PERSONALS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10313, 24 January 1927, Page 4

PERSONALS

Mr. J. G. Appelton and Mrs. Appleton. of Te Karaka. have return."! from a trp to England. Miss Nina Murphy is one of the contestants in First National Pictures Australasian competition, the •, ■ - of which is to find a girl with sufficient ability to warrant her being, sent to Hollywood. Mr. W. A. Low, well-known in theatrical circles, lias arrived in Gisborne to make arrangements for Joseph Cunningham’s English comedy season, commencing at the Opera House next Saturday. The death occurred suddenly at Outram on Saturday of dir. Thomas Gray Seoullar, aged -52 years, a member of the firm of Waters, Ritchie and Co. . He was on holiday at Outran: at the time of his death.—P.A. A London cable message states that Alexander Cormack Jessup, a Waitaki High School toy, has shared second prize in the Colonial Institute essay competition.—A. and N.Z.C.A. A Vancouver message states that Mr. Coates arrived on Saturday morning from Winnipeg, after experiencing the coldest weather of the winter, the thermometer at many points touching -'-5 degrees below zero. He proceeds on Sunday to Sail Francisco, en route for New Zealand.—A. and N.Z.C.A. The appointment of four Government nominees on the Council of the University of New Zealand, now in process of reconstruction in terms of lasi session’s amending Act, is announced by the Minister of Education. The nominees, whose names follow, will hold office for a term of three years:- Thomas Reid Fleming. 31. A., 1.-.L.8. : Hon. Jcsiah Alfred Hannan. 31.L.C. : Thomas Hugh 31ackv; William Barr 3lomgomerv, C.B.E.—P.A.

Mr. Y\ . E. Kinuernoy, for many years a member of the firm of Perry. Perry and Kiimerney, solicitors, died at Timaru on Saturday morning, agea 72. Deceased was born at Wexford, Ireland, in 1854, aud came to Now Zealand in 1562. He was educated at a private school iu New Plymouth and came to Timaru in IS9I. He joined the firm of Perry and PerrjN the same year. Deceased was a lawyer of outstanding parts aud a recognised authority on municipal, harbor board and banking law.—P.A. The following appointments have been made by the H.B. Education Board: Miss M. L. Crellin, infant mistress, lvaiti. Transfers: Miss V. A. Baird from assistant Waerenga-a-hika to assistant Te Hapara ; Mr E. V\ . Bilham from sole teacher Kanakanaia to.assistant Tokomorxv. ay - Mbs E. V. M. McKenzie, from assistant Napier South to assistant Kaiti; Miss P. A. Rathburn from sub. pro. assistant Te Hapara to assistant Mangapapa ; Miss E. D. Stedman from sub. pro. assistant Wairoa to assistant Motu; Miss A. E. Crombie, from sub. pro. assistant Gisborne to assistant Gisborne. Probationer Bertie A. Wallis is transferred from Mangapapa to Te Hapara. Probationers appointed include: Alicia B. Cave, Mangapapa ; Clara Bilham, Te Hapara: Elizbeth Linton, Gisborne C.: Ernest G. McDowell, Te Arai; Fred A. Stevenson, Te Ivaraka; Thos. J. Haughton. Yvairoa. In addition to the names already published, the following have been appointed: Pro. asistant: Mr. B. Jordon, Te Hapara. Assistants: Miss N. C. Steele, Mangapapa ; Mr. H. L. Gordon, Patutahi; Miss I. p. Sim, Wairoa.