PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 January 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. Henry Seymour King has been appointed a Commissioner of the Native Land Court.

The ITawera Returned Soldiers welcomed home their old comrade, Mr. R. H. Nolan, at the Soldiers’ Club on Wednesday afternoon. Lieutenant L. W. Andrew, V.C., of New Plymouth, left for Hawera yesterday to take over temporary command of the Hawera group district, in place of Captain Hudson. The Rev. A H. Barnett, formerly of the Taranaki Home Mission staff, has arrived in Ashburton, to take charge of the c/ire of Tinwald. The death occurred on Saturday, at Helensville, of Mr. Daniel Stewart, at the advanced age ot 85 years. Mr. Stewart was amongst the very early settlers at Helensville. Mr. S. Webster, of Devonport, Auckland, who was for some years in charge of the Mokau school, is spending a few days in New Plymouth. Canon Purchas, for many years vicar of Glenmark, Canterbury, has sent in his resignation, owing to ill-health, and will probably spend the winter on the Cashmere Hills.

Mr. Hooper, foreman-overseer of the Manaia Town has been appointed engineer-overseer of the Kiwitea County Council (reports the Star’s Manaia correspondent). He was successful out of many applications for this important position. Professor Easterfield, president of the Science Congress, hqs received word that the following have been admitted as Fellows of the New Zealand Institute: Dr. Cotton, Victoria College (physiologist); Dr. Hildendorf, Lincoln College (botany and zoology,; Dr. Holloway, Hokitika (plant life); and Professor Park, Dunedin (geological survey).

The University Senate yesterday conferred the following degrees:—Bachelor of- Arts, Edgar Charles Feltham (Victoria University College); Bachelor of Laws, Alan Murray Cousin (Victoria College), James Douglas Hutchison (University of Otago and Victoria); Bachelor of Engineering, Ronald Joseph Beckley (Canterbury College); Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Colin James Campbell and Alfred Smith Gray (University of Otago).—Press Association. The Hon. W. Nosworthy, Minister for Agriculture, spent a quiet day at Hastings yesterday visiting friends. Today he will attenJ the ceremony of driving the first pile of the new inner harbor works at Napier, and in the evening he represents Cabinet at a public presentation to Messrs. William Nelson, George Nelson, and A. E. Jull. The Minister returns to Wellington tomorrow.—Press Association.

Mr. H. H. Ostler, who has been away from Auckland for nine months on a big game shooting expedition in Central* Africa, returned this week.- Mr. Ostler was accompanied on his trip by Mr. F. E. McKenzie who, having contracted malaria, went to India a month before Mr. Ostler, and arrived back in Auckland a week or two ago. Most of their hunting was done in Northeastern Rhodesia and former German East Africa. After leaving Africa, Mr. Ostler went to India, where he spent 10 days, travelling across Southern India from Bombay to Madras.