Personal Items.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17114, 8 April 1921, Page 7

Personal Items.

Mr A. Pcverill was recently appointed secretary of the Canterbury Licensed Victuallers'. Association, and has taken uo tne duties of the position. Mr W. A., Low, the uell-known theatrical agent, is at present a patient in the Dunediu Hospital, having been operated on for appendicitis. Mr P. E. Pattrick, Commissioner of Crown Estates, Samoa, has arrived m Wellington, via Melbourne, on holiday leave. Bishop Julius returned t'i Christchurch vestcrday morning, cfter a trip to Wellington to attend a conference of Anglican bishops. Mr Henri Verbrugshen, the conductor of the New South Wales State Orchestra, was recuperating his health in a private hospital in Sydney when the last mail left. k Mr A. Wade, who formerly conducted the Wanganui Garrison Band, and resigned to take charge of the Ipswicii (Queensland) Band, has again been appointed to the conductorship of tho Garrison Band at Wanganui. The appointment of Mr W. E. Rawson as native trustee under the Native Trustee Act is gazetted. The Hon. Dr. Pomaro is appointed a member of the Native Trust Board constituted under the Act. ' Mr Arnaud N. Barraud, manager of tho Palmerston North branch, and Mr R. J. McCulloch, manager of the Masterton branch, of Booth, Macdonald and Co., Ltd., are at present in Christchurch to confer witlh, tho head offico executive. They are stayins at Coker's. Dr. J. Allan Thompson, Director of the Dominion Museum, Wellington, who came to Ohristchurch for last weekend, became seriously ill and had to be taken to a private hospital. Dr. Thompson hopes to be able to return to Wellington in about a fortnight's time.. The respect in which the Rev. A. C. Lawry and Mrs Lawry are held by the congregations of the St. Albans circuit was shown by the large attendance which filled the Rugby street schoolroom on Tuesday evening. Mr W. Simpson presided. Addresses dealing with the excellent work of the retiring minister were given by Messrs R. Wilson, J. Lomas, A. Williams,* and the chairman, and Mr George Simpson presented him with a cheque: Mr Lawry expressed his sense of gratitude for the tangible evidence of good feeling, and said, the co-operation of the officials bad assisted to make his work amongst them of an enjoyable nature. On behalf of the ladies associated" with tho church, Mrs Lawry was presented with an oak tray. Mrs J. E. Woodham and Miss Eleanor Smith expressed appreciation of Mrs Tjawry's quiet and unobtrusive services, to which Mrs Lawry gracefully responded. A musical programme was carried out and refreshments provided. At the last meeting of the Sumner School Committee Mr D. Lumsden, who has been chairman for the past eight years, stated that he was retiring from school committee work, as he felt that after so many years of service he should take a rest. Mr Lumsden's connexion .with public school matters dates back to 1898, when he became a member of the East Christchurch School Committee, serving on that body for 15»years, when lie.took up his residence.in Sumner. He was, one: of the foundation members of the School Committees' Association, of which body he was secretary for /over nine years. He was a member.of the Technical College Board of Governors under the chairmanship of Dr. Hight. During his residence in Sumner, 'Mr Lumsden has been keenly interested in the welfare of the local public school, and his eight years' service on the committee completes a contribution to school work which., covers a. quarter of ; a century of active educational development. ;