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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27273, 13 February 1954, Page 6

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Motions of sympathy with the relatives of the late Sir Arthur Donnelly and the late Mr D. E. Wanklyn were passed at a meeting of the executive of the New Zealand Trotting Conference last night. Dr. E. Boitze, the German Minister to New Zealand, left Wellington yesterday for a visit to the South Island, which will include Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin. Invercargill, and The Hermitage.—(P. A.) Brigadier H. E. Gilbert, D.S.O n 0.8. E., Commander of the Southern Military District, left last evening for Singapore to attend a military conference. He is expected to be away about a fortnight. Mr E. T. Jenkins, manager of the United Insurance Company, Ltd, wg elected chairman of the Canterbury Fire and Accident Underwriters’ Association at the annual meeting of tn? association. Mr A. E. B. Turner, of the Northern Assurance Company, Ltd-, was elected vice-chairman. Dr. ,L. H. Cordery has been elected president and Dr. A- C. Sandston secretary of the Canterbury division-pi the New Zealand branch of the Britiso Medical Association. Mr F. A. Mclntosh, chairman of th' Rangiora County Council, and w County Clerk (Mr S. G. Dailey) have been appointed to represent the council at the annual .conference of we New Zealand Counties’ Association » Rotorua in June. Mr J. W. Ridley, assistant designing engineer at the Ministry of worn, Wellington, was awarded the FulW Gold Medal for his paper. “Deternuxfl tion of seepage and uplift pressing in hydraulic structures,” at the annual conference of the New Zealand insutution of Engineers. Mr Ridley, wno is a former Rhodes Scholar, is w elder son of Mrs J. G. S. Ridley-® Shirley, and the late Mr Ridley, W * merly chief agricultural instructor «» the Canterbury Education Boartt. The New Zealand delegation to > meeting of the International Jeaer tion of Agricultural Producers to held in Kenya in May will be John Andrew, of Hyde, Domm chairman of Federated Far ™ ers ’ Mr J. Scott-Davidson, of Whangara chairman of the dairy section co cil of Federated Farmers.—(P.AJ Mr H. R. Shugg, who will judge band contest in Christchurch, art ” in Wellington in the Monowai yesi day.—(P.A.) Mr J. C. Harbut was nominatedl W the position of manager of the *- Zealand Empire Games team Dy 7p9 . Canterbury centre of the New • . land Amateur Athletic a meeting on Thursday evening- ■■ Harbut is president of the New land association, and was an . starter for athletic events at tne Empire Games.