PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 112, 5 February 1935, Page 8

PERSONAL

Sir Harold Beauchamp has returned to Wellington from a brief business visit to Auckland. Major-General Sir W. L. H. Sinclair Burgess, General Officer Commanding the New Zealand Military Forces, left Wellington last evening for the south.

Colonel 11. Holgate, president of the Coalmine Owners’ Association, arrived at Wellington yesterday morning from Auckland.

M_r. C. M. Turrell, director and general manager of-the New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltd., left last evening for the south, and will return to Wellington on Thursday-,

Mr. A. Q. Gillies returned to Wellington by the Monowai from Sydney yesterday. Mr. F. W. Manton, of Ellis and Manton, has returned from a business visit to Australia. Mr. Duncan Mackintosh has been elected president bf .the Wanganui Agricultural Association. The Rev. A. Rugby Pratt, who was in Wellington during the week-end. left last evening for the south. Mr. A. 11. Kimbell, Lower Hutt, was a passenger last evening for tip south.

Mr. F. W. S. Male, Wellington, was a passenger yesterday by the Monowai from Australia.

Mr.- F. T. M. Kissell, chief electrical engineer of the Public Works' Department, has left Wellington for the north. Mr. G. L. Mouatt, of the Bank of New South Wales 'travel department, arrived by the Monowai from Sydney. Mr. F. S. Freeman, of the Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, returned frqm Australia by the Monowai. Mr. K. Syme, a station owner in Narrandra, New South Wales, arrived yesterday liy the Monowai from Sydney.

Mr. S. .1. Rubenstein, president of the New Zealand Radio Institute, has left Wellington on a holiday visit to Australia.. Dr. George B. Pierce, of New York, arrived by the Makura at Wellington yesterday to do some big game fishing in New Zealand waters.

The Very Rev. Fathers Reardon and Cullen, Dunedin, will leave for America by the Mariposa from Auckland on March 9.

Messrs. Newland, I-leyon and Griflin, of the Texas Co., Ltd., were passengers from Wellington for the south last evening. Dr. N. F. Greenslade, Balelutha Hospital, passed through Wellington during the week-end. cn route for England, via Auckland.

Mr. C. 11. Kingsford, of the Stephen’s College staff, Auckland, has been appointed to a headmastership under the Otago Education Board.

Mr. Sidney Ford, a mining engineer of San Francisco, accompanied by his daughter, arrived at Wellington yesterday by the Makura on a pleasure trip to New Zealand.

Mr. F. A. Williams, an executive officer of the Standard Oil Company of India, and Mrs. Williams are through passengers to Sydney by the Makura, which arrived at Wellington yesterday. Mr. G. C. Warren, Darfield, chairman of the executive of the North Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, will leave for Wellington this evening to attend a meeting of the national executive.

Captain V. G. Webb, Wellington, marine superintendent- of the Union Steam Ship Company, accompanied by Mrs. Webb, returned yesterday by the Makura, after a holiday trip to San Francisco.

Dr. Graham Robertson was granted leave of absence for a tour abroad by the executive of the Automobile Association (Wellington) last night. The chairman, Mr. E. A. Batt, wished him on behalf of the association a pleasant tour.

Dr. F. P. Keppel, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and Mrs. Keppel, will be entertained at morning tea this forenoon in the Cabinet room by the Prime Minister and Mrs. G. W. Forbes and members of the Cabinet and. their wives. Mr. Martin Luckie, who has- been chosen as one of the New Zealand Legion candidates at the next municipal election in Wellington, in connection with the legion’s campaign to effect local body- reform, is a member of the present City Council. \

The Rev. 11. Sharp, of tlie Lower Hurt Methodist Church, will leave for a brief holiday’ visit to Christchurch on Thursday. Tlie following week he will return to act as chaplain to tlie 'Wellington Regiment at Waipukurau, and after a week in camp will proceed to the Dunedin conference of the Methodist Church.

Mr. A. T. Hawke, for a number of years on tlie advertising staff of “The Dominion,” and who has been appointed publicity manager for the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, was fare welled at a gathering of salesmen colleagues yesterday. Mr. J. Brown, advertising manager in presenting him with an inscribed silver cigarette case, wished Mr. Hawke the same success in his new position as had characterised his work while associated with "The Dominion.”