PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 4, 30 September 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Vice-Regal.

3 His Excellency the Governor-General find. 'Lady Jellicoe are to bo present al the Mayoress's fancy-chess ball for children at tho Town Hall on Saturday evening.

Mr. Charles Marsden, formerly of Petone, who has followed tho sea for tho past'nine years, 011 'tho engineering staffs of various Homo liners, has resigned his position as chief refrigerating engineer on the s.s. Ruahine and come ashore permanently. Ho will leave n ellington shortly for Hastings, where lie has accepted nil appointment 011 the engineering' staff of liorthwick's freezing works.

Mr. Alexander Macintosh, who has returned to ..Wellington after a year's sojourn in Australia, has been reappointed a member of th'e executive of tho Wellington War Belief Association.

The late Mr. Georgo Frost was for many years a member of the Technical Education Board, and for some time was chairman. Tins was referred to by tho director of the Technical College (Mr. J. H. Howell) last night in the following terms: "I should like to place on record my deep appreciation of the uiifailing kindness and consideration which ]. received from him from the time of my appointment. Always nnxions to help, tactful, gifted, with sound common-sense and good it wns a. pleasure to work with him. During tho last few months of his life, it was often only by very great effort that ho was ablo to attend to his dutios, but lie performed them with great courftgo, determination, and even clicorfulness." The board passed a voto of oondolciice with Mrs. Frost and ordered that a letter bo sent to her conveying tho resolution. | Mr. V. Cornaga, of Cambridge, well known in Dominion football circles, 'is visiting Wellington.