PERSONAL ITEMS

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

PERSONAL ITEMS

His Excellency the Governor-General has recognised the appointment of Mr. Ou Tsin-Shuin as Chinese Consul at Wellington. The Minister of Education (Hon. H. Atmore) left ’Wellington yesterday for Wanganui and Napier. The Postmaster-General (Hon. J. B. Donald) returned to ’Wellington last night from Blenheim. The Minister of Labour (Hon. W. A. Veitch) will represent the Government at the Reefton and Murchison shows on March 15 and 16.

The Director-General of Mental Hospitals (Dr. T. G.. Gray) left for Auckland -hist evening. Mr. Justice Kennedy will leave Auckland for 'Wellington to-day, to take part in the sittings of the Appeal Court.

The Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. B. Mcllveney) returned to Wellington from Auckland yesterday. Mr. H. Holland, M.P., who has been attending the Methodist Conference in Auckland, has arrived back in Christchurch.

Mr. A. Longmore has been appointed deputy-assessor for the Wellington land district. Awards of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces’ long-service medal have been made to Captain H. J. D. Sheldon, of the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry, and Bandmaster G. Burgess, 4th Cadet Battalion, the Canterbury Regiment. Mr. E. J. Tait, the well-known theatrical manager, and his daughter, Miss Jessie Tait, who are on a motor tour of New Zealand, are at present in Christchurch. Mr. T. Harris, of Auckland, has been appointed adjudicator of the elocution classes at the forthcoming competitions in 'Wellington. Mr. B. O'Connell, of London, engineer of Standard Telephones and Cables (Australia), Ltd., arrived at Auckland by the Mataroa on one of his regular visits .to New Zealand. His headquarters will be in Wellington. Mr. N. B. W. Haszard, chief officer of the intercolonial steamer Karetu, has been /elected a member of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners. United Kingdom. Mr. Haszard served in the Royal Navy during the war, and has the rank of lieutenant, R.N.R. (N.Z.D.). Mr. Will Appleton, of Wellington, accompanied by Mrs. Appleton, is in Christchurch.

Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., will leave shortly on a trip abroad. A resolution expressing sympathy with the relatives of the late Sir Charles Skerrett was passed at the annual meeting of the Justices’ Association, last"night. Mr. S. J. Hayden, station director at IYA, Auckland, has (states a Special Service message) been transferred to the charge of 4YA, Dunedin, and leaves on Sunday. Arne Borg, the Swedish swimmer, and liis wife are on board the Aorangi, which left Sydney for Auck-. land yesterday, states a Press Association message. Mr. W. L. Lowrie, American ConsulGeneral to New Zealand, has received cable advices from Washington that the Hon. F. B. Kellogg will remain in the Cabinet of President Hoover as Secretary of State pending the return from the Philippines of his successor, the Hon. H. L. Stimson, in the latter part of March. The new head of the Department of State (corresponding to the British Foreign Office) has been Governor-General of the Philippine Islands since 1927. Colonel Stimson was Secretary of War during the administration of President Taft and served with the American Expeditionary Force in France as Colonel of the 305th Field Artillery. He is a lawyer by profession, a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School.

“As a change of Government has caused the retirement of the Hon. F. J. Rolleston as Minister of Justice, we consider this a suitable occasion to place on record our appreciation of Mr. Rolleston’s kindness and goodwill to our association, his general courtesy and desire to meet our requirements,” stated the chairman (Mr. D. Keir), and Mr. I. Salek (lion, registrar), in their report presented at the annual meeting- of the Honorary Justices Association last night. "The Hon. T. M. Wilford is now Minister of Justice, and we have already received evidence of his willingness to assist us. From Mr. Wilford’s long residence among us, his happy manner and courtesy, we are satisfied that ‘we have a friend at Court’ who will reasonably assist us in our desire to uplift and maintain the dignity of Justices.”

The Press Association is advised that a private cablegram received by the Eastern Extension Cable Company states that Sir John Denison Pender, chairman of the Eastern and other associated cable companies, died at Loudon as a result of an attack of bronchial influenza. Born in October, 1855, and a son of Sir John Pender, the deceased was a director of the Atlas Assurance Company, Ltd., and the P. and O. Company. He was decorated for his services in connection with South Africa, China, and the European War. His wife died in 1920, and he is survived by two sons.