PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 71, 16 December 1933, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS

. Vice-Regal. Yesterday afternoon their Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Bledisloe attended the prize-giving ceremony at Marsden School, Karori, and the Governor-General presented the school prizes. The Duke of Northumberland, who arrived at Sydney by the Strathaird on Thursday, on his 4 way to visit New Zealand, is 21 years of age. He succeeded to the title in 1920. Mr. Oscar Garden, the Christchurch airman who flew from England to Australia three years ago, is at present in Palestine, where he has formed an aero club at the town ofJTel-Aviv. Mr. Garden, who has been in Palestine for about nine months, intends to remain there for some time, ?|kf? F’ 9o lsm9w Mr. H. T. Milnes, who recently retired from the presidency of the New Zealand Wool Buyers’ Association, was presented by the members of that body with a handsome piece of plate in recognition of his services to the wool trade during the 42 years he operated as a wool buyer in the Dominion. Members took advantage of their presence in Christchurch at the wool sale to make the presentation. Rear-Admiral F. Burges Watson, Commodore Commanding the New Zealand Squadron, accompanied by Lieu-tenant-Commander Alcock, left by the Monowai yesterday to attend the periodical Naval Conference at Singapore, in January, 1934. It is understood that the Commanders-in-Chief of the China and East India Stations will be present at the conference, travelling in his Majesty's ships Kent and Hawkins, also the Rear-Admiral commanding the Australian Squadron. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Smart, of Havelock North, have gone to Christchurch once, again for the Anniversary Day celebrations, although travelling is uncomfortable at their age, especially for Mrs. Smart. Mr. Smart, who, with his brother Eli, of Woodville, is the only survivor of a family of twelve children that came out in the Randolph, one of the First Four Ships, Is now in his eighty-fourth year, but its still well and active. Mrs. Smart came out in the Maori in 1856. Commander Sir Walter Windham and Lady Windham are due at Sydney by the Orama next Thursday from England, and have booked passages to New Zealand. Sir Walter was a pioneer of motoring and aviation in Britain and India,, founding the Aeroplane Club in 1908 and offering the gold cup which Louis Bleriot won for the first flight across the English Channel. Lady Windham is the widow of the late Lieutenant-Commander G. P. Glen Kidston, the racing motorist and airman, and sister-in-law' of Sub-Lieuten-ant R. H. A. Kidston, of H.M.S. Diomede.