Personal Items.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20489, 7 March 1932, Page 8

Personal Items.

Sir Lindo Ferguson was to. passengers from Wellington on Sator. , day. ' , . 'O Mr J- K. Henrys arrived from north on Saturday morning. ' ; The Hon. L. M. Isitt and Mr yr Rogers were passengers by tl» faL steamer from Wellington yesterday. ' Mr David Jones, chairman of £.* ' Meat Board, returned from Welliw-* yesterday morning. ' Dr. J. Hight, chairman of the Cam. '. mittee of Economists, left for Wellhe'. ton on Saturday night. , s " The Mayor (Mr D. G. - Sullivan M.P.) returned from Wellington on Saturday morning. The Rev. J. R. Hervcy, of 8t Stephen's Church, Shirley, who his been in ill-health, is making gradual progress towards recovery. Mr J. A. Taylor, of Middow® ! Brothers and Taylor, Wellington is at present on a visit to Christcnurch. Mr. John F.'irroll, who is conducting the New Zealand tour of the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company, arrived * from the north tn Saturday morning. Mr A. Wells Newton, Clerk and Engineer to tho Eyro County Council, who lias been on a visit to Rotornn, returned to Oboka on Saturday. • Messrs F. G. Hudson (Melbourne),' H T. Kitto (Wellington), William Rogers (Nelson), and J. S. Hazlett (Lumaaea) are staying at the Clarendon Hotel.Mr R. M. Macfarlane has' beei appointed to represent the Canterbujy Labour Representation Committee at * the annual conference of the move* * ment, to be held in Wellington at ter. ' i 'i''' The Minister for Transport "lias ap- - proved the following appointments, is testing officers under the motor drivers' regulations, 1931: —Messrs W. J. Tdt'.. ■ (Koiapoi). M. Hall (Lyttelton), D. - Cameron (Timaru), and W. A. BoM , (Waimairi/. Mr A. H. Hobbs, J.P., president of * - the Canterbury Justices' .. and Mr Alfred Williams, J.P. president), left by Saturday night's ferry steamer to attend, the New Zea* land Federation of Justices' Conference . at Wanganui. ' . r - Mr David Kdmonds, for some time licensee of the Carlton Hotel, was ' entertained recently by a number of his Papanui and other friends. Mr Edmonds, who is leaving the district, i was presented with a combination j ] smoking companion and fridge set, and. i his son, Mr John Edmonds, Was pre- , sented with a' efilver pencil. < >.| The Rev. E. Edmonds, M.A., latrfj curate at has been appointed j assistant curate of Sydenham, m IM- " u ' cession to tije Rev. Basil Taylor, who ! has been appointed vicar of Hmda. Mr Edmonds, prior to goinjj to Qnbome, was in charge of a private school ffl . ■ Hawke's Bay, and gave it up to t«J» • Holy Orders. * i Mr J. Arthur Wilkinson, of Duaedin, chairman-eleot of the Oapgregational Union of New Zealand, " | and Mrs Wilkinson, who up»- * | sident of the Federation 'of Gpngregs* tional Women of Nefa Zealand, ate » present in Christ-church. op their way to Wellington to attend the . amwai ... > meeting of the - Union# Latest arrivals at the Ccntntf .Hdtel ./■ are Messrs Robert Gordon.(MuttWßW, Trevor Fenwic.k (Adelaide),_ KBJiygnjM:. (Sydney), Bernard Mai>pus - ■ "sjfi England), Rupert Crocker E. Rice (Johannesburg), JU- JOTW, (Wellington), and L. Scott * Visitors at the New City Hotelifr',, dude Messrs D. & j /VrS 1 ■■ £ John Malcolm, B 'F. Richards land), C. L. .(Hwtiog 1 )* liam Benzies, W.. J- »• Bertinshaw fWellmgfyn), and ffi TOr j, aer and E. H. Tunler (Dunedin*; ■ J Messrs W. »»», K<>: T ° rt r.'-yJI Williams, and P. G. Soberte va.ucKW. land), Mr J. "W. Hardiig ( rau), and Messrs A. Moore ■ Parker (Wellington) are staymg Warner's Hotel. , Sat»rJw w ">ie"'? 4sfinc at Warner's Hotel, n* to Wellington by to-morrow ; ferry steamer. ■ ' ' 1 At Saturday night's meetjW Canterbury Fruitgrowers' J. Mr H. Turner, who, was MWfflßß'.Vij pointed "the London A the Fruit Export Board, tW MWJA* J He gave an outline of the hoped to do in England. Messrs G. G. Goodman James Dobbie, aad F. lington and Messrs C. F. OTmgfr. ; L. Boberts, A. E. Stevens®, ; W. A. Harris (Donedin) at the' United Service v Hw«- ; Mr Arthur Jacobs, of tha W#® firm of George Thomas and president of the IJniteaTravellers' and ciatioh, of New. Zealand,. ordered a sea yoyage by his He on a trip to England ty the tiki on March 24th--^He -will panied by Mrs Jacobs. Mr a brother : in Jacobs, a director of and Co., whose.kindnessiK Commerce and Industry, . rived in Ne.w Zealand, is church. He intends to m&K I vestigation of the farming factoring resources of _ .the ■ uo with a view to .fostering traaeMiyata left Japan before coming to New Zetiajy^rK-^ s t Siam, the Malay States, and After t|uring the Dominion as Dunedin he will leave for; Sydney,, arid, tience return w; by way of Manila. . Tho Bev.' H. 0 .recently appointed to thei Oanonry vacated by Oanm also to that vacated by Oanon v has been editor of the "C?»^ fl W since 19?2. He was and shortly after was pl aoe d^ r ; c t—» -? of the Taumarunui-Ohura distri block ff about 'SOOO square newly-opened country. Losuiß, ■ jb in a bush sawmill railway 1912, he removed to the parishO , lie, and later served in ~ he left to become organising of. the Diocesan Board of ff _ andieditor of the ''Church . Rev. Mr Hanbv had journalist ex»!^ e ence in Auckland before ent® R ministry. ■