PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10003, 26 March 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Herr Benno Scherek arrived in Wellington by the Moana on Thursday last. The Education Board has accepted," the resignation of Miss M. Hughes, - assistant teacher, Newman School.

A cable , message states that Miss A. W.' Whitelaw, formerly of Auckland, . has- been appointed headmistress of Wycombe Abbey School, England.

Mr Albert G. Holland, Registrar' of the Native Laud Court, Auckland, has been appointed a judge of the Native Land Court;

Professor T. H. Laby, Physics - Professor at .-Victoria College, returned by the Moana-from Sydney on ■Thursday. ':♦.,''".. - An Auckland Press Association telegram states that Mr D. Petrie, chief inspector to-the Board of Education for seventeen years, has re- i signed. His resignation was accepted ' with an acknowledgment of appreciation and regret.

Mr F. M.. Martin, of the legal firm of Messrs Martin and Atkinson,, returned to Wellington on Thursday.,!-, by the Moana, from Sydney. Mr Mar* v tin has been away from Wellington for about a year, tKe greater portion of which he spent in England. ; Dr. Sdyney T. Champtaloup r ~wh» has been appointed lecttirer in bacteriology to tha University of Otago . —a position which carries with it V the guardianship of public health h in Dunedin—will (says,the London .: correspondent of the "Otago Daily if Times") travel to the Dominion by- % the Orvieto, which was to leave «*■- Dunedin on the 18 th inst. Dr Champtaloup is an Auck lander by birth. Commencing his medical education in New Zealand, he afterwards went to Edinburgh, where he bus had a distinguished career, securing thedegrees of M.B. and Ch.B, with first class honours. He has also undergone the clinical examination for the M.D. The two years" course of study which gave him his B.Sc. in public health embraced the work for the minor qualification ot D.F.EL He has also a special university certificate in bacteriology and diseases of tropical climates. He was assistant to the professor of Public Health at Edinburgh University, where his duties included those of bacteriologist to the city of Wellington. He is also pathologist and bacteriologist to the *" Chalmers Hospital and lecturer in practical pathology and bacteriology. The Hon. J. A. Millar,. Minister of Railways, left for Sydney by the Manuka on Thursday evening. The object of his tour is to make an investigation of railway management in the Connxowealth under commissioners. Owing to the inability of the»General Manager for Hallways to accompany the Minister on his visit to Australia, Mr K. W. MWilly has Jbeen selected. Mr M'VilJy is an experienced officer, and has a thorough knowledge of the various branches of railway V" management.