PERSONAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19883, 12 May 1936, Page 6

PERSONAL.

Mr R. Coulter, MP. for VValkato, returned to Wellington last evening.

Mr Clark McConachy. the humans New Zealand billiards player, was In Hamilton last ex'enlng.

Guests at the Midland Hotel include Messrs J. Anderson (Wellington), G. Haines, F. Maselleld, P. Hllyer and J. Man-use (Auckland).

Mr N. Rigby. headmaster of the Havelock North school, has been appointed hendmaster of the Thames Central school.

Mr W. R. Leighton was re-elected chairman of the Waltemata ElectricPower Board at the annual meeting yesterday.

Mr C. Collins, who recently relinquished the 031 cc of city treasurer In Wellington, has accepted the position 01' honorary city organist.

Mr W. Pearson has been nominated as a member of the New Zealand sels-ction committee by the Otagn Rug-by Union.

Dr. P. P. Lynch, consulting pathologlst to the Wellington Hospltal, returned by the Monowal yesterday after attending llxe seventh Australian Cancer Conference in Melbourne.

Mr G. Bruce Smlth, of Sydney. general manager of the Australian Provincial .\swmnue Association. Limited will leave .~nd for Sydney by the Niagara to—(luy.

Appointed laSt year Coadjutor Bishop of Sydney, Canon 1:. V. Pilcher, lately of Toronto, arrived in Auckland yesterday as a through passenger by the Niagara from Vancouver. He will be consecrated in St. Andrew's Cathedral. Sydney, on Thursday week. The selection of .\lr J. Purtell as the Labour candldutc to contest the seat on the Auckland City Council. rendered vacant by the death 01' Mr J. W. Yarnall, was announced at. a meeting of the Auckland Labour llepresentntiun Uurmnitlee last night. Mr l. .\l. llnethcl, who has been on “in slul‘f 01' the .\latanmia Post Office for lhr past five years, has been pru-nth-ll in Auckland Bcl‘m'r his Alc—lmriurc .\lr llflnlht'l was prcsrnlrd with a trarnlling hag luy Mr \V‘. ii. t‘urund)’. pustmustur, un behalf ot’ the staff. A (the record of service is possessed by .s'rrgeant J. ’l'. (lowan, ot’ Puliekohe, whn recently mnmletrll 110 years as a incmlmr ut' lhu .\‘cw anlaml Police l‘urrc. For lung”: ('l' service, Sergeant Oman is seroml only to the Commis—sioner 01' Police, Mr \\'. G. \\'o||l|nann, who has two” a member of the force for 112 years. At a muslin:—r or the Te Awamutu Borough Council lust evening the resig—nation of .\lr (1. Uil‘l‘ord as clmlrlnan u" thr llnancc committee was rot-rived with regret. Mr .I. I}. )lontr‘ilorc matte cnlogislic rni‘erunrc to Mr (Ht‘l’orll‘s services as rhalrnmn (luring lhe last llnanriul war. The Mnynr. .\lr ti. Spinlo)". rmlursml thp previous slmalwr's remarks in reply .\li' (iiffnrd thanked the raunril for its nppl‘m‘inlioll. hut. SJid he would not rrrnnsiller his resig—nation.