NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22491, 27 August 1938, Page 13

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON

(itbom ous own coanKßPo*D*«T.) -LONDON, August 3. Mr George Baikie (Timaru), a breeder of Jersey stud cattle, has been visiting Jersey; the home of the famous breed of dairy cow:; Later he will inspect a number of stud farms in Great Britain. He will return to New Zealand "by-the Remuera. which will leave London on August 22. Mr J. D. Carmichael, M.A. (formerly at Canterbury. University College), will enrol as a" student at the London School of Economics, studying for the degree of Ph.D. Mr Carmichael is the present New Zealand University 220 yards record holder.

. Sir Francis Boys is one of the members of the new Bacon Development Board, set up by the Bacon Industry Act, 1F.39. Five members are appointed by the Minister for Agriculture and the Secretary of State for Scotland, and four are nominated by the Pigs and Bacon Marketing Boards respectively. The new aboard is composed of Lord Portal (chairman). Sir James Ross (vice-chairman), Sir Francis Boys, Sir Nigel Campbell, Mr Leslie William Farrow. Captain G. Deakin, Mr S. H. Eva, Mr J. A. Fox, Mr J. H. Wain, Mr J. F. Bodihhar, Mr J. Kirkpatrick, Mr H. Martin Lewis, and Mr G. : F. Spear.' Captain H. M. Barnes, R.N., who has been appointed to the New Zealand Station, will leave by the Rangitiki on September 15, accompanied by

Mrs Barnes and their daughter and son. Captain Barnes was educated at Osborne and Dartmouth, and throughout the Great War he saw service in aestroyers, in 1914 in China, 1915-16 at Gallipoli, 1917-18 the Dover Patrol and Belgian coast. After the war he was m H.M.S. Renown, when the Prince of Wales visited India and Japan in 1921-22. For two years, from 1923, he was on the training staff at Chatham Barracks, and then for four years (1926-30) he commanded the destroyers Seraph, Vivacious, and Wisharfc He was promoted to the rank of commander, and he receivea appointment as training commander at Chatham Barracks. After qualifying at the R.N. Staff College in 1923. he became executive officer of H.M.S. Iron Duke in 1924. From 1935 to 1937 he commanded the Echo and the 10th Destroyer Division. The latter appoint-

ment included service at Alexandria during the crisis of 1935-36, and service in North Spain in 1937. Since receiving promotion to the rank of captain in 1937, he has undergone a senior officer's war course at Greenwich.

Commander A. B. Fanshawe, R.N., who has been lent to the New Zealand Government for three years, went to sea as midshipman in 1911. In the early part of the Great War, he served in a destroyer, with the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow, and he was present at the Battle of Jutland. Later he went to the Belgian coast. Since the war, Commander Fanshawe has been at many naval stations. For five years he was in gunboats in China, the Mediterranean, America, and the West Indies. His last duty was as commander of the Erebus, a cadet training ship jtorspecial entry cadets. '"■''''

Mr W. H. Unwin CTimaru'* will remain in England until next springEarly in August he will go for a tour in Switzerland with Mr Stanley Unwin and his family. An address on recent legislation in New Zealand was given by Mr J. Thorn, MP., at Willesden. where an election campaign is in progress, before he left for New Zealand. He made a vigorous attack on the criticisms of New Zealand's financial position. Wito Mrs Thorn, he will reach Auckland on the Rangitane on August 25.