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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 190, 8 May 1937, Page 10

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Vice-Regal. His Excellency the Governor-General, Lord Galway, accompanied by Captain Stuart French, A.D.C., has been enjoying a short fishing holiday at Turangi. He expects to leave to-day. Ministerial. The Hon. H. G. R. Mason, AttorneyGeneral, left for Auckland by the Limited express last night. He will return to Wellington on Monday. Mr. Edgar Rouse, Melbourne, is visiting Wellington. Mr. R. 11. Burns, Karori, left Wellington for the north last night. Mr. J. H. .Terrain, Ngaio, returned to Wellington from the south yesterday. Mr. J. Hogg, Dunedin, was a passenger for the south last night. Mr. F. J. Williams, Dunedin, arrived at Wellington from the south yesterday. Mr. ,T. 11. Blackwell, Christchurch, returned south by the steamer express last night. Mr. J. Thorn, M.P. for Thames, arrived at Wellington from the South Island yesterday morning. Mr. C. M. Bothamley, Wellington, was a passenger for the south last night. Mr. H. A. Gilbert, managing editor of the “New Zealand Motor World,” is visiting the South Island. Mr. L. A. Cornaga, manager of the Wellington branch of Chandler and Co., Ltd., left for the north last night. Mr. W. F. Bull, Canadian Trade Commissioner, left Wellington for the north last night. Mr. John Fuller, of John Fuller and Sons, Ltd., left Wellington for the south last night. Dr. H. W. Jack, superintendent of agriculture in Fiji, left Auckland for Suva by the Matua. Colonel the Hon. G. J. Smith was.a passenger from Wellington for the south last night. Mr. E. Spencer-Locke left Wellington by tije Rangitane on an extended tour of Great Britain and the Continent. Mr. Bernard Blandford, Palmerston North, left Wellington by the Rangitane yesterday for England to study business conditions overseas. Mr. Barton Ginger, of the firm of Barton Ginger and Co., Ltd., left 'Wellington for the south last night, accompanied by Mrs. Ginger. Mr. E. Casey, assistant general manager of the Railways Department, was a passenger for the south by last night’s steamer express. Mr. Stronach Paterson, managing director of A. S. Paterson and Co., Ltd., returned to Wellington from the south yesterday. Mr. G. J. S. Stitt arrived at Wellington from the south yesterday, and left last night for the north by the Limited express. Mr. E. L. Rutledge, general manager of the Fox Film Corporation in New Zealand, returned to Wellington from Auckland yesterday. Mr. Geoffrey L. Eastgate, who is now resident in Hong-Kong, has been notified by the University of New Zealand that he has passed his final examinations for the degree of bachelor of commerce. Mr. L. B. Hutton, 8.E., M.1.E.E.. Invercargill, who has been appointed assistant general manager and engineer of the Wellington City Corporation tramway and electricity department, is to take up his new duties on May 17. Mr. J. I. Craig, financial secretary to the Egyptian Ministry of Finance, is due to arrive at Auckland by the Wanganella on July 20 and will leave New Zealand again from Wellington by the Wanganella on August 5. During his stay in New Zealand Mr. Craig will deliver several addresses on the scenic wonders of Egypt and on other phases of Egyptian life. • The Rev. A. T. Thompson, M.A., 8.D., after an absence of more than 12 years in Australia as Commonwealth secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, has returned to settle in New Zealand. Mr. Thompson was formerly secretary of the Bible Society in New Zealand and a well-known minister of the Presbyterian Church, first at Thames, then at Masterton, and finally at St. Andrew’s, Christchurch, where he founded St. Andrew’s Boys’ College. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and family will make their home at Masterton.