Personal Items.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18409, 16 June 1925, Page 8

Personal Items.

Tho Hon. Sir R. Hoaton Rho<U ■ Minister of Defence, expects to for Wellington on Thursday eTeuing. Tho Hon. Sir James Parr, who fcft Wellington by last night's femi stoaraer, is proceeding to Dunedin. to lay tho foundation stono of & »eir'Medical School in tho Otago c«piul (telegraphs our Wellington correspcv dont). Sir James will visit Canterbury. also, and open a new school at Oxford.

Mr A. Hall (Wellington) is « «,** at the Clarondon Hotel. **** Messrs O. Hutchison (Dunedin) A&i C Aleoek (Duncdin), and D. WUIW (Oamaru) are among tho guests attt! United Sorvico Hotel.

J x £ Donald, late Chief Rotf. master at Tininru, has taken up fek official duties as Chief Postmaster ik Christchurch, in place of Mr J • * Broadfoot.- J * &

Mr W. T. Thomas, an ex-Mayor rf Woolsion, who has been suffering fan a serious breakdown in health, »» far rroovered that ho is leaving tfrdn for Ashburton. ~^x. Messrs Howlett (Auckland), T. Keith-Taylor (Wellington) and J. J&. nington (Dunedin) are staving at W»k ucr's Hotel. * 6 ™

™ M I G ; &. Hod R kin ». Deputy duf Electoral Officer, Department of Inter. nal Affairs, is at present pubs an official visit to the Registrars d Electors and Returning Officers in tin South Island electorates.

Col. H. D. Stewart, Dominion preident of tho R.S.A.. Mr H. J. KrMl president of tho Christchurch R.S.A?, and Mr W. E. Leadloy, secretu? it tho Christchurch R.S.A., fcav* totd*y for Dunedin to attend tho annual conference of the Association. x

Advice has been received, from Wdon that tho board of directors of st« head offico of tho Guardian Assuruico Co., Ltd., lias appointed Mr P. f. Townloy, general manager for Zealand. Mr Townley has for m>hy. years been Wellington manager for, the oompany. *" ' v • Mr Robert Williamson, manager far J. G. Williamson, Ltd., ia at prcseslfh •'■ Ohristchurcli, making the prohohxsjy arrangements for the appearance ofta. famous Russian actor, Maurice vitoh, at tho Theatre Roya} on Tosji*' day night week, in "The Outai&tft> "Tho Merchant of Venice," and ,l ffit Great Lover." -V Tlio Hamilton Borough Counrjl has appointed Mr It. Worley.to the i ! , tion ..of borough engineer. Mr Wetwr was born in Kelson and educated »t Nelson College. He took up the sUuJyof engineering in 15)11 and graduated' "as an associate member of tho Intftw--' tion of Civil Engineers (London) «*rr. -* in 1922. He served with tho }f«w «i< j land Engineers and the Royal Enflitv- 51 oors dining the war and attained the | rank of captain. He was awarded tH? » Military Cross in action in tho mchi>j battle of Yores-and-was twice n*ty« '1 tibned in dispatches for valuable «K. ~ gtneering work in the forward VVffi. -