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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22517, 27 September 1938, Page 10

Personal Items

The Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage) will arrive in Christchurch from the north this morning.

The Minister for Public Works (the Hon. R. Semple) will open the Downlands water supply scheme in South Canterbury to-day, and will return to Christchurch for an election meeting this evening. He will leave for the south tomorrow.

The Minister for Mines (the Hon. P. C. Webb), who has been making a tour of the West Coast and Marlborough, will return to Christchurch to-day. A motion of sympathy with the relatives of Mr Robert Nairn, a foundation member of the Selwyn Plantation Board, was passed at a meeting of the board 3'esterday morning. "Archbishop Julius was a member of this body for 21 years—from 1897 to 1904 and from 1905 to 1919," said Mr A. E. Flower, chairman of the Canterbury University College Council, paying a tribute to the memory of the Archbishop at the council's'meeting yesterday. The council passed a motion placing on record its sorrow at the Archbishop's death and its sympathy with his relatives. "

Mr F. R. Picot, director of the Internal Marketing Department, returned to Wellington last night.

Dr. J. Hight was reappointed yesterday by the Canterbury University College Council as its representative on the Students' Union Council.

Mr W. N. Seay was elected patron and Mr R. Browning president of the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association at the annual meeting last evening.

Mr H. D. Acland and Colonel G. J. Smith were reappointed representatives of the Canterbury University College Council on the Senate of the University of New Zealand at the council's meeting yesterday. Before the ordinary business of the Sumner Borough Council last evening the Mayor (Mr J. E. Tait) spoke of the death of Mr H. C. Jamieson, a former councillor and a resident of the borough for many years. A motion of sympathy with Mr Jamieson's relatives was passed. Mr R. C. Skipage, manager of the New Zealand Shipping Company's Lyttelton branch, has resigned from the service of the company because of ill-health. His resignation has been received by the directors with regret. Mr Skipage was on the company's staff for 42 years. Mr O. H. Burford, a member of the Wanganui Education Board's accountancy staff, was last night appointed secretary of the New Plymouth" High Schools' Board from 114 applicants. He will succeed Mr E. Lash, who will retire at the end of November.—Press Association. Mr A. T. Campbell, of the staff of the Christchurch West High School, has been granted leave of absence for 1939 to enable him to exchange with Mr W. H. Wilde, a teacher in the Bolton Education Service. The Canterbury University College Council decided yesterday that Mr Wilde should be appointed to MiCampbell's position for at least the first term of 1939.

Mr A. Biggs was elected a life member of the Upper Riccarton Cricket Club at its annual meeting in recognition of his services to cricket in the Riccarton district for the last 30 years and to the club as an officer since its inception 18 years ago.

The death of the former Mayor of Invercargill (Mr John Miller) was referred to at the meeting last evening of the Sumner Borough Council. The Mayor (Mr J. E. Tait) said that Mr Miller was a prominent member of the Municipal Association, and his loss would be greatly felt. A motion of sympathy was passed with Mr Miller's relatives.

"Mr Kirk was rightly regarded as the grand old man of New Zealand lawn tennis," remarked Mr R. Browning, president of the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association, at the annual meeting last evening, when referring to the death of the association's patron, Mr J. H. Kirk Mr Browning said that Mr Kirk had been a competitor in the association's first competitions 35 years ago, and it was entirely through his generosity that the association was able to purchase the land for its fine ground, Wilding Park.