PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 November 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. M. Cable, manager of the Wellington tramways, is at present on a visit to New Plymouth, having arrived by motor car last night.

The Right Rev. Dr. A. W. Averill.. Bishop of Auckland, who has been visiting the Taranaki district during the past month, returned to Auckland by the Rarawa last night.

A London correspondent wrote recently.—Mr. J. N. Johnson, of New Plymouth, who has been staying with the other members of the New Zealand bowling party at York Hotel, sails for New Zealand on October 8.

Mr. W. M. Luke, shipping manager for Murray. Roberts and Co., Ltd., has been appointed manager in the South Island for the Canadian Government Merchant Marine. Mr. T. R. Boyes, of the Hawera branch office, will be Mr. Luke’s successor.

Mr. McCullough has forwarded his resignation as the workers’ representative on the Arbitration Court, to take effect from December 24. The Auckland unions have nomlinated Mr. T. Bloodworth as workers’ representative on the Arbitration Court vice Mir. McCullough.

Just before three o’clock in the House yesterday Mr. Massey announced that Mr. J. H. W. Uru, member for the Southern Maori district., had died that afternoon in one of the city hospitals. He briefly paid a tribute to the memory of deceased and the House adjourned as a tribute of respect. —Press Aflsn.

Otago has lost another of its old and esteemed pioneers in the person Mr. George Sutherland, who died at Goodwood, near Palmerston, on November 17th, at the age of ninety. The deceased arrived at Port Chalmers in 1859 by the Alpine, and commenced work on Port Chalmers Hill when the road was being made through to Dunedin. After spending a short time at this work he went to Gabriel’s Gully, where he remained till 1862, when he went to Goodwood and took up the farm upon which he worked till the date of his death. The Governor-General and Lady Jellicoe, accompanlied by Sir Francis Bell., the Hon. J. G. Coates, and a number of other distinguished guests, paid their first official visit to Dargaville and district last night. They were accorded a civlic welcome and presented with an address on behalf of t'he town and district. The party received an enthusiastic welcome from a large number of people from all over the district, Maoris giving a haka. In the evening a conversazione, which the Governor-General and pajty attended, was held. Today the party proceed to Whatoro to' officially open the famous Trounson kauri national park, and on Thursday they leave for the south, via Ruawai and" Huarau. —Press Assn. Mr. A. R. Ryder, M.A., first assistant at the New Plymouth Boys’ High School, has been offered, and has accepted thh position of senior science master at the Auckland Grammar School. During the ten or twelve years of his connectlion with the Boys’ High School Mr. Ryder has established himself as an efficient and popular master* and while the news of his advancement will be ’ welcome to a large circle of friends this feeling will be tempered with regret at the impending loss to the school. ” Mr. Ryder has taken a very active and keen interest in the various outdoor activities of the school, and will be greatly • missed by the boys on this account, particularly in regard to football. Regret that he is leaving will be felt by all of those connected with the school