PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 106, 31 October 1936, Page 11

PERSONAL ITEMS

VICEREGAL.- >

Yesterday afternoon Lady Galway opened the annual sale of work or- ~ ganised by the Women's Association of' St. John's Presbyterian..Church.', v 1

Last evening her Excellency, accompanied by Captain Heber-Percy, left by the Limited Express for. a short fishing trip in the Taupo district.- __.— . The Hon. Mr. Justice Reed left .Wellington today to preside at ther Stipreme Court sessions at- Wanganui, .which open on Monday. Dr. Garnet Harty, who has been visiting England and. the- Continent;-stas..! expected to arrive back in, New Zea- f ;T land, at the end of November. ..:.>. Mr. If. G. Livingstone was. a" r pas-" senger to Wellington from the south'" this morning. ' .'! :'.■'":: tc Mr. C. J. B. Norwood, accompanied"-"' by Mrs. Norwood, left Wellington,-.by..:-, the Awatea-for Sydney yesterday. ,\. f ,. ~, . Mr. P. A. Joblin, of the State. '.A^-'^V vances Mortgage Corporation, Welling-V* ton, has been appointed manager of the— Dunedin branch, and 'will take upraise :" duties early next year. . ' ?;.■■■*■.■.<" Mr. A. W. O. Travers, accountanttothe,;'? Wellington Harbour Board, retired to?" day after almost 43 years' service, 'sad was the recipient of two presentatidns.~c." In presenting to Mr. Travers a camphor chest on behalf of the principal officers,,, of the board, Mr. A. G. Barnett, tKe v general manager, referred to the'high'*s estimation in which they held i "Mr. v~ Travers, and also to the length of time >- that he and his father had spent in.tlia^s service of the board. His father, Mr;-. - K. F. Travers, had joined the staff an.-: 1873, before the board was incor.-;-ir. porated, and remained with it tilt "he ■:■* died in 1908, and Mr. A. W. O. Traver3~s had joined the staff in January; -1894;~<"; He and his father had, between them; r:: given 78 years' service to the board, ts A Westmhister chiming clock was pre-:-£ sented to Mr. Travers by the stafE oi -■■■-; the accountants' department of -".tha'-^ board, the chief accountant, Mr. -B-.-.i.-. iRoberts, handing the gift to ••-Mr.s .-■ -• Travers, who suitably replied. ■■:■-■: ?*;■■■■

Detective-Sergeant J. Robinson,-"of = 3 Sydney, is paying a short visit to Wei?"UngtOn. . _•'■; T;(. '■-.(..-: Mr! R. T. Simpson (Dunedin) is,stay« '^ ing at the Grand Hotel. . ■•',-,""" ■ ■-?' Mr. H. A. Lepine was a passenger-.-, from the south this morning. . <- 'r-; " Mr. C. Tapley, Invercargill, arrived v in Wellington this morning from -"the > south. ■••■:■•. ?•■=:; Mr. F. W. Dawson, general manager ■* of the Bank of New Zealand, will-, be'""1; leaving Wellington for a tour of-the"-" South Island this evening. ' '■ l; '-s Dr. Gough (Australia), Colonel.Me."-. x; Donald, Messrs. Edgar Middietba.^'v (Auckland), W. L. James (London),' E. Cahill, A. Magill (Melbourne)/^ — Davis, A. V. Winchester (Christchurc'h])/° •" C. C. Hewit (Sydney), J. B. Lanifofa''";" (Westland), S, Stead (Hastings), H.: 1 A. 1':: Speedy (Waipukurau), R. G. Everitt?"(England), H. A. P.' Slesson,'G.^'iA.!" 32 Simpson (Martori), McGregor Turribulll' - (Napier), and E. A: Cox (Auckland) are guests at the Midland Hotel. ~ ;-.

Messrs. S. D. Cammick, J. S. Lums« -« dame, and S. R. Jacobs (Hastings), D.---' S., Anderson and D. K. Waterson (Dan« -- nevirke), J. K. Overton and J. K-. ■>• Peoples (Waipukurau), A. B. Thomsoa -. (Dunedin), A. E. Caisley and L. R. Gunn (Auckland). are staying at tha^. - Empire Hotel.

Messrs. G. S. Millar, I. Millar, R. Mil-" lar (New Plymouth), T. C. McGregor '" .(New Plymouth), ,A. F. Brigdoa (Hawke's Bay), and J. Wilks (Christchurch) arc guests at the Royal Oals " Hotel. . '.