PERSONAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 7 April 1926, Page 9

PERSONAL.

Mr J. S. Thomas, Geraldine, has returned from Dunedin. • Mr -Tamos Meehan, returned to Timaru from Dunedin-lyestmlay-The Minister of .Justice (Hon. F. J. Rolleston) will, .leave ' Timaru on his return to Wellington to-day. The Rev. Frank H. -Wilkinson. M.A., Presbyterian Missionary from. Canton, is at- present on a*’visit to Timaru. and is stopping with Rev. T. Stinson, Russell Square. • Owing to the departure for Xew Plymouth of the Rev. J. D. AVilson, AVainiate, the Rev. AV MoNcur, St:* An-, draws, has been appointed Moderator, of the AVaihao A T alloy charge. ; * At yesterday’s meeting of the Timaru Presbytery, a. motion .of appreciation in regard to the, excellent .service.rendered at AVaimatc by"the"Rev. J. D. Wilson, who has. accepted a call to New Plymouth, was unanimously adopted. The congratulations of the Timaru 1 ‘resbvt’erv were extended, -to t.hc Rc\. ,T. C."D. 'Madill, Geraldine, yesterday, by reason of the fact that at the last examinations he had obtained his ALA. degree. The members of the new Prisons Board are gazetted as follow :—Hon. Mr Justice Stringer (president). Right lion. Sir Robert Stout, P.C-, K.C.AI.G., Sir George Fenwick, Kt.. Dunedin, AYilliam Reece, Christchurch. Edwin Hall. Oneliiingn, Sir Donald Johnstone Ale Garvin, Kt., C.ALG., D. 5.0., Wellington. The departure to-dav, for England, of the Rev. F. R. Clmrman, of Alorven. was referred to at yesterdays meeting of the Timaru Presbytery, when tic* good wishes of the Presbytery for a pleasant trip and a safe* return were extended to Air Chnrman. Air Clmrman wi I he relieved at Aforveu by (lie Rev. Chisholm.

r fhe death of Air Alexander Archibald, T-lilton. who was for many years an elder and an energetic worker in the Presbyterian Church at Geraldine, was referred to at yesterday's meeting of the Timarti Presbytery, when a motion of sympathy with the iclatives of the deceased was earned in silence. 'A vote of sympathy was also (Hissed to the Rev. F. R. Jedries, a former member of the Presbytery, on the death of All's .leffries, -which occurred at Auckland. .-

Included in the latest arrivals vat the Gi'osvenor Hotel arc: —Messiv. H. O. Kent, A. E. Smith. C. AY. AY lute, .1 Langford, E. A. Tattle, R. O. mndsav (Christchurch), G. M.* Ritchie. 0. Cntto, F: T. ‘‘•.Anderson, ■ \V. Omni (Dunedin). J.. A!.. McKenzie. R. A. Solomon (Oamarii), A. L. Leslie (Capotmvn). S. S. Leggatt (.lava). C. L. Croft '(Ottawa)-, anil Captain Moore (London). V, j\lr .1. F. Arnold left for . Christchurch yesterday on -public and private business. Tt. is Mr Arnold’s intention to visit the West Coast of this island and after returning to Christchurch to travel t hrough ■ North Canterbury to Blenheim, Picton. and on to Wellington, then as far as Auc-k----land, visiting a number of the chief towns. During, his. absence, which will extend over about two months, Mr Arnold hopes to obtain information in reference (o hydro-electric power, the management oi' the latest, trains and buses, also the stalling and management: of libraries, and other mutters which may be of interest to Tiinarn.