PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 48, 25 August 1933, Page 9

PERSONAL ITEMS

VICEREGAL. The Archbishop of New Zealand and the Bishops attending a meotingat Wellington of the standing committee of the Anglican General Synod were, together with their wives, the guests of the Governor-General and Lady Bledisloe at lunch at Government House yesterday.

The death is announced by Pre&s Association telegram from. Napier of Mr. Robert Loosmore Williams, managing director of Henry Williams and Sons, at the ago of 73 years. .^ Mr. Clutha Mackenzie and Mr. A. Mackenzie left for Lyttelton last night. Archdeacon Fitehett was among tha passengers.for the south last night;Mr. D. Rceso left for the south last night. Mr. V. Raines (Invercargill) ,i» among the guests at the Royal O*k Hotel. Air. J. Hargest, M.P., arrived ia Wel« lington this morning from the south.. The Rev. 11. K. Archdall was among the passengers who arrived in Welling* ton from the south this morning* Mr. William Blaekadder has been appointed a member of the Nelson Land Board. Councillor J. Burns has been appointed a member of the committee of control of the Wellington City Exhibition Grounds, to fill the. vacancy caused by the death of Councillor F. Meadowcroft, and Councillor £.. McKenzie will fill the vacancy on the Wellington City and Suburban Highways Board. -. : , The death, at the age of 30 year*, of Mr. Walter Fennell, a former singer of Hawera, has occurred in London, according to a Hawera Press Association message. He underwent an operation on Tuesday, but failed to recover.. Obtaining a Royal Academy music scholarship, Mr. Fennell went to London nine years ago. He gained several honours, and was appointed a sub-profeßSor ia .the academy. ..' • • "Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Attwoo'd, of Lower Hutt, will visit Auckland next ■week. Mr.° Attwood, who is director of the New Zealand Alpine and Sock Garden Society, will, at the request of the society, supervise the laving out. of the rock garden at Onehunga.. H«. expects to be away about three- weeks. Mr. L. J. Rowell, aeting-aecounUat of the Christchureh branch of the Bank of Australasia, has been appointed manager of the Stratford branch of th« bank. The funeral of the late Mr. H. J. H. Blow, 1.5.0., former Under-Secretary; of the Public Works Department, who died on Tuesday, took place at Karori yesterday atfernoon. A short sarviej* was held at St. Mary's Church, Karori. Those present at the funeral included the Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Jell; the Hon. G. W. Russell, the Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department (Mr. C. J. MeKenzie), the Chief Electrical Engineer (Mr. F. T. M. Kissel), Mr. C. E. Bennett, the Public Servica Commissioner (Mr. P. Verschaffelt), and Messrs. W. Rusß6ll,'J; TSompwn^ C. M. Luke, J. D. Sievwright, J, Campbell, A. T. Bothamley, E. N. G, Poulton, A. W. Mulligan, J. Prendeville, A. E. Currie, C. B. Vickerman, A. H. Kimbell, D. Sherwood, and E. Bold. Staying at the Hotel St. (xcorge are Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Summers' J(Cbrisi> church),' Messrs. G. S.. Hutter, C. D. Cooper, and J. Frater (Auckland), N. R. Grant (Napier), E. A. Jones (Christchurch), J. B. Reid (Invercargill), and T. Fox (Hastings). Visitors to Wellington staying at the Empire Hotel include Messrs. P.--M". Hume,. H. T. Brodie, J. F> Bengali, £. More,J. N. Davis, M. W; R. McCallnth, F. J. Gray; F. White, and N. W. Gambles (Christchureh), E. Williams (Wanga* nui), C. G. Dermer (Cheltenham), 3% H.! Saxton (Morrinsville), and-P. .A. King (Melbourne). Messrs. G, A. Duncan* (Hawera), B. J. Bradley and G. Higgins- (Nelson), and S. Ringer (Auckland) are staying at the Grand Hotel. v\ -Among the . guests at the Midland Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Sceely (Auckland), Messrs. o.' W. Anderiou (Christehurch), J. M. Elliffe, A. M. Seaman, H. E. Robinson, J. Stanton, H. Manson, and J. A. C. Allnm (Auckland), W. Hinchey, I. Gilkinson, C. Campbell, and T. Golden (fctvercargjll), and I. Westener and C. 11.I1. Murray (Marlborongh).