Personal Items.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17128, 25 April 1921, Page 6

Personal Items.

Mr C. M. Berkeley arrived form the North yesterday to make arrangement! for the local season of Messrs J. and N. Tait's pantomime, "Sinbnd tho Sailor," which commences on May 6th. The Rev. R. G. Coats, formerly vicar of Wakatipu. and recently relieving at St. John's, Invercargifl, lias been j»p. pointed to the temporary charge of St. Matthew's Parish, Auckland. Mr Frank O'Connor, of the raik»j staff at Unworn, who has been appoint* ed ticket inspector at Christchurch, wi entertained by railway officers an<? others nt Hnwera, and presented with a gold watch. Tho Rev. Mr Webster, of Victoria, who has accepted the call to the charge of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Cnurch. t'hristVhureh. will sail for New Zealand at the end of this month. The induction ceremony will be held on May 10th. Tho Mavor of Christchurch (Dr. Thacker. M.P.I has, by reason of illness, been unable to leave his honiv> during the last few days. He was reported to be very much better on Saturdav, and will probably W well enough to-day to be present at the Anzac Day service in tho Barracks. A private telegram was received on Snturdav from Mr W. K. secretary of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers' Association, stating that Mr Leadlev will arrive hero on May 3rd, in time for the annual meeting of tho Association, at which he will give u report on the recent Empire Conference of ox-servico men, held in South Africa. Thursday's Gisborne "Herald" has tho following:—Private advice received m Gisborne states that on Tuesday last a car driven by Mr Otto Ballin, of Christchurch, wont over a steep bank on the Tinoroto rond, and was considerably damaged. It is reported thnt a Gisborne resident, who was nfconipanving Mr Ballin, is at present m tho >\'airon'*Hospitnl as a result of tho accident. The Hon. Sir Thomas Miiokenaio, M.L.C., left Wellington for London by tho Cor'inthie on Saturday. Tie nntict. pates spending from two to three months in London. Whilo there, ho will represent several farmers' associations at a conference, to be held in June. Ho also proposes to look into tho position regarding wool, meat, and dairy produco on the spot, and, if time permits, to have a short holiday in tho metropolis, his strenuous duties in con* nexion with the High Commissioner *. office, preventing anything like plftf-sure-'sceking during his former rest« dehce there. Sir Thomas Mackenzie expects, to be back in Now Zealand in timo for tho next session of Parliament. At St. Matthew's Church, Dunedin, on Saturday morning, a tablet in memory of Brigadier-Genernl Harry Townsend Fulton, presented to tho church by his wife, who is now in India, was unveiled. Tho tablet bars this inscription: "To tho glory of God »nd in loving memory of Harry Townsond Fulton, C.M.G., D.5.0., Brigadier-General Commanding the N.Z. ttiflo Brigade, Lieutenant-Colonel 2nd King fcdward s Own Ghurka Rifles, sixth son of Lient.General John Fulton. R~\>o f thi» parish. He received the D.S.O. for his work in the South African campaign, 1900. Served with distinction in Samoa (1914-15) t in Wertern %pt (1916), and in France (1916*1918). Diod of wounds at the battle oi Amiens, March 29th, 1918, aged 48.'»