NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22345, 8 March 1938, Page 20

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON OJSOK OUB OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, February 19. Mr Keith Murray (Auckland) was one of the first recipients of the distinction of Designer of Industry of he Roval Society of Arts, to whom the Duke of Gloucester presented diplomas at the Royal Society of Arts on Februaryl7. In Mr Murray's case, the distinction, which entitles him to use disuncuun, (> was the services" in the S Sd Pottery. The Duke by British designers for industry. Flight Lieutenant R. ?• , B ? nn l" (Blenheim) has been appointed to the Royal Air Force Depot, Middle East, l A s 2£ (Christchurch) church). L"Miller (Auckland), and K W Tali(Wellington) have been posted to No. 6 Flying Training School NetheSavon, according to a Royal Air Force announcement. n'Cr-^v Lieutenant Sir Standish C► Grady Roche, Bt, formerly Naval A.D.C. to Lord Galway, has been appointed to H slr%^ofD n uff,K : B E .;CM.G.has left England on a visit to New tealand and does not expect to return to England until June. Sir Hector was ciofely connected for many years with the Government of Nyasaland, as Chief Secretary, Assistant-Resident, Resident, and, during the war, ActingGovernor and Commander-in-Chiel. He took part in the suppression of the native rebellion in Shire Highlands in 1915 was chief political officer with General Northey's forces, German East Africa, in 1916-17, and during the following year administered the military government of the occupied enemy territory. Sir Hector has written several books on Nyasaland and in 19.3b published "This Small World of Mine. In New Zealand he should have good opportunities to pursue his favourite recreations— shooting and fishing. The Hon. D. P. T. Ogilvie-Grant, son of Lord and Lady Strathspey, both former New Zealanders, has passed his final examination in estate management and has a Government appointment in the York district. His engagement was recently announced to Miss Alice Bowe, formerly of Timaru. Midshipman R. F. Plugge (Taupiri) has been appointed to H.M.S. Warspite, according to the latest Admiralty announcement. Entering the Dartmouth Naval College in 1933, he was the third member of the family of Colonel A. Plugge, C.M.G., to join the services, as he already had one brother in the Navy and another in the Royal Air Force. Flying Officer (Acting-Flight Lieutenant) A. Wall (Christchurch), of the equipment branch of the Royal Air Force, has been promoted to the rank of flight, lieutenant, according to an Air Ministry announcement. Mr Wall is the only son of Professor Arnold Wa'll and the late Mrs Wall, and a nephew of the Dowager Duchess of Somerset. Mr E. B. Read, M.A., of the Rangiora High School, has been granted an extension of leave until the beginning of the second term. Since October he has been taking lectures at St. Andrew's University, .and assisting in an inquiry into methods of selection for post-primary courses under the auspices of the Scottish Council of Educational Research. He is leaving on his return to New Zealand on March 30, crossing to New York on the Queen Mary. He will spend April in Canada and thp United States, sailing from Los Angeles. Dr. H. A. Small, who recently was admitted to the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, has been appointed surgical registrar of the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond street.