge spoke in terms"-of Jdgh>‘' - praise of Mr Howell’s untiling work) and a committee was set tip to consider «iv: the question of assistance. ' "■ ’ '■.( . Mr George Scott, sen., of*the,Am/ of Scott Bros., Ltd., will leave' Ohristchnroh about March 25-on**'-tdp.-tdi!‘'i England. He expects to he away for-' eight or nine months. The Technical - College Bqard, of which Mr* Scott is;' chairman, has decided to give him a complimentary luncheon prior to his parture. The board also resolved last nigbt—"That this bqard places on re- ; . ’ cord its high appreciation, of the jjar-' vices rendered te the college and to' l the cause of teobnicnl education generally by Mr Scott as chairman of the Board of Governors, widely position "be ’ lias so ably and conscientiously filled ; . during the past seven years.” ■’ The > motion was supported by several speak- r; era, and carried with acclamation,