Personal Items.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18408, 15 June 1925, Page 10

Personal Items.

—«— * ■ The lion. Sir Hcaton Rhodes, Miss. l ter of Defence, and Lady Rhodes ioi* - rived on Saturday from Wellington.' * '• Messrs S. J. Hill (Wellington) and J. Robinson (InvercargiH) are guest* - at the Clarendon Hotel. Mr T. Alan Arthur, of Glasgow sad. ' "Montgomery House." Ayrshire, Scot- t land, is a visitor to Christchurch, u a | is staying at the United Service HottL -* Messrs F. McCrea (London), T K Arthur (Scotland), H. W.Whiffen (Scot* ' ? land), W. Vclden (Sydney), N. and \r- V G. Rutherford (Palmerston North) C* ,: i» W. Crocker (Wellington), A. B. Annand •'-"> (Timaru), J. Manchester (Waimata) J " - Woodman (Wellington), and 1\ C. Face* ' * (Wellington) arc staying at the United' "'' Service Hotel. „, i Mr H. Belshaw, Ml., formerly «I& Canterbury College, where subae«t«#»&& to his graduation with first-class Im*. -*'% ours in economics he was tutorial cla*** ■ lecturer in that subject, is now porto.ing research work for the Cambridfta Ph.D. degree. He will leavo CmiS br.dgo about twelve months hem» to take up an appointment as lecturer nt economics in tho University of Tj*/ mania. < A League of Xations Conference test' held in Wellington recently, when defc gates from the four centres andsoaW' branches met to discuss the best innater of securing strong individual back!**' of the Loaguo in all its activities. Conference was well attended, and Wit, enthusiastic as to possibilities and «k "« sistance that could be given the Geaev& Centre by a strong Dominion backiar * The Conference unanimously deci<Jed*gJ " offer the appointment of DomUioa * organiser and lecturer to Mr T. B)jx.> '<<■ ton, who has accepted the position. Fai the last throe years Mr Buxton has beta" * acting as Dominion organiser and let* " turer for the New Zealand Fanaea'*/ Union. * " .Mr D. K. Haberfield, who .has »--r signed his position as grocery manager " of tho N.2. Farmers' Co-op. Assocta* . tion, has, during his long association . with this firm, made many friends, and - on Friday afternoon the wholewila n»r-\' chants of Christchurch mot him aW Ballantyno's Tea Rooms to show tans, *' ible evidence of their' feelings towaidV? him. Mr W. Bottrell referred partich~ ~ larly to the efforts Mr Haberfield half; made towards impoving the of the trade generally; he had ahrwtf>'--,, been loyal to his firm and loyal to K» ? fellow traders and had, as a result, w» * maincd on the most friendly term, with all classes of the world. The speaker voiced the fyjlnSrU* of the meeting, when he stated Mr Haberfield's genial and kindly Seasonality would bo sadly missed •nj'Sfw,- 1 pressed the hope that the groefijpfN trade would not be permanently ipnifcjrefif of 'his services. Mr S. Wilkinson *irtyjMr L. Cookson also spoke in terms of Mr Haberfield's services,' at<b&|l Mr Bottrell then presented him cigarette case suitably inscribed and «pisS .Wahl fountain pen and percil. , 'lfasjJK Haberfield feelingly responded. ' ' grani