Personal Items.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17107, 31 March 1921, Page 6

Personal Items.

Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice, leaves tin a trip to Great Britniii by tho Corinthio nest month. He expects to be bnck in New Zealand about the end of the year. A Owing to business reasons. Mr A. Peverili president of the Christchurch Workingmen'a Club, has resigned, after four and a half years' service. At a special meeting, held last night, his resignation was accepted with regret, and it was decided totake fitting steps to recognise his services. Mr A. S. Adams will he sworn in as a Judge of the Supreme C ourt l>y the Chief Justice on Saturday, and on Monday ho is to reach Auckland, whom he wilt take up his new duties by dividing the work with Mi Justice Stringer. It is probable that tfhe new Judge will remain in Auek'nnd till the end of the y.?ar. Mr Adams arrived in Christchurch last night from Dunedin.

The London '"Times" of January 29th has tho following:—"The King of the Belgians has bestowed 011 Mr Evan Macpherson Macdonald the decoration of Chevalier de l'Ordre do Leopold 11.. in recognition of valued services to Belgium." Mr Macdonald recently returned to Christchurch from London, where lie resided during the war period, and where ho performed a great amount of war work, particularly in connexion with Belgian refugees. •