PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 70, 16 December 1929, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS

A Press Association message from London states that Sir .Tames Parr and Professor Gowlund, of Dunedin, were among special guests at the Australian and New Zealand Medical Association’s dinner. The New Zealander Captain E. L. Stewart was among the guests at the Army Connell’s lunch at the Army and Navy Club to Dominion officers in England. states a Press Association message.' Mr. Egerton Lowe, who Is examining in New Zealand for Trinity College of Music, London, arrived in Wellington, from the north at the week-end. Dr. E. Marsden has been appointed to be a member of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute in place of the late Dr. C. Chilton. Mr. R. W. Hawke, M.P., for Kaiapoi, arrived in Wellington from the south on Saturday morning. Mr. J. B. Mac Ewan, of Wellington, who has been absent from New Zealand in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States, is at present in Hawaii. He Is expected back by the Aorangi at Auckland- on December 30. General Sir Alfred Robin, patron of the South African War Veterans’ Association, was presented with the badge of an honorary life member by the Dominion president, Captain J. J. Clark, on Saturday night. The Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons has been conferred on D. N. Epstein, A. J. Mason, A. R. Mowlem, L. Riddell and F. E. Webster, all of Otago, states a Press Association message from London. Mr W. Scott Lee, B.S. in Ch.E., associated with the Vacuum Oil Company Pty., Ltd., is at present touring the Dominion studying the effect of local conditions in connection with road surfacing. Mr. Lee is a technical expert on road-laying from the United States. Mr. G. L. Petersen, advance manager for Wirths’ Circus, Is in Wellington. Mr, D. B. Reid, sou of the late manager of the Orient Line, Sydney, and Cunard S.S. Co., arrived by the Tahiti frnrp Francisco yesterday.

Before play commenced on Hataitai bowling green on Saturday, sympathetic reference was made to the death of Mr. G. Warren, who, although not a player, had been a familiar figure on the green for many years, and whenever possible was present to watch the pennant gamete. A vote of sympathy was carried by the members, standing in silence for a moment.

A very wide circle of business people and'followers of athletic sport will regret to learn of the sudden death on Friday last of Mr. Godfrey Warren. For many years past Mr. Warren had been associated with the advertising and accounts departments of the “Evening Post,” and was a well-known figure about tlie city. He was a great enthusiast in sport—especially cricket and football—and it is doubtful if there was any sounder authority in New Zealand on the records of Test cricket. He had a very complete collection of statistics relating to Test matches and of incidents related thereto, and was the possessor of a remarkable memory for dates and happenings stretching far back into the past. Amongst his interests was a love of music, and here again he specialised, his' familiarity with Gilbert and Sullivan’s work, being outstanding. Mr. Warren was born in Wellington in 1871, and lived practically his whole life in this city. He leaves a widow and three sons to mourn his decease. The funeral, which took place at Karori yesterday, bore testimony to the esteem and respect in which the deceased was held. There was a very large attendance of the ■staff of the “Evening Post,” including the senior proprietor. Mr. L. Blundell, and Mr. L. Blundell, jun. Mr. C. W Earle, editor and managing director, represented “The Dominion.” and there were many business people and wellknown figures in different branches of sport to pay their last tribute. Mr. A. D. S. Duncan, vice-consul for Portugal, Is on a visit to Christchurch.