MONTEREY ARRIVES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 240, 10 October 1932, Page 5

MONTEREY ARRIVES.

FLYING PARTY ABOARD. OTHER NOTED PASSENGERS. VETERAN TENNIS PLAYER. After a good passage the Oceanic liner Monterey arrived from Los Angeles this morning, bringing 120 passengers,.'of whom 44 were booked for Auckland. She is to sail at 5 p.m., and 95 passengers have booked from this port.

Among the passengers bouud for Sydney are a party from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Corporation, who are to make a flight from Australia to Europe via Asia, under the auspices of the Vacuum Oil Company. They comprise Messrs. Arthur M. Loew, James Rosthal and Captain James B. Dickson.

Misses Irene and Esther Goldwater, of New Plymouth, returned after a round trip to America. To visit the principals of the General Motors Corporation in New Zealand and Australia, Mr. William D. Sullivan, assistant-general manager in New York, arrived by the vessel. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boyle, also of New York, are bound for Sydney. Mr. Boyle is assistant sales manager of the McCall Publishing Company. Dr. A. J. Amott, secretary of the Australian Dental Association, is, returning to Sydney, after attending dental conventions in Canada and America. Mr. W. J. Kilpatrick is on his way to Sydney to take up his duties as American Vice-Consul. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brookes and their three daughters are returning to Melbourne after a holiday in Honolulu.

"Things appeared to be definitely picking up when I left San Francisco," said Mr. E. L. Malsbary, a prominent American business man who is making the round trip in the liner. "Prices are rising all the time, and there appears to be a better feeling. Wages have not yet come up in line, but this must follow. People with money are still holding on to it pretty tightly, and most of it is tied up in frozen assets. Although we are definitely on the upgrade, progress must be slow."

Petty Officer E. A. Camden, of H.M.s. Diomede, who suffered a fractured leg when playing Rugby at Pago Pago fpi* his ship against an island team, returned on crutches. He was an inmate of the United States Naval Hospital, and stated that he received every consideration during his ejiforced stay on the island. British Films in U.S.A. Mr. Arthur M. Loew, first vice-presi-dent of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Corporation, is a through passenger. He was met by Mr. N. B. Freeman, managing director for the corporation's companies in Austalia and New Zealand, and Mr. Phil Maddock, general manager for New Zealand. Mr. Loew said that greater activity was being shown in the studios of late, and more people were being engaged. Referring to British pictures, he said that they were not attracting as much patronage in America as was anticipated, and he attributed it to the fact that artists were not as well known as those at Hollywood. "The American people want screen personalities," said Mr. Loew; "they get to know their own people so well, and look forward to seeing them." He expressed the view that it would be better for the business generally if more appreciation was shown for the films made in foreign countries. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Griffin, of Auckland, returned from a trip abroad.