Personal Items.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17119, 14 April 1921, Page 6

Personal Items.

Mr W. 11. Nicholson has been npp.iiiw ted lion, treasurer of tho Canterbury Automobile Association in place of Mr 11. Light band resigned. The South Canterbury branch of tho Christ's College Oul Hoys' Association propose to tender a complimentary dinner to the new headmaster, tho Rev, C. K. CYo-ise, about the end of this month in Tim am. Mr 11. F. Nicoll. vice-president of (h« Now Zealand Trotting Association, hj« made a pood recovery from his recent illness, and was present at ycMcntny'j meet ins: of the Hoard. The rrcMdent of the Association. Mr P. expressed t''o pleasure of the members at seeing Mr Xicoll restored to health! A motion of condolence with the family of the Me Hew T. McDonald was passed, members st inding, at yesterday'* meet inn of the Christ church PresbyS. terv. The drawing up, for General Assembly. of the memorial of the late Mr M'-Donald was entrusted to tho Her. n r. R. Frwin n*»d the Rev. W. 11. Flowes. clerk of Presbytery. Tho Rev. Charles Macdonatd, of tho Temnkn Presbyterian Church, who tendered his resignation on account of ill health, and was subsequently asked by tho congregation to take nine months' leave of absence on full pay and to reconsider his decision, has decided to take three months' leave of absence, at the termination of which he will piv« his decision regarding his resignation. Mr R. L I.owc, of Wellington, has been appointed conductor of the New Plymouth Citizens' Hand out of eightapplicants. Mr Lowe has had twentyeight years' experience with brn>' , « bands, twenty years of which were with leading brass bands in England. He is tho holder of two "West Coast cornet ehairmionsbips. and is at present bandmaster and solo eomet for the Wellington Waterside Band. At tho Supremo Court at Wellington yesterday luoruing .\ir Justico iteed was loi'jiially welcomed on behalf of tho Bar of Wellington and district by .Mr O'Leary, presiuont of tho Wellington section or the New Zealand Law Society. In reply tho Judgo said thai all that was necessary for tho establishment of happv relations between Bench and Bar wore tact and consider*, lion. Respecting tho call to the Rev. N. D. L. Webster, of Mornington, Victoria, to tho charge of »St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Christcluirch, it was stated at yesterday's meeting of the Presbytery that no reply had come to hand from Mr Webster, but it was generally understood that Mr Webster intended coming to Christcluirch. Presbytery made tho following provisional arrangements for Mr Webster's induction: Rev. Dt. R. Erwin to preside and induct; Rev. J. V. Jacohson to proach: Rev J. Paterson to address the minister, and Rev. J. I). Webster to address the congregation.