Personal Items.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17471, 3 June 1922, Page 7

Personal Items.

Mr W. J. Monro, formerly of Napier, has taken up his duties of chief clerk, Lands Department, Christchurch. Mr Raynor White, L.L.M.C., will act as judge of the vocal and instrumental sections at the forthcoming competitions in Leeston. Mr R. A. Younger, Deputy-Registrar of Births Deaths, and Marriages 4 at Dunedin for the past twelve months, has been transferred to Wellington. Mr Robert Flett Henderson, chairman of the Oxford County Council, bas been appointed to the vacancy on tho Christchurch Land Board, caused by the resignation of Mr T. G. Gee. Mr Justice Sim will leave Dunedin for \t ellington at the end of next week on his way to the Old Country. The next quarterly sittings of the Supreme Court at Dunedin will be taken by his Honour Mr Justice Hosking. Mr J. B. Hine, ex-M.P., of Stratford, is making satisfactory progress towards recovery from a recent severe illness, which attacked him, it is believed, as a result of inoculation against fever while in Palestine. At the annual meeting of the Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Association on Thursday evening, a motion of sympathy was passed to Mr K. Peach and family in the death of Mr Peach's mother.

The Hon. W. D. Stewart will be the guest of the Dunedin branch of the League of Nations on the 13tii inst., when he will be entertained at luncheon and be the principal speaker. It is his intention to address his constituents at the Burns Hall before returning to Wellington. Mr W. R. Blow, New Zealand Government Agent for Australia, of the Tourist Department, was in Kaikoura on Thursday. He spent a few hours inspecting interesting places, and left yesterday for Akaroa and Christchurch. , He was much impressed with Kaikoura as a tourist and health resort. The Rev. David Schloss, who has been granted six months' leave of absence by the Canterbury Hebrew congregation, prior to leaving Melbourne, was invited by one of the leading congregations to preach. . He read a portion of the law and offered up the prayer for the Royal family. He left for London on May. 16th, in the Ormuz. The trustees of Wesley Church, Fitzgerald avenue, Have appointed Mr E. Longden, who has recently arrived in New Zealand, to the position of choir conductor. Mr Long<ien w»3 for seven years a member of the Biunswick street Wesleyan Church choir in the city of Leeds, Yorkshire, which numbers 150 voices. He has had wide experience as a conductor and ia ' also possessed of a well-trained bani tone voice. As a soloist, Mr Longden 1 has taken leading parts in operatic and oratorio work in England. Mr J. Wellington, for many years foreman for Messrs Suckling Bros., Ltd., who has now entered into business on hia own account, was presented by the employees of the firm with a kit-bag and a pipe as a token of their esteem. Mr Grenfell, in making the presentation, referred to the cordial relations existing between Mr Wellington and those who had worked under him, and wished him success in his new sphere. Mr Wellington suitably acknowledged the presentation. The staff and employees of the retail depot of the Westport Coal Co., Ltd., met to bid farewell to Mr N. W. Parker, who has been appointed branch manager for the company at Westport. Mr J. A. Boswell, the local manager, in making the presentation of a travelling case, spoke in high terms of the splendid work accomplished by Mr Parker while in charge of the Christchurch depot. Other members also spoke of the high qualities of the recipient. Occasion was also taken to congratulate Mr W. B. Bradley, who has been appointed Mr Parker's successor. On Wednesday afternoon members of the Board of Governors visited Scots ! College (Wellington) for the purpose-of congratulating the principal, Dr. G. H. Uttley, on tne distinguished honour conferred upon him by the University of New Zealand of the degree of Doctor of Science. In making the announcement before the assembled pupils, the chairman of the Board of Governors, Dr. Gibb, spoke of tne pleasure he and members of the board felt in being present for such a purpose, and warmly commended the college on having as its principal one who had so distinguished himself in the world of science. The chairman felt assured that the honour gained by their principal would prove an incentive to the boys to devote themselves with increased ardour to the pursuit of learning. The boys received the announcement with* cheeta. -