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Press, Volume C, Issue 29505, 5 May 1961, Page 12

Personal Items

Dr. D. Taylor, the Health Department’s director of health education and maternal welfare, will leave for Noumea next week to attend a conference of directors of territorial health services convened by the South Pacific Commission —(P A.) Mr Thomas Pound, a retired public servant, has been appointed a member of the Public Service Board of Appeal for a period of six months (PA.) Mr W. A Breach has resigned as representative of 'the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce on the National Safety Association because of ill-health. A motion expressing appreciation for his work was carried at a meeting of the chamber’s council last evening. Mr P. I McCallum, representative of the Marlborough district committee of the Young Farmers’ Club movement. is the Canterbury council winner of a scholarship sponsored by the Bank of New Zealand The scholar, ship is one of several giver annually by the bank. They entitle winners to attend a course in dairy and sheep farming which will be held this year at Massey Agricultural College from May 8 to May 19 Members of the Canterbury Centre of the New Z»aland Amateur Athletic Association stood in silence last night as a mark of respec’ to the memory of Mr W J Cowles, who was president of the Canterbury Amalgamated Olympic Federation. Mr O. L. Watson, of Blenheim. has been appointed a member of the Marlborough Licensing Committee, succeeding Mr D Doonan. Mr D W Wright has been appointed a member of the Wainui Domain Board in place of Mr H S Billcliff who resigned Messrs G. H. Ormond Wil son (chairman), J te H Grace (representing the Maori race) and Dr. J. C Beaglehole (nominated by the Senate of the University of New Zealand) have been reappointed members of the National Historic Places Trust Messrs A. H. Bogle, J. te H Grace. P Te Hurunui Jones. J V Meech, and J D Pascoe and Dr G. Jobberns have been appointed members of the New Zealand Geographic Board, according to a notice in the Gazette Professor H R. Gray, dean of the faculty of law at the University of Canterbury and Mr J P. Kilbryde, senior lecturer in law, have been Invited to join the legislation committee of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce.