PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 46, 18 November 1926, Page 10

PERSONAL ITEMS

Tlie Almister of Health (Hon. J. A. Young) is expected to return to Wellington to-morrow morning. The Alayor (Air. C. J. B. Norwood) is on a business visit to Auckland. He is due to return at the, end of the week.

Air. J. A. Hicks, general manager for Australasia for the Famous Lasky (Paramount) Film Service, Ltd., is a visitor to Wellington At the meeting of tlie Education 'Board yesterday, tlie chairman (Air. T. Forsyth, ALP.)- welcomed as a member of the board Air. W. D. Pike, who succeeded the late , Air. E. 11. Penny as representative of tlie Marlborough Ward of the rural area. A Press Association cable message received from Melbourne states that Major-General, V. C, Al. Selheini has been- appointed Administrator of Norfolk Island. Alajor-General Selheini was born at Sydney,) and is on the permanent staff 6f the Australian Military Forces.

At the meeting of the Education Board yesterday morning, the chairman (Mr. T. Forsyth, 51,P.) and members of the board, took occasion to offer their congratulations to Mr. W. \Vi Bird, who has recently, been promoted from the position of senior inspcctbf of the Wellington Education District to that of Chief Inspector V>f Primary Schools of New Zealand. The chairman expressed" great satisfaction with the work of Air. Bird. Air. Howe reminded him that it was at Alt. Cook and Karori Schools that he gained the training that had fitted him for his subsequent advancement. Alessrs. Moss, Clark and London expressed the hope that even higher honours await hint. Air. Bird thanked the members for their good' wishes, and for their friendliness in all their official relations. They might be assured that he would spare no effort to accomplish useful work in his new sphere of duty. Air. B. R. Ward, a New Zealander, has been granted a special studentship from the Jarvis Fund upon the recommendation of the Royal Institute of British Architects, states a Press Association cable message from Loudon. The Rev. George Walters, a prominent Unitarian minister and lecturer, was knocked down by a *(notor-car and killed, states a Press Association message from Sydney. Mr. L. B. Beale, His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for New Zealand, has returned to Wellington from Auckland. A Press Association message from Opotiki states that George Young, a pioneer Maori War veteran, aged 92 vears, wab laid-to rest on Tuesday. Deceased -arrived at Auckland from Ireland in 1862, and joined the First Waikato Regiment.- He.went from Tauranga to Opotiki and participated in theYighting in that district. He then resided at Gisborne for a few years, returning to Opotiki in 187-2, settling there and engaging in farming. twcensvd passed awav suddenly and peaeefullv lie is survived bv an adult family of three daughters and four sons, all of whom reside n't Opotiki except Mrs. G-rav, of Auckland.