PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 48, 20 November 1926, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Minister of Internal Affairs (Hon. R. F. Bollard) is expected to return to Wellington from the north to-night. Mr. T. Ross Burt, of Messrs. A. and T. Burt, left for Dunedin last evening. He may be absent from Wellington for a fortnight. The consecration of the Venerable Cecil Arthur Cherrington as Bishop of Waikato has been definitely arranged for the morning of Sunday, December 12.

The Mayor (Mr., C. J. B. Norwood) is expected to arrive back in Wellington from Auckland this morning. Air. W. E. Parry, ALP. for Auckland Central, left for the north by the Limited express last night.

Mr L. Pearce, an Australian baritone, who has figured in leading roles in productions in Australia, has joined the Hector St. Clair Revue Company at His Alajesty’s Theatre this week. On the motion of Mr. G. G. Rose. Mr. Clarence N. Irvine, who is employed in the Public Trust Office, was yesterday admitted as a barrister and solicitor by His Honor the Chief Justice.

Prior to the commencement of the wool sale at Napier yesterday morning, those present passed a vote of condolence with the widow and family of the late Mr. Walter Hill. In moving the vote, Air. N. Kettle, on behalf of the Hawke’s Hay Woolbrokers' Association, slated that the brokers and buyers alike had-lost a great man,. one who understood the trade from A to Z. The deceased had been associated with the trade for years, and was mainly responsible for the Dominion’s enormous wool industry as it stood to-day. Mr. Kettle referred to the great services to the Government the late Mr. Hill hud performed during the commandeer period. “The British Government itself owes a debit of gratitude to Mr. Hill,” he concluded. 'I he vote was carried in silence, and operations censed for a few minutes to coincide with the time of the funeral of Mr, Hill.—Press Assn.