VISITORS TO N.Z.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19199, 4 January 1928, Page 6

VISITORS TO N.Z.

PASSENGERS BY THE MARAMA. [THE PEES 3 Special Sendee.] AUCKLAND, January 3. The Union Steam Ship Company's vessel Marama arrived from Sydney this morning a full ship, and carrying many important Australian and English visitors who will tour the Dominion. One of the most charming was Miss Blaine de Chair, daughter of Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair, Governor of New South Wales. This is her first 'visit to the Dominion, and she hopes to see as much of the country as possible. One of the first to greet her this morning was her brother, Lieutenant de Chair, of H.M.S. Laburnum.

Dame Clarrissa Guthrie Reid, D.8.E., was honoured for her war work. She is President of Workers' Committees and hon. secretary for the Anglo-South America Central Depot and Club. His Honour Mr Justice Davidson, of the Supreme Court Bench of New South Wales, has the distinction of being the Judge who is still single. He is a young man still, and was one of the youngest to be appointed to the Supreme Court Bench of Australia. He will spend a holiday at Eotorua and 'Mount Cook.

On holiday, after the Christmas rush, Mr Justly Kawlings, C.8.E., general manager of Anthony Hordern and Sons, Ltd., of Sydney, has come to New Zealand for a rest. Others on the Marama were: Messrs H. E. Hall, a Manchester business man, H. J. Hammond, K.C. of Sydney, and W. S. Cambe, of Sydney, a deepsea fisherman.