PERSONAL ITEMS

North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17168, 26 March 1927, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

. ~7v— ; Hon. L. S. Amery. Secretary for ! Ihe Dominions, has definitely plan- ! ned a comprehensive touf of the ; Dominions in the autumn. | Th! many friends of Mr W Nici olson, of Hampden, will regret to learn that he is at present seriously ill. Mrs Arthur Bartrum has again been appointed adjudicator of the d'ancinc sections at the forthcoming- Timaru competitio'ns. At yesterday's meeting o; the Waitaki County Council. Mr a, Mclnnes was elected to fill the vacancy on the Waitaki Power Board owing to the resignation of Mr R. Milligan. The chairman (Mr W. Gardiner) intimated that he intended resigning from the Power Board as he was unable to get about as he used to. Messrs A. Mclnnes and R. B. Meek protested against Mr Gardiner resigning from the Board and the chairman agreecl to reconsider his decision. Mr Art Collins a Western Au§* tralian professional boxer accomV panied by Mr Hal Jones, his trainer, and a gymnastic instructor wellknown throughout New Zealand, were in Oamaru yesterdav, Art Gollins is oa the look-out for ailightweight fight, hut in the meantime he has put a proposition before the local boxing authorities for the establishment of a gymnasium in Oamaru for the, benefit of the loeal schools and athletic bodies