PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 April 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Rev. P. Paris, of Sydenham, has been appointed associate-editor of the New Zealand Methodist Times,‘in place of the Rev. A. C. Lawry, who resigned.

Mr. A. 11. Parkinson, general manager of the Kaupokonui Stores, has resigned his position after eighteen years’ service.

The Rev. and Mrs. Papakura, late of Opunake, who have been on Chautauqua circuit in the United States, reached Auckland by the Makura on Monday. The Rev. Papakura takes charge of a church in the north of Auckland. Mr. G. A. Blennerhassett, who for the past three years has .been on the office staff of Messrs. Newton King, Ltd., Stratford, is about to sever his connection with that firm to join the staff of the Bank of New Zealand in that town. Mr. H. J. H. Thornton, of Wanganui, who is to take up the position of secretary to the Taranaki Education Board, in succession to Mr. P. S. Whitcombe, is expected to arrive in New Plymouth today, and commences duties on Monday.

Mr. P. S. Whitcombe was the guest of the Taranaki Education Board staff yesterday, on the eve of his retirement on superannuation, and was the recipient of a solid leather suit case, the presentation being made by Miss Thompson, on behalf of the staff. Expressions of goodwill towards the retiring officer were also made by Mr. C. H. Moore -(architect), on behalf of the building staff, and by Messrs. W. A. Ballantyne and H. Dempsey for the inspectors, past and present. A passenger on the Niagara, writing to a friend in Wellington, gives news of the Prime Minister and Mrs. Massey, and says that after the Niagara left Auckland they had for three days delightful weather, and then ran into heavy rain, driven by a strong trade wind. Mrs. Massey had already endeared herself to many on board, but was a little unwell from the muggy heat, and is now considerably better. The Brime Minister is as vigorous afloat as ashore. He works part of the day, and then enters into the life aboard. He has presided at the sports committee meetings, and has taken the chair at the concerts. At deck tennis he is as nimble as any young man, and he can hold his own with any bat champions aboard. He is undoubtedly the better for the trip, even at this stage. He and his party are to be the guests of the High Commissioner of Fiji when they land at Suva.