PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2881, 20 September 1916, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

.. ~yn. , <f , i ' His Excellency the Governor and the Countess of Liverpool will attend Jhe performance of "Dr. Bill" on Saturday evening., .Mr. Justice Chapman returned to [Wellington froik Mastertoh yesterday. The Hon. A, L. Herdman returned from the north yesterday. In the Waifcato district, gfc Te Aroha and Hamilton, he met ths committees interested in the work of tihe Discharged Soldiers' Information Department. , Mr. J. Parkeir, who has filled the position of ohilef sub-editor of the ''Evening Post" 1 for the past nine years, has been) appointed editor, in succession to t&e late Mr. Gresley Imkin. Mr. F. J. Earle, of the subißditorial 6taff of the "Post;" has been appointed to succeed, Mr. Parker as chief sub-editor. . • The new appointments . were announced by Mr. J, Blundell, senior member of the "Post" proprietary, at a gathering of the staff, at which feeling References were made lo the valuable (services of the late MivLukia. -i ' Mr. F. J. Sheltojn>bas been appointed ■ teeeretary and general manager of tiie New '• Zealand! • Fruitgrowers' Association. Mr. Shelter was for many years managing partner Jof the firm of Common, Shelton and yo., at Gisborne, and was originator of ihe Gisborne Freezing Company. Hoi was later selected ■by the New Zealand Produoers' Association to visit London to endeavour ■to get better attention paid: to New Zealand produce at the other end. , Constable B. Lairkin, of Greytown, las, says our correspondent, been elected to the position of Town Clerk to itheGrevtown Borough.' The Rev. W. M'lriines, of Matamata, has received.* call' to Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay. At a special meeting of- the. Waikato Presbytery the call was sustained, and<accepted by the reverend gentleman.' Mr. M'lnnes has ; filled the position of clerk to the presbytery for a considerable period, and the Rev. D.: J. Shaw., of Te Awamutu, has been appointed to that office. Mr. J. H. Upton, acting-chairman of the directors of the Bank of New Zealand, who has been .an a visit to Wellington, has returned;-to Auokland.