PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 90, 13 October 1932, Page 13

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. M. H. Oram, of Palmerston North, who will be one of the judges in the Bledisloe Medal contest for. interuniversity oratory, won the Plunket Medal contest, the Union prize for the best debater of the year, and was awarded first place for the best speaker in the Joynt Scroll inter-university debate in 1912. He is'the only student who has achieved that triple distinction in the.one year. Mr. E. D. Bobins,, of Auckland, president of the New Zealand ' National Union of Students, is at present/visiting Wellington on business in connectio with the Bledisloe Medal contest. _ Mr. P. J. o'Began returned-to Wel« lington from- New Plymouth yesterday. Mr. Douglas Perrett, artist;-of Auckr land, is visiting ■Wellington; /■ A motion'of appreciation'of the-ser-vices of Mr. J. J. Lewthwaite. and regret at his retirement from the .board was passed last evening by the Boars of Managers of the Petone Memorial Technical College.' Mr. Lewthwaite's place on the board has been taken, by, Mr. P. Warner, a former member of the board. ■ • • • •■- ' Mr..M. W. Sandlant, of Lower Hutt,. who has been occupying a temporary, position on. the staff of the Petone Memorial Technical College, has been • appointed teacher in .charge , of ■ the Ponotahi primary school: „ . ' Mr. J. Newman Barker, for reasons of health, las resigned his seat on the Australian board in Melbourne of ittie New Zealand Loan dud Mercantile Agency Company, Lta. Mi-. Barker has had a long association, with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency; Company, Ltd. He joined its service in London in 1874 and was transferred to Australia in 1889. In 1903 he was appointed chief inspector of Australia, and upon his retirement in 1912 ne became a member of the Melbourne board.In 1917 he was appointed .eh'airnilm of the board, which position he held-until 1928. Since that date he has been, deputy chairman. • . . .- Mr. G. Lauehlan, of Wellington, -was . elected president of the Electrical Supply Authority Engineers' Association, at the annual conference last evening. The appointment :is -the highest honour that can bo conferVei by the electrical engineers of the Dominion, and Mr. Lauehlan Eas rev ceived many congratulatory- messages. He has been connected with.the- electricity supply in. Wellington eve* since' its inception, and since 1915; has" been: assistant general manager. Mr. Lauch< lan represents the association on tha' Wiremen's Begistratiqn Board and the Public Works Advisory - Board'; He i* well.known in rowingj bowling, aid Association, football circles, and is the. present chief of the- Caledonian, Society; Commander H. L. Morgan, C.MjG.,who formerly . commanded , H.M,S,: Veronica, was a passenger this morning from the South. He will leave by the; Aorangi from Auckland on Tuesday on! his return to England. ,• s Commissioner J. Cunningham, of the' Salvation- Army, arrived in "Wellington: this morning from the South. ' Mr. Stewart Hardy left' for tjhfisfcj church last night. ■ . " Mr. F. Keeley returned' from Auckland yesterday. • ; : :' . The Bey.' W. B. Milne, minister'of St. James's Church,' Wellington South, has been elected Moderator of the Wellington Presbytery. ■ ~- Among the guests at the Grana'Hotel are Messrs. F. Pickering (Christchurch), A, Luff (Dunedin), H. B, Duckworth. (Christchurch), and J* • 'A* East (Christchureh). Messrs. C. S. Robertson CWhakatane), P. G. Maunsell (Masterton), W. G. Wight (Dunedin), T. W^Luxfora (Hamilton), S. A. Abrahams ..(Melbourne), and G. H. Bell (New- Plymouth) are staying- at the" Bmpirtf Hotel. ■: Visitors to Wellington staying atthfe" Eoyal Oak Hotel include' Mr. J.: W. Burtenshaw (Christchureh), Mr. ani Mrs. D. Lynch (Pahiatua), Messrs. B. F. E. Beetham (Masterton),^. Ebgers (Nelson), F. B. Boulton (Christehurch), A. Fulton (Auckland), and E. J. P. Denny (Dunedin). . : ' ,-_ ■;' ■ Staying at the Midland Hotel ara Mr. 0.-Nicholson (Auckland)^ Mr. H. S. Johnstone' (Waima.te), Colonel G*' G> Allen ; (Morrinsville), Mr. C. A.-Wiisbn; (Dunedin), and Mr, E. Nicoll (4sH.burton). ~ ~..- . . . ; Mr. F. Chapman .(Auckland), Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McSenzie (Christchurch), Messrs. A ; L. Cropp (Christchurch), J.- Murray. (Wanganui), and H. C. Snell (Paraparatunu) are amongthe guests at the Hotel St. George. : ' Dr. E. Marsden, Secretary ;o"| the Department of Scientific and .Industrial Besearch, returned to Wellington Yesterday from Auckland, where he. recently underwent an operation. He has made an excellent; recovery. ■