PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2818, 8 July 1916, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. W. A. Holman (State Premier ol New South Wales) will, visit New Zealand en ; . route to.-Fiji (states' a Press Association tetegijam from Sydney). The Hon. A. M. Myers, Minister of Customs, left for Auckland by last nights express. He will remain there during the stay of the Japanese ships. ; A Press Association telegram from London states that Lieutepant Harold Fitzherbert, Susses -Regiment, of Wellington, .has been killed in France. ' The late Lieutenant Fitzherbert was a son of the. late Mr. Henry Fitzherbert, who formerly practised as a solicitor in Wellington, and was later a Magistrate at New Plymouth. Y Mr. J. W.- Collins, late Chief Clerk of the Labour Department, was presented with a silver inkstand, and a silver rose bowl for Mrs. Collin's, yesterday. The pre•seritation was .made by.Mr.;F.'i W. Rowley',' Secretary "of' Labour, On behalf of the Department, on the occasion of Sfr. Oollins's recent appointment! to the position of secretary, io the Board of Trade. Mr.;"-P-:'-.HalTy, ?\vho has recently been, appointed a' member of ttfe Board of Trade, was also presented with a case of pipes and pouch, as a token of tho esteem -in l which- lie ; washeld by fho members of tho Wellington staff. Mr. J. R. Kirk, one of Gisborne's foremost, and most popular lawyers, and the immediate ex-Mayor of the town, yesterdav enlisted for service with the Expeditionary Forces, and has. passed the medical test.- Mr. Kirk has just been reelected for the third time a member the Hawke's Bay Education Board. Ho was a'member" of the Royal Commission on Education-in 1912, and tonped thepoll at the election of members in the North Island to. the National Council of Education. -Besides carrying on successfully hif extensive practice, he has devoted much time to public work, and will caTry with him the best wishes of his larro circle of supporters and friends. Ho holds a commission. as captain.—Press Association. ■ At yesterday's sitting of the Anglican Synod Mr. W. F. Ward was appointed a member of the Hadfield College Governors; ;_'Mr. William R. Reid, a West-Const pioneer, died at Greymouth on Tuesday morning. . Cable advice has been received in Wellington that 2nd Lieutenant Jack Kendall, who since November Inst has been .in. France, with the Field Artillery, has been' wounded in action. Lieutenant Kendall is the only son of Dr. Martindale Kendall, who is also on active service, being at present in charge of a large ambulance train. - Captain J. C. Smith, vN.Z.M.C., who underwent a serious operation last week in the Military Hospital,- Greytown, is now pronounced out of danger. Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. Turner, commanding the sth (Wellington) Regiment, has been'awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration, his service being 20 years 83 days. - Colonel G.'J. Smith, commanding the Canterbury Infantry Brigade, having served 20 years 20 days, has been awarded the Colouial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration. Hon. Lieutenant (Quartermaster) fniarlps IV Oowlev. of the 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles,, having served 27 years 135 days, has been awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-Service Medal. Last evening the staff of Messrs. A. and T. Burt, Ltd., presented to one of their fellow employees, Mr. S. Danks, a cheque, to mark the occasion of his approaching marriage. In making the presentation, on behalf of the _ firm and employees; Mr. T. R. Burt wished Mr. Danks even - happiness in' the future. Mr. G. Fiux.' headmaster of the South' Welliimtnu School since its opening in IS9G, will retire at the end of July, and ex-pupils are now considering the question of a fitting presentation.. In order to make the. l>est arrangement*, a meeting was held on Thursday* when the matter was pnt into the hands of the following committee:—Messrs. Ornll (secretary). TCnam). and M'Coll,- and Misses Jeffs and E. Hind.

Mr. J. 1.. M'Clintock. who left Wellington on Thursday by the Ttiverina for Svdnev to take lip Hi" position of manacpv in Now South Wales fo" the Vacuum Oil Company Pronriotarv, Ltd.. was tendered a farewpll " nn Wednesday "ny tlic members of the staff. • During the-evening Mr. M*ni"t<vk- w presentpcl with a silvpr to* 1 .-Mid service and a silver tray. ■ A. 0. the company's iipw : manacer , for New Zeamade tlu> presentation. Mr: A. c. AVoolcott. who is Miring from tbp position of secretary to the Smith-British Insurance Compan l " owing to ill-health. wa= the recipient of a oresentation from the members of th« staff. In presenting. Mr. Wmlcott with. the token. a photograph. Mr. P. H. Upton, general manager of the company, ■* expressed tl"> r»eret that all nrpsert felt that Ml'. Woolcott'* health was «nch that hp deemed ,it advisabln to retire. The compainVßaid. Mr'. Upton.- losing fi valued officer.- = :•