Personal Items.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17418, 31 March 1922, Page 6

Personal Items.

His Excellency the laid tho foundation stcno 0 f the PenS sula, war memorial at Aknroa voaord,*" Ho leaves nt 6.30 this m OT nh B f or tl ;. Kakaia district, where he will en * m deer-stalking. The trip will ' by ear to the Lake Coleridge naJT. station, and thenoo by waggon, flu Excellency will bo away till April Bth and w ill then return direct to Welling ton. K " r^, l '. H - feeler, of p l<Msnnt Vj Gebbio s Flat, is at present on avU ' to the West- Coast. Mr R. J. Thompson has returned to V Ashburton after attending a sittinc of the Teachers' Appeal Court at Auck land. . [r , J -,, H i,. W 7 b0 - T6 ' lat ® of Kilbirnio Sch 001, \V ell ington, is at present serf. ouß.v ill in a Wal private hospits] in Auckland. Prior to his illness Mr AVorbovs waa relieving the headmaster fit the Bombay School. Dr. A. E. Park, who has just retired from the position of assistant house surgeon at the Wellington Hospital is leaving on a trip to the Old Country' for tho purpose of pursuing his studies and obtaining further experience.. Dr. Eric 11. 31. Luke, who recently resigned from the staff of house ju r . goon; Wellington Hospital, leaves by the Wniwern for Great Britain, for th, purpose of acquiring further experience in his profession. Dr. Luke is t youngest son of Mr C. M. Luke, of / Wellington. f Mr Sydney Smith, Junr., the hf>n secretary 0 f the Australian Cricket Board of Control, and the manager of the last Australian eleven in England and South Africa, is busily engaged finishing his book of the tour. It will he nublished in Sydney, and will be profusely illustrated. Tho Right Rev. Bishop W. C. SadKer and the Yen. Archdeacon J. D. Russell have been placed upon the reserve list of tiiio New Zealand Chaplains' Department. The Right Rev. Bishop 0. Juliu» the Revs'. F. Dunnage, F. P. Fonda!!,' end G. W. Christian have been placed on the list of retired army ohaplaine as from November 16th last. Mr H. M. Gore, of Wellington, has been appointed a member of tho Board of Science and Art, vice Profewtcrr Thomas, who has resigned. Mr Goto has taken a prominent part in fostering art in Wellington. He has been president of tihe Wellington Academy, and has shown his paintings at all the annual exhibitions. On Wednesday evening Mr V. 0. Peters, who for a- number of years has been choirmaster at Edgewaie road Methodist Church, was presented, on behalf of tho Edgeware road Church and friends, with a piano, on the occasion of hi-j forthcoming marriage. Accompanying tho piano was also the gift of a stool from the juvenile choir. Mr J. B. Dunlop, of Oamaru, th# New Zealand chess champion, will Mfe the Dominion on April 12th. provided the steamer arrangements suit, and wffl arrive in Melbourne about April 18th to tako part in tho Australian chess ohampionship tournament, which will commence the following day. Mr Davies, of Dunedin, the other competitor from New Zealand, is already on his way to Australia. At Kaiapoi last evening, the Territorials and Senior Cadets presented their instructor in military duties, Ser-geant-Major W. R. Pike, who is Wing retrenched, with a, shaving outfit. The presentation was made by Sergeant H. Turnbull, who referred to the excellent relations that had always existed between the recipient and the donors, and wished him every success in the future.