PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 124, 27 May 1937, Page 11

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. C: G. Macindoe and Mr. H. D. Acland arrived ia Wellington ..from the south this morning. . ':

Dr. P. Lynch.1 returned to Wellington, by the. Wahine this morning.-

A motion of sympathy with Mr. "A.": E. Neilson in the death of his brother (Mr. H. Neilson, of Hawke's Bay) was passed at last* night's meeting of the New. Zealand Rugby Union's executive.

Mention was made . also that another brother was in hospital and that the secretary's wife had met with an accident, the hope being expressed. ; that they would make a speedy recovery. ■;

A motion congratulating Sir Charle* Norwood on the honour recently con* ferred on him -was carried at th? meet-; ing of -the Wellington Harbour. Board last evening. The chairman (Mr. p. McGowan) paid a warm tribute to Sir Charles Norwood's valuable services to" the city, mentioning particularly his work -as a member and chairman of the board. .'.-'.-.:

Mr. D. J. McGowaii was last evening re-elected unopposed chairman of the Wellington Harbour Board for the ensuing twelve months. Tributes wer« paid to his work during the past year.

Mr. J. R. Haigh,' who has been. in. charge of trie Invercargill branch of. Associated Motorists Petrol Co.; Ltd.,. has been appointed to the position of, sales manager at the company's headoffice, Wellington. ■ ■■■ ■ ; ?

Mr. H. F. O'Leary, K.C., who has■<■ been attending the Supreme Court, sessions in New Plymouth, has returned to Wellington. ' :''V

Mr A. J.'Curtis was unanimously "* elected president of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce last night in• succession to Sir Charles Norwood/Mr.; .. Curtis, who is a member of a well r :;.. known carrying company, was first ad-.--mitted to the chamber in 1912, and. . was elected" to the council of the ~ chamber in, 1528. He was born and ~. educated in Wellington, and in his • younger days was a prominent Rugby, footballer. Tributes to his services to '~ the business' community were paid by members of the chamber. Mr. P. ■. Ev ; Pattrick'was elected vice-president. .-■..

Mr. Percy Coyle, .of ■Wellington, returned yesterday from a visit to this South Island. ';"' , •;.."..

Cabled advice has been received by the general manager of the National Bank of Australasi> that the. retiring directors of the. bank, Messrs: H. G. Darling and D. York Syme, ■ and. tha auditors have been re-elected.

Mr. A. Robertson,, assistant supervisor of the Money Order and Savings Bank branch gf\the.Chief Post; Office, Christchurch, has been/elected /unopposed to represent the officers of the postal branch, arid Mr. G. A. Wilkes,supervisor of : the telegraph: branch, Oamaru, has been re-elected unopposed to represent the officers 'of ' the..telegraph branch on the Post and Telegraph Appeal Board. They-will hold, office for threeyears. ■■■'•' , • '•"

Appreciation of the services 1 given to the Royal Society of New Zealand by Mr. M. A. Eliott, who for sixteen -. v years has acted as honorary treasurer, was expressed at today's annual meeting of the council. Mr. Eliott, although no longer a member of the council,1 was present by invitation.

In his presidential address to today' 3 annual meeting of the council-of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Bishop H. W. Williams referred to the death during the last year of two Fellows, Dr. R. J. Tillyard, who had been a Fellow since 1929, and Mr. E. .Phillips Turner, who was elected last year. Reference was also made to the loss sustained by the Royal Society through the death of the . late Sir Frederick Chapman, Sir Francis Bell, and Mr. C. H. Tread well. \ ■

Sir James'Grose, advisory director of the National Bank of New Zealand, returned to, Wellington this morning from'-Eotorua.-. ■ • ■ , ' .

Dr. J. R. Hosking was selected- as recipient of the Hector Award; at to-, day's annual meeting of the Council, of the Royal -Society of New Zealand. Tribute was paid to the work" done by, him in the chemistry of New Zealand plants, and' to his researches in resins.

Mr: M.J. Reardon, Conciliation.Com-, missioner, -will leave for the south tor night to preside at the hearing of the labourers' dispute with the South Island local bodies. ' .'