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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24545, 19 April 1945, Page 4

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VICE-REGAL (P.A.) WELLINGTON, April 18. His Excellency the Governor-Gene-ral and Lady Newall will leave Wellington to-morrow on official visits to Nelson, Motueka, and Richmond. They returned to Wellington to-day from the north. This afternoon the Governor-Gene-ral received the American Minister, Mr K. S. Patton, and Vice-Admiral W. Calhoun, U.S.N., Commander of the south Pacific force and area.

The Minister of Defence (the Hon. F. Jones) and his private secretary (Mr F. M, Sherwood) arrived in Christchurch yesterday afternoon by air. The Minister last evening attended the reunion of returned soldiers. He will return to Wellington by air to-day.

Mr E. F. Willcox, a member of thf N,o. 2 War pensions Appeal Board, was among the guests last evening at the reunion of the Christchurch branch of the New Zealand Returned Services’ Association, of which he was for many years secretary. He will return to Wellington this evening. Mr T. P. Palmer, B.Ag. Sc„ has been appointed assistant geneticist at the Wheat Research Institute.

Messrs G. A. Hayden and £. Orchard were presented with gold star badges and certificates of merit of the New Zealand Returned . Services’ Association at the annual reunion last evening of the Christchurch branch. Mr Hayden, who is secretary of the National Patriotic Fund, will probably leave soon on a visit to the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and India. Canteens will probably be established in india as a result of hia- visit. * A former well-known English test cricketer, VJing Commander P. G, H. Fender, is at present in Auckland. Wing Commander Fender, who played for both Sussex and Surrey, had a brilliant career, and he proved one cf the best all round players England has produced. He was in the .Royal Flying Copps in the last war and has seen servlbe in this war on operations over France, Belgium, and Holland.— (P.A.),

Sympathy with the relatives of Mr, Gordon Fulton, former president of the' Canterbury Sheep Owners’ Union, and Mr H. B. -S. Johnstone, of Otaio, a member of the executive for some years, both of whom died recently, was expressed at a meeting of the sheep owners’ executive yesterday, Mr J. H. Grigg, chairman, said both members of the union had done valuable work over a long period. The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, London, has appointed Dr. C. S. Lang, D.Mus., A.K.C.M., and Mr Eric Grant, B.Mus., A.R.A.M., as visiting examiners'at this year’s practical examinations in New Zealand. As Dr Lang is at present in Canada and (Mr Grant in south Africa, their travel to New Zealand should not be difficult, and it, will probably be possible to hold examinations in all centres at the normal dates. Although Dr. Lang has not previously visited this country as an examiner, he is a New Zealander by birth. He is music master at Clifton College, and organist and Director of Music at Christ’s Hospital, and he has published cantatas for chorus and orchestra, church services, piano and violin pieces. Mr Grant was examiner in New Zealand in 1938, but visited the South Island only. He is Professor of Pianoforte at the Royal Academy of Music.