PERSONAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 92, 29 January 1934, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Governor-General (Lord Bledisloe) and 1 Lady Bledisloe went into residence in Auckland yesterday. Daily in February Lord Bledisloe and Lady Bledisloe will leave Auckland in the Government steamer Matai for the Bay of Islands in order to be present at the celebrations at Waitangi on February 5 and, 6. Subsequently their Lxceilencies propose to sail in the Matai, which will he engaged in her periodical visits to lighthouses in the coastal area of North Auckland. The Matai will call at some centres in the district which their Excellencies have not yet visited. About the middle of February their Excellencies will return to Government House, Auckland, where they expect to remain in residence during .the autumn.

The Prime Minister (the Rt. _Hon. G« W. Forbes) passed through Ashburton by car on Saturday afternoon on his return from a tour of the South Island. He was a passenger for ton on the steamer' express on Saturday night.

Mr H. L. Barker, who has been visiting Wellington, returned, to Ashburton on .the express train this 'morning.

Mr E. A. Scott,'-of Wills Street West, has been notified that he has passed tho examination for New Zealand Motor Traders’ Association’s motor mechanic’s certificate.

An official wireless message from Rugby reports that Lord Londonderry (Minister for Air), who has been on a visit to the East, Left Karachi by the Imperial Airways on Saturday for England.

Mr E. G. Harvey, of Christchurch, who has been appointed l stationniaster at Methven in succession to Mr A. Scott, has commenced duty.

Mr Raymond Oakley left Ashburton by tho south-hound express train this morning to attend a meeting of the Waipiata Sanatorium Committee and to take part in an inspection of the farm at Waipiata on Wednesday as the representative of the Ashburton Hospital Board.

Captain I. R. Withell, .Regiment of Royal New Zealand Artillery, having returned to New Zealand aftei completion of a tour of instruction in. England, ceases to be seconded', and is appointed inspecting ordnance officer and ordnance mechanical engineer, states the New Zealand Gazette.

The committee off which Sir Francis Boys formerly vice-chairman of the New ’Zealand Refrigerating Campany, has been appointed chairman by the. Minister for Agriculture (Mr Walter Elliot) is to consider and report on the technical requirements in output, structure, lay-out, and equipment of factory abattoirs in light of modern practice at home and abroad, in the processing and handling of meat, offals, and by-products.

Following are successful Ashburton County students in the New Zealand University degree examinations held in November: —Honours and M.A., D. A. Smith, pass; M.A., R. J. Ford (equivalent second class); Diploma of Honours, A. 'G. Raigent, second class; Pre-requisite for M.A., T. Phillips; second 8.A., H„ W. Beaumont, S. W. Gower; final 8.A., R. A. Carson, R. E. Penney, Joyce O. Woods; final B.Sc., N. O. Bathurst; Bachelor of, Engineering (first and second professional), L. B. Thompson, except English, Mathematics III ; (second professional), E. M. Jones, except English, Mathematics TIT ; (second and third professional), E. B. Fooks.