PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2767, 10 May 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

[V; jrfc-JREGJIi.] - Their Exc'ellen '«£« U"> Governor and the Countess of vliverpool, accompanied by Mr. Gavin I Walton, private secretary, and Mr. H. '. Hchnore, A.D.C., left last night for Rt t°nia, where they in-tend-to remain it-Mil May 20, on which day they will leave 'for Wellington, where they will arrive- on- i the morning of May 21. Mr. n. D. Heath fer has, says a Press Association telegra to, been re-elected chairman of the \Aucklnnd Harbour Board. Mr. Harold C. B fcwden, formerly of" Wellington, and tr tveller for Messrs, Keniptliorne, l'rosser, '.ami C°., left early in the war as corpo Val with the Australian Imperial Exp b'Jitionary Forces. He- was commissioned yon Gallipoli, and has now teen raised to f, the rank of captain in the 45th Battal u», 12th Brigade A.I.F. Mr. R-."M'Calluin, M.l t>,. who has been on a visit to Egypt, rotu p ncd to Wellington by the Manuka yesl» rday. Mr. J. G. Castle, of has received word that his so) S, Arthur, who went away as second lieui fenant with the 2nd Battalion of the New Jiine Brigade, has been prcniotx ei'to the rank of iirst lieutenant. The Rev. P. B. Haggitt, # : car of Merivale, has appointed the Rev. i^ 7 . H. Stycb. to succeed the Hev. D'. Hani Hti as curate, Mr; Stych is at present victtf-' of Colling, wood. Ho will enter upon .his duties in the Menvale parish on May . fci •' Mr. L. Griffiths (of Griffiths '.j s™s., Ltd., Blenheim) returned yesterday j W om a business visit to Sydney, and le.tt : for Palnierston North by tho Main Trunk express. He returns to Wellingti ta i to-day, and leaves by the Pateeua at hi oon for Blenheim. \* Mr. J. B. Brinsden, manager,'' of the Dunlop Rubber Co. of Austral i, Ltd., left for Auckland yesterday. At a meeting of directors of ill c Australian Mutual Provident Society,, i Mr. A. W. Meeks.. M.L.C.. and Mr. J. T. 'Walker were re-elected chairman and disputy chairman respectively o£ tho 7 for the ensuing year. N Mr. W: H. Beetham has been ea «ted a life member of the Wairarapa P.; and .A. Society. i- ■ Mr. George Allport (Secretary •, of Marine) returned from a business 'trip south by the Mararoa yesterday morm ng. A number of New Zealandcrs, incjf idi ing Messrs. M'Clure, Hall, and Wils* ri, ;of Canterbury, and Dr. Bennett ai id '•■ Mr. Griffiths, of: Blenheim, who wet it ■ over to attend the Royal Agricultun u '■ Show in Sydney, returned by the ManuS a '■ yesterday morning. ' Mr. John Fleming, of Cheviot,,NortV. I Canterbury, a well-known breeder antd owner of trotting horses, returned frown- : Sydney by the Atanuka yesterdayj i i Mr. Percy Fildos (son of the late Mr.l J. G. Fildes, for many years manager | of the Bank of New Zealand, Blenheim) . airived from Sydney by the Manuka on ■; a visit to his relatives, after an absence of sixteen years. ■ He holds the position, at- Sydney of Chief Engineer, Lifts, and. Scaffolding Office, in the Department of Public Works. The AVellington Education Board haa' appointed Mr. D. L. Freeman assistant instructor in agriculture. Mr. Freeman ' was trained in Lancashire, and subsequently became instructor in agriculture under'the Southland Education Board. Mr. Walter G. Williams, managing director of the Universal Film Supply Company, Ltd., will leave Wellington to- v morrow by tho Manuka for Sydney on a business trip. .He will arrive by the Main Trunk froni Auckland to-day. Mr. Val Johnston, manager of tho Union Company's Melbourne office, arrived by the Manuka yesterday. Mr. G. A. Macdonald, general manager I \ of tho Dominion College of Wireless, is on • n visit to Wellington for a few days.