PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 119, 22 May 1928, Page 11

PERSONAL MATTERS

The Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. O. J. Hawken) left this morning for Eltham. At a special mooting of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute, Mr. B. C. Aston, F.1.C., F.C.S., F.N.Z.1., : was elected president in place of'the late Dr. J. A. Thomson. Mr. Loo Dv Chateau, Now Zealand representative for E. J. Carroll, leaves for Auckland this evening to make arrangements for the tour o£ the Dominion by Mr. Alfred O'Shea, the wellknown tenor. Dr. D. Eardley Fenwick ("Wellington), Dr. F. W. B. Fitchett (Dunodin), and Dr. T. W. J. Johnson (Auckland) Have been appointed by the Minister of Health to conduct the inquiry into pulmonary tuberculosis. Prior' to his departure from Thames for Wellington, where he has been appointed assistant supervisor of telegraphs, Mr. J. T. Rutherford was presented with a clock on behaif of the staff of the Thames Post Office, reports "The Post's" Auckland correspondent. Since leaving Wellington for Singapore, Mr.. J. C. Hudson, of the United States Consular service, has been advised that he will be Consul attached to the American Consulate-General thore, and not Vice-Consul, the promotion having been subsequently announced. Dr. E. Marsden, secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, sails to-day for San Francisco by the Makura. After spending about six weeks in that city he will proceed to Canada. He will be away about three months altogether, studying problems in connection with his. Department. Mr. Albert Spencer, president of the Auckland Employers' Association, leaves by the Makura for San Francisco this afternoon. Mr. Spencer, who is accompanied by Mrs. Spencer, intends spending a six-months' holiday in the United States and Canada. Cabled advice has just been received from England- stating that the Eev. Neville Watkins, son of Mr. and Mrß. Laurence Watkins, has just'passed his priest's examination, and will, be ordained priest by the Bishop of Eipon on Trinity Sunday. Mr. Watkins left for England last June to join the staff of the Leeds Parish Church for two years. Mr. A. H. Messenger, New.Zealand Publicity Officer, will leave by the Maunganui on Friday on a tour of the principal cities of the Commonwealth. He will visit Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Canberra, and will return to Wellington about the middle of next month. New Zealand publicity in Australia, and the encouragement of the interchange of visitors, are the objects of the tour. The death occurred in Wellington last week of Mr. William ("Billy") Bell, for some years a Wellington Rugby representative footballer. The late Mr. Bell who was forty-four years of age, was a fine type of forward. He was a member of the Athletic Club, and as a mark of respect to his memory the club's senior players wore white bands on their left amis in their match on Saturday. The funeral, which took place at Karori Cemetery on Sunday afternoon, was attended by a number of Athletic Club members and Rugby veterans. The Pahautanui Assembly Hall was crowded last Saturday evening with parishioners of the Catholic and English Churches, Paremata, Judgeford, Plimmerton, and Pahautanui being well represented. A presentation of a pair of field-glasses was made to Mr. Fred Bradey, and a case of pipes to his brothers, Alfred and Edward. The Key. Father Griffin, who made the presentation, expressed grateful appreciation to Messrs. Bradey for the generous services their orchestra had rendered at all the socials held in connection with the churches and schools. Mr. Fred Bradey responded..