PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Issue 51, 2 March 1931, Page 11

PERSONAL ITEMS

; Mr.'■Justice-Blair leaves /^Wellington!!; ; to-day to preside at;the sessions of tb»| . Supreme" Court, -'."at Mastertdn. >.' ■ ~,';;-- -.'•.:Miv: Justice Mac.Gr ; cgorl je'turns. toij1 : ■■Wellington1; to-morrow from Gisborne..-i'; ■■" Among the guests at the ..Grand--Ho-j; tel are :Mr. and, Mrs.vW. fy y Mr. aiuTMrs. A. Smcllic ' (Dunedin)* Messrs. AS Garry,•A: ; H: Wright ;(Pal-.:. merston North),. H. Hartshorn (L6n- f y don)., M. Bush, W. Jeffrey (Auckland,)*; ; and J. Lawlor (Christchure!i). : . ,■-:<;■

Mr. E, O'Connor, A.M.1.C.E., Assists ant District Engineer, of the. City En- 1, gineer's department, has becu grante'et three years' leave of .absence, and sail* for London by the Coptic on -Tuesday! to study English and foreign mothod« of civil engineering. Mr. and Mrs. B. Palmer (Palmersto* North), Dr. E. Butler ' (Oamavu),, , Messrs. A. Way, E. 11. Tonkin (Marton), G. Kaincy (Auckland), M. Lamberg (Palmerston North) are among! the guests at the Empire Hotel. The chairmav. of the Wellington EduV

cation Boarcli Mr. T.-.Forsytli, the.secre-} tary, Mr. G. L. .Stewart,';and the.board '< ( architect,-. Mr. Gf. Powell,1 left;, for. th«|' earthquake area, oti; Saturday.' ■ '.•■;, v• :

At a recent meeting of the New Ze;n land Society of Accountants, Mr. J. iU Klliffe, of Auckland, was elected presi* dent, and Mr. W. A. Smith, of Christ* church, vice-president, for the ensuingj year. A'isitors^to Wellington staying at the Royal Oak Hotel include Mr. and Mrs. D. Hay (England), Mcissrs. R. F. R. Beetham (Masterton), E. T. Reee»; (Christchurch), W. Garrett (Dunedin), J. E. Markley (Sydney), T. E. »obert» (Auckland), J. R. Matthews (Featherston), and W. Howard Booth (Carter•loii). . ' "

The death took place on Friday) morning of Mr. Alexander Levy, a wellknown resident of Wellington. Ths late Mr. Levy, who was 42 years of age,was employed by the Customs Department, and was for some years a wardef! at the Stoke Mental1 Hospital, "Nelson,] He was a native of Hokitika, where thij1' funeral took place on after* noon. . ' , ' ' Messrs. N. Falconer (Dunedin), H* M. Aitken (Invercargill),, G. H., Con-] greve, O. B. Krcgse (Christchureh), E,' D. Lovell, B. White (Hawera), V. E« Moore (England), E. C. Hortonj W. S1« John Clarke, E. 11. Metge, J. Mw Hyams (Auckland), B. Holguhoun. (Newcastle), and H. M'Lerie (Chicago) arc .among , the guests »t thi( Hotel St. George.