PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 148, 18 March 1920, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

9 Sir William Merries, Minister of Native Affairs, left for tlie north yesterday in order lo attend the Matainata Show, tie will visit Hotorua in connection with the Maori welcome to the Prince °J Wales before he returns to Wellington at the bpginuirg of next week. The Minister of Public Works (Sir William Eraser) left last lrght lor Hamilton 011 'business connected with hydroelectric power development. He is to meet representatives of the Hamilton Borough Council and of the To Awnmutii, Cambridge, and. Thames Power Boards to-day for the purpose of discussing with them the allocation of power from tho Horn Horn station, recently purchased bv the Government from tho Waihi Miuill? Company. Sir William' Eraser has or ranped lo return to Wellington on Saturdr.y. The Minister of Agriculture (Hon. W Nosworthy) left for the.south last night He has arranged to pttend the Ashburtox A. and I'. Show to-day and the Waiar Show on "Wednesday next. lie mil rcturi to Wellington at the end of next week. The Hon. A. M. Myers and Mrs. Myers arrived from Auckland by yesterday s express and are staying at the Midland Hotel, prior to departure for England by the Megantic to-morrow morning. Mri Justice Stringer will arrive _ir Wellington from the south this mornim and will go on to Auckland by the Mait Trunk express. Mr. G. E. Bunting, special represento tive of the Canadian Government Mer chant Marine, Ltd., and tho Canadisi National Railways, who passed througl Auckland on his journey to Sydney 11 January, returned by the Maheno 01 Monday. Mr. Bunting will study condi tions ill New Zealand as affecting hi Government's shipping programme. Mr. Edward Hitchcock, who is at pre sent employed in the Public A\ orks De partment and is engineer in charge o the Lake Coleridge scheme, was on Mot doy appointed general manager of th Christchufeh City Council's olectncit; department. Twenty applications wer received for the position. Mr. Hitcli cock received his engineering training 11 Wellington. He then spent six years 11 England, the United States, andCanad; with various electrical r( turning to New.Zealand in 1910. Sine February, 19)1, he has been in the em plov of the Public Works department and for tho Inst five years has been st: tioned in Christehurch, first as deputy engineer to Mr. L. Birks, and for th past year as engineer charge ot tli Lake' Coleridge undertaking. Mes=rs. G. London, E. P. Rishworth and the Mayor of Petone for the tun being have been appointed represent tives of the Education Board on th Ilutt High School Board. . Yesterday the Wellington Educatioi Board accepted the resignations of th following teachers Miss M. Hardy, as sistant, Island Bay: Miss F. E. Free man. polet teacher, Opouri Valley; Mis M. J. Watson, assistant, Shannon: Mis A. B. Waters, assistant, Porirua: Mi A. Mlachlan, assistant instructor u woodwork, Lower Ilutt; Miss A. Garry assistant, Wades town; Mr. W. Smith sole teacher, Stokes Valley; Miss B. Ast ley, probationer, Berhampore. Tho Wellington Education Board hn been formally notified by the Deparl ment that Mr. A. N. Burns, M.A., sue coeds Mr. Stuckev (in the Wairarapa on the inspectorate, and that Mr. Ge< 1 JfacMorran has been appointed a ten porary inspector for one month. Mr. ,W. L. Logic, who recently rosignc the general managership of the Nei Zealand Bible, Tract, and Book Societj and has been spending a holidayi in th North Island, returned south by tli Wahine last night. • ( Mr. 0. Newman, manager of Messrs. 1 Beaver and Co., is leaving by the Mi jrantic on n business trip to America an .England. I