PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16451, 19 February 1919, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr T W Jordan, assistant-post-i,l iWiora, left for vestcrday on holiday. " The Rirrht Rev. Dr. Sprott Bishop „f Wellington, was a passenger rom \orth by yesterday s ferry otca ™- r The Hon. J. G. W. Aitken, and tho Hon. R. K. Sunpson M.L-C., are among tho visitors to Chnstchurch. They are staying at Uarner^. The Hon. J. A Hanan, Education, arrived from c itt^nc , s I •yesterday and is attending tho " If the Senate of the University of New , Zealand. The Minister of Internal Attars a " nounced yesterday that Mr * • • Frazer, S.M., has been a PP ointcd f manent chairman of the Board of - P peal under the Public Service -.ct. Professor Hunter, Dr. Haj, post, Captain Kirkwocd, Captain M > Mr A. McKellar, and Dr. H. 1. ■_• Thacker, M.P., were passengers from Wellington by yesterday's ferry steamo . Air H Oaklev Brown, private secretary to Sir Joseph Ward, recently underwent an operation in )\ He expects to resume his duties shortly. Tho Rev. R. S. Gray, of Dunedm, has received private cable advice that Captain R. N. Gray loft England on February Ist on a troopship. Ho expects to" reach New Zealand early next month. Mr Glanmoro Jenkins, tho wellknown tar distillation expert, i 3 making a short stay in Christ-church, piior his departure for Australia in connexion with an important project for tho improvement of roads in tne Dominion. At the monthly meeting of tho North Beach and Waimairi Burgesses' Association a motion expressing confidence in Mr Kibble white as -Mayor ot New Brighton was unanimously carried, it was decided that Mr Kibblewhito bo asked to allow himself to bo nominated for a further term. and. to assure him of the support of the Association. A commission in tho Royal Flying Corps has been gained by Mr \\ . Coles, well known in Wellington football and cricket circles, and an old boy ot bt. Patrick's College. Ho is a son ot Mr A Coles, of Pctone. and was, for some months, at the Auckland Flying School. Mr A Coles has been serving with tiio forces in New Zealand during the war. Mr John Brown, who recently resigned his Government appointment in the North Island as Director ot lie ds and Experimental Farms, has secured a 500-acre farm near Timaru, upon which he intends to reside. He was this week appointed science and agricultural master at tho Timaru Boys High School. '

Mr James Jamieson, who left last night for Europe, was entertained on Monday afternoon by the Council of the Canterbury Art Society. Mr N. L. Macboth, the president, spoke ot tne valuable work done for art Canterbury bv Mr Jamieson, and on behalf ot tho Council wished him bon voyage and a safe return. Other members of the Council spokojm a similar strain.

Mr E. Northcroft, who has been appointed Chief Postmaster at Christchurch, was entertained, at Napier by a large and representative gathering oi citizens on Saturday evening. Mr JVigor Brown, M.P., who was m the chair, spoke eulqgistically of Mr Northcroft's career from the date of his cadetship in 1871. Since that date their departing guest had had many res Pol l" siblo positions in the service, and had always shown himself of the highest quality as an official and citizen. On behalf of a number of citizens, Mr Brown presented Mr Northcroft with a purse of sovereigns, and wished him all luck and prosperity. Mr H. B. Bower, officer in charge of fcho Christchurch staff of the Labour Department, who has been transferred to Wellington, was on Monday presented with a gold medal, on benalf of the staff, by the second inspector, Mr J. Jackson, who expressed the regret of the staff at losing Mr Bower, and also welcomed his successor, Mr W. Slaughter. Mr Jackson will also leave Christchurch early in March to take up his duties as inspector of agricultural, wool, and timber workers' accommodation throughout New Zealand, his new headquarters being in Wellington. He will' be succeeded in Christchurch by Mr P. Hooper. Mr E. W. ftelph, manager of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association of Canterbury, who has been granted extended leave by the directors, left on Monday evening for Wellington to join the Ruahine for England. Mr James Jamieson, who will be Mr Relph's travelling oompanion, left for Wellington last night to join him. .During Mr Relph's absence, Mr A. W. Jamieson, assistant-manager, will be acting-manager of the Farmers' Co-op. Mr J. A. Jensen, who was expelled from the Federal Government, in which he held the office of Minister of Customs, on account of his connexion with tho Shaw wireless plant scandal, has left for England. He obtained a passport in Sydney on January 23rd, but tho Central Passports Office in Melbourne was not advised of this fact until Februarv sth, by which time Mr Jensen had talten his departure. Captain D. Bryan, New Zealand Staff Corps, who has filled tho position of Assistant Military Secretary, Defence Headquarters, since March, 1916, is feaving for England tlii s week for the purpose of being posted to a British Regiment and undergoing' twelve months' regimental training. Captain Bryan, who graduated at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, Australia, left with the Main Body, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, in October, 1914, ana served in Egypt until April, 1915. He participated in the landing at Gallipoli, being a first-lieutenant in the .Wellington Battalion, and went through "the hottest of the first few weoks' fighting. He, however, was dangerously wounded after being a - month or two on the Peninsula, being shot through the lungs and having his left arm badly smashed. Ho was evacuated to Egypt, where, after several months, ho made a good recovery, and was then invalided back to Now Zealand. He was later given his present appointment, and was denied any further opportunity of proceeding to tho front. Captain Bryan is now to receive the twelvo months' regimental training with a British Roeular Army unit, which it was originally laid down Duntroon graduates should receivo.