PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 165, 8 April 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Vice-Rkgal. i The Governor-General (Lord Jellicoe) and his party arrived at Greymouth yesterday at 6 p.m. The town was decorated, and at a public reception in the Town Hall at 8 p.m. a large crowd was present. The Mayor (Mr. J. D. Lynch) presented an address, and Mr. !• Seddon, M.P., also epoke. Lord Jellicoe -warmly thanked the “West Coasters for their very coi-dial welcome. To-day the Vice-Regal party will visit the State mines and hospital. They will also meet the children and attend a ball and Caledonian "ingleside” in the evening. They will proceed to Hokitika to-morrow.—Press Assn.

During the absence of Mr. L. 0. H. Tripp, Consular Agent for Italy, Mr. P. R. Cooke, of the firm of Chapman, Skervett, Tripp, and Blairj will act as Consular Agent for Italy in Wellington.

The resignation of the Hon. Sir Theophilus Cooper of his office as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand is gazetted.

Tho Rev. D. D. Roger, who has served in various churches in Christchurch for 36 years, and has for twelve years been in charge of the Papamu Presbyterian Church, is retiring from active work in the ministry.

- The Rev. A. T. B. Page, of St. Mark’s Church, has returned to Wellington from a holiday in Auckland. The Rev. T. E. Tempest, who was associated with St Mark's during Mr. Page’s absence, has left to return to his charge in Melanesia.

•k presentation was made on Wednesday to Mr. T. S. Powell, who recently retired from the .position of clerk of works to’, the Wellington Harbour Board after over twenty-seven years service. Mr. H. E. Nicholls, secretary of the board, made the presentation, which consisted of a silver tea set, on behalf of the executive officers and the heads of the various departments. The appointment of Mr. F. J. Fenton as an assistant inspector of hospitals is gazetted.

Mr. Samuel Blake has been appointed a member of the Taranaki Land Board.

Mr. J. Goodwin, Australasian manager of the Australian Provincial Asssuranae Association. Ltd., and Mr. N. Brindley,' manager for New Zealand of the hro and marine department of the same firm, left for the south by last night’s forry steamer. They will return to Wellington on April 18 to attend the annual conference of insurance managers, which will open' on April 20. At a meeting of the management committee of tho Cricket Association last night, the chairman (Mr. C. G. Wilson) made eulogistic references to the services rendered by Mr. H. Thomas, of the City Council staff, in connection with the test and representative matches played under the jurisdiction of the association. 'The committee decided to send a letter of appreciation to Mr. Thomae. Dr. and Mrs. Whitaker, of Palmerston North, will leave by the Manuka next week for . Sydney, where they will join the Orvioto' for England.

Mr. Raymond Fayette Stover, Canadian American author, of New York City, and son of the well-known Canadian capitalist, Samuel Stover, has arrived in Auckland, accompanied by Mr. Alexander M'Kay Smith Paddocks, of Boston, son of ilhe Rev. Ernest Moorhead Paddocks, of Cambridge. Mr. Stover is gathering material lor a new book.

Tho “Alining and Scientific Press” of San Francisco announces that Mr. George E. Hyde, an associate of the Otago School of Mines, has been appointed volcanologist to tho Geological Survey of Mexico.

Air. R. JDobeon Adams, A.M.1.C.E., electrical engineer to the Raccarton Borough -Council, has been appointed to a similar capacity with the Woolston borough. Mr. A. E. Ansell, president of tho Otego Motor Club, and Mr. F. W. Johnson. of Christohurch, presidenit of the South Island Motor Union, have arrived in Wallington to attend a conference of motorists, which, is to be hold here to-