PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 133, 1 March 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

T,i piitona 11 t-Colo no! B. E. Myers, G.M.0.. accompanied by Mrs. Myers, will sail l'or Eiwhiml b.v Jhe Atlienic,winch is due to leave Auckland in a fortnight. Tlu 1 Hev. .1. Ct. Chapman, who has been minister of Wesley Church, J/irannki Street, for the past mnv years, intimated to his congregation yesterday h:s intention to retire in April. Mr. Chapman .had a nerv.ius breakdown some months ■back, from which he believed 110 had recovered. but on resuming his duties a few Sundays ago the trouble returned, 11 ml acting on meil'.cnl advice, ho is takin 1 n year's rest. The church officials met anil passed a resolution of sympathy, expressin;; the hope oi' a speedy lecovery, and thanking Mr. Char,man for the s'Kciulid service he l\.ul rendered the i-i.i'r lii>- bin.T pastorate. Appreciative reference in the work of t.ho Dev. T. CI. Hammond, who for over •10 years has carried on missionary enterprise among tho Maoris, was made by the pros!ilent of tho Methodist Conference the Rev. B Drake, at Auckland. It was stated that Mr. Hammond intends to retire this year from the position 'of general superintends of Maori missions. and the hope was expressed that lie would place 011 record his experience and knowldge of Maori customs and traditions for the benefit of the Church dud the community as a whole.

Judge and Mrs. Gcorgo D. Alden, of Massachusetts, arrived in Wellington on Saturday from the south, and nro staying at the Midland Hotel. Judge Allien f is on a lecturo tour of the Dominion for tho Now Zealand Chautauqua Association, and will lecture to-mgJit in tho ] Town Hall. Mr. George Alipnrf- retirement as a member of tho Public Service Snperaninintion Hoard was ina-Ked at the board's last meeting by a special resolution expressing the desire of members to place on record their sense of the great value of his services in the pfcst in relation to .superannuation and other matters, ami to wish Mrs. Allport and himself many Years of Rood health and happiness. Jt was recalled hhnt Mr. Allport was .ho loader of tho movement by tlie Sernce to secure the establishment of the superannuation scheme, and th.it. he had 'been an elected mender of the its inception. For several years he had been chairman of the committee appointed to examine claims for r°(irinß and other allowances, n duty which lie had performed consa'rutiousiv and with rare iudgment. ' Mr. F V\ Howley, Secretory for Labour, is Mr. successor cn the board. Durin" the conference held at Christ- 1 church on Saturday to discuss the; wneat pifce question, Mi'. D. Jones (prosid?nt of the North Canterbury Famners Union) referred mc«t appreciatively to I the ffay in which Mr. W. G. M'Donald (Wheat Controller) had carried- out his duties He moved tlmt the hearty thanks of the farming community be tendered to Mr. M'Dimild. The motion was seconded by Mr. M'Phorsoi:, of Oanwu, and earned unanimously, with enthusiasm. Press Assn. The Australasian director of De Dion Bouton Ltd.,. of London and Pars Mr. J. B. Clarkson, has bcokea by Vhe Niarara, en route to America and England. He will arrive in Auckland on Thursday next. Mr 4 Stevens, stationmaster at Tlotoru'a. 'who was to have been transferred to Eakaia. Canterbury, has been notified by tile Department that the proposed transfer lias been cancelled. The published, statement that Professor A. P. AV. Thomas, of Auckland, had been reappointed a member of the University Senate evidently had its origin in some misunderstanding. The University auI thoritip? on Saturday informed a reporter that Professor Thomfcr had never been « member of the Senate and was not now a I member. He had. however, been appoint ed to represent the Senate on the Auckland Grammar School Board. A Press Association cable message announces the death of Sir Thomas Anderson Stuart. Dean the Faculty of Medicine, Sydney University.