PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 34, 4 November 1919, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Brigadier-General G. S. Richardson, . General Officer in charge of AdmiuUtmL tion; Colonel 11. J]. Avery, office] 1 ' in • charge of "Q" duties; and Major T. , M'Cristell, Director of Equipment; and , Ordnance Services, will leave for the , south in the course of a few days on an [ inspection of ordnance stores and seri vices. A Press Association cablegram from . London states that Captain Wilkins, L photographer, has been appointed chief .' of the scientific staff of Dr. Cope's Ant- : arctic exoeoition. ' Tlin Rev. G. C. Blathwayt, principal • of tho Otaki Native College, and Mrs. ; Blathwavt, left- Otaki on Saturday for ' Island Buy, whove .Air. Blathwayt has ■ received an appointment as vicar. Mr. ' Wills, of Te Ante College, will succeed Mr. Blathwayt at Otaki. Before leavi ins Mr. and Mrs. Blathwayt -were pre- . denied with valuable. Maori mats by the [ local Natives. • A correspondent telegraphs from ■ Christcluirch that tho ilon. W. H. \ Tiiggs, who has beeu 35 years in the service of'lhe Ohristchurch "Press" Com- \ puny, during 2a years of which period | lie iias held the position of editor, has scut his resignation to the board of directors, as ho is desirous of mora ; leisure and freedom from anxiety than is '. possiblo to the editor of u large and im- | portant journal like tho ''Press." The , directors have accepted Mr. Triggs's resignation with great regret, as he has '. carried out his duties continuously during that long period with efficiency and i to the entire satisfaction of the board. > Mr. M. C. Keane. who has held the I position of assistant editor since 1913, > and who was acting-editor during Mr. Triggs's absence fn Europe, has beeu appointed editor of the "Press." The vacancy in the vicarship of St. i Matthew's Church, Auckland, created by ' tho resignation of the Rev. W. E. Gillani, has boon filled bv the appointment of tho Row C. IT. Grant Cowcn, 8.A., at ! present vicar of llnwera. Mr. Cowen will probably take up his new duties in ' February.—Press Assn. ' Mr. 11. A. Fox, of the Office Appliance ,- Co. Ltd., is leaving for a business trip • to the United States and England por s.s. Niagara, sailing on November a. Mrs. i Fox will accompany her husband, i Messrs. A. L. Wicks, produce mer- . chant. J!, M. Mack ,'.T. Duthie and Co.), ; and Edwin H. Tannor (Tanner Bros.), ■ were elected members of tho Wellington ; Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Mr. ■ J. 11. Young (P. llayman and Co.) has • replaced' Mr. W. A. Caminer on the roll of niemljersliip. Mr. W. .L Stevens, accountant, Wellington Gas Co., Ltd., who has been in- , disposed for some time past and recently underwent an operation for rheumatic iritis, left Wellington by yesterday's Main Trunk express for Koroma.