DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21328, 22 November 1934, Page 12

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

PASSENGERS BY THE KANGITANK [ ARRIVAL AT WELLINGTON i (THE PRESS Special Service] WELLINGTON. November 21. The New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Rangitane, which arrived to-day at Wellington from London, brought 250 passengers, including many noted visitors, to the Dominion. "I am just here for fun and to enjoy myself," Vice-Admiral G. W. M. Campbell. R.N. (retired) told a reporter. He was in New Zealand 30 vears ago, and he is accompanied by his wife, formerly Miss M. C. Higginson, a daughter of the late Mr H. ; P. Higginson. of Wellington. Admiral , Campbell has had a distinguished career. He was assistant-director ol mobilisation from 1922 to 1924, and naval A.D.C. to the King m 1927 and 1928. "We were here for several months last year, and I am here again for the fishing," said Lieutenant-General Sir William Marshall. G.C.M.G., who is accompanied by his wife. Sir William Marshall served in India. South Africa. France, on Gallipoli. at Salo- • nika. and in Mesopotamia, and has achieved the distinction of being mentioned in dispatches seven times. Mr D. L. Dowdell, general manager in Australia of the Orient Shipping Line, who has been on one of his periodic visits to Great Britain, said he left Sydney via Torres Straits, and returned by way of Panama to seethe canal. Captain the Hon. Arthur Howard, a son-in-law of the Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin, was another interesting passenger. He is out here to sec something of New Zealand, and is making his first visit. M. Armand Nihotte. consul for Belgium, returned with his wife and family to Wellington after a six months' visit to Belgium and elsewhere on the Continent. When asked for his impressions of politics on the Continent, he contended himself with the reply, "Silence is golden." Visit to Relatives Sir James Mills, K.C.M.G.. chair- ; man of directors of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, Ltd., is making a visit to relatives in the Dominion. He has come out principally for health reasons. He also smilingly declined to be interviewed. Sir James will return to London about next April. Dr. R. A. Elliott, second son of Dr. J. S. Elliott, of Wellington, who has been absent from Wellington for about seven years, returned on a holiday vii;it. He- qualified at Edinburgh University, and has held hospital appointments at Darlington Hospital. County Durham, and at the Miller Hospital, Greenwich, London. After his holiday he will return to England for further hospital work. Dr. E. Northcrofl. medical officer on the Rangitane, was at one time lecturer in science at Victoria University College, Wellington, and was president of the Victoria College Students' Association. He left New Zealand about six years ago, and qualified in medicine at Home. Mr George Shirtclifi'c, 0.8. E., of Wellington, with Mrs ShirtclifTe, returned after an absence of five months, : during which they toured England, Scotland, and Wales. Other passengers included Lieuten-ant-Colone! F. G. Newton. K.8.E., ; D.5.0., V.D., and Mrs Newton (Australia), Colonel A. E. Stewart and Mrs Stewart, or Ballatir, Scotland, Mr R. Campbell Browning (England), Brigadier-General R. M. Betham. CLE.. Colonel H. P. Strong, and Mrs Strong. Captain W. H. Halford Thompson. Mrs and Miss Thompson.