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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 139, 8 March 1929, Page 13

Mr. H. V. Coverdttle, a son of Mr. T. Coverdale, of Te Awamutu, has gained his degree of M.D. at Cambridge. He has already completed his term as senior house surgeon at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, at and will return to New Zealand to begin private practice. Mr. G. Sheffield, of St. James’ Theatre, Auckland, has arrived in Wellington to take up the position of manager of His Majesty’s Theatre in place of Mr. G. Jardine. Mr. Jardine, who has been appointed manager of the Regent Theatre, Auckland, will act temporarily as manager of the Regent Theatre in Wellington prior to going north.

The party of English public school boys which is at present touring New Zealand spent four days at the Hermitage. Mount Cook (states the Timaru “Herald”). Although this visit was considered in the nature of a rest between city engagements, the boys made, the most of their chance to see the Southern Alps. The first day they were there about a dozen of them, accompanied by Mr. Darling. walked fifteen miles up the Tasman River and the Valley of Desolation to the Ball Hut. From there they crossed, the Ball Glacier to the Hoehstetter Ice-falls, and Mr. Darling says of the view of the Tasman Glacier obtained from there: “It is the finest Alpine view I have ever seen.” Other parties went up to the Stocking Glacier, Sebastopol and Sealy Dakes, and before they left the boys votl(l Mount Cook the best place they had visited in New Zealand, and said it was all that Mr. Amery had pictured it.