PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 129, 5 June 1929, Page 13

PERSONAL ITEMS

VICE-BEGAL,

His Excellency the Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson and "Lady Alice Fergusson, accompanied. by Countess Thelma Metasa, Mrs. George Baird, Captain E. L. Orr-Ewiiig, and Lord Waleran, returned to , Wellington this morning from' Auckland. - They left later by the Tutanekai on an official visit to the Chatham Islands, and expect to return.to Wellington on 13th June. Their Excellencies, will then go into residence at Wellington for the session. ' •

•The Minister-of Labour and Transport (the Hon. W. A. Veitch) arrived from the South this morning after visiting Christchurch and Duneain.

The Minister of Lands and Agriculture (the Hon. G. W. Forbes) returned to Wellington this morning" after inspecting land and soldiers, settlements in the Taihape, Ohingaiti, and Hunterville districts. '. ■ ' .

Mr. H..-B. Holland, Leader of the Labour Party, arrived from the West Coast this morning/ and will speak at the official opening of the new. Trades' and. Labour Hall this evening.;

The Public; Service - Commissioner (Mr. P. D. N. Verschaffelt) ■ left" 1 last night for Christchurch. He will return on Friday morning

Mr, \Y. : W.,Bjrd; Chief Inspector of Primary Schools, is itt : Auckland^ and will return: to. Wellington; ok Sunday.

The death has occurred in Christchurch of Mr. Philip Arthur. KeddeU/ formerly Registrar of Pensions at Cliristchureh,- states a. -Press. Associa-' tiou message. He served in. the Boer War and-in tho Great War as a major in the Canterbury Regiment. . .. .'.".. "'

Dr. J. A. Jenkins, Dunedin, Dr. W. P. P. Gordon, Stratford, and Dr. J. Hardie Neil, Auckland, will -represent the New Zealand branch.of the British Medical Association: at the Pan-Pacific Surgical Conference to be held at Honplulu;on 14th August, .-..'.. . . :

Mr-. T; B. Strong,-Director of Education, went 1 South : last night, and is spending to-day in Christchurch going on to-morrow, to Duriedin and -arriving back in Wellington on Sunday morning.

Mr. A..P. F. Chapman, who captained the English cricket team in Australia last year, and Mrs.. Chapman^ left by the Niagara from Auckland on Tuesday on their return to England. ...' .

Mr. ■W. S.: la Trbbe; Superintendent of Technical Education; is at present in Auckland. He will visit- the Waikato" district the following week, 'returning to Wellington on' Saturday, 15th" June. '

Mr. E. J. Parr, Chief Inspector 'of Secondary Schools, is in,;"/-Auckland. Later, he will visit Taranaki, returning here at the end of the month.;,/

The Council of the; Wellington JCham-' ber .of Commerce at -its^meeting last evening passed a resolution-congratuv latiiig Sir Henry -.Buekletorif v general manager of the. Bank of; New Zealand, upon.his having the honour ; :of. knighthood conferred, upon him..- The chairman . (Mr.. E. .Salmond) said that, this year Sir Henry Buckleton would celebrate his fiftieth year as a banker-^a record which was perhaps:unprecedented in this part of the world. " •

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G: Cate and Master lan H. Cate are leaving New Zealand to-day by the R.M.S. 'Makura. Mr.. Gate has been general manager for New Zealand for the Vacuum. Oil Company Proprietary, Ltd.,."for. the. past thirteen years," and was recently promoted * to the head office executive at Melbourne. "■ ■ ;■■ - ■ . ■'• ■■-:■'■_ . -

Sir Ewen J. Maclean/president of the British Medical, Association, will attend the Australasian Medical Conference to be held in Sydney in September. He will be a passenger by the TJ.M.S'. Tihiti, which arrives at Wellington from San Francisco on 26th; August,:and will .continue his voyage to Sydney by the same steamer. It is-possible iSat he! may visit New' Zealand at 'the conclusion of the conference at Sydney. Sir Ewen is a recognised authority on ob^ stetrics arid gynaecology, and is ■ the author of several books on these subjects. - ; ■: - .■ '■ ' -■• ■"

When Sir Senry Buekletpn, general manager of .the Bank of New Zealand, went to the bank yesterday faoriing. as usual, he was met by the -assembled staffs of head office and the staffs of the Wellington, Te Aro, Wellington South, North End, . and Hutt and,; Petone branches, who lined/the' corridor.. ap. proach to the general manager's room, and he was cheered .by over. 150 members assembled. He was accompanied, by Lady Buckleton, who early that morning had received from head office staff a magnificent basket of flowers; A reception was held in the- general manager's room, and all present congratulated Sir Henry and Lady Buckleton on their newly-conferred titles. The corridor was gaily decorated with "flags, and: the proceedings; thbugii necessarily brief, were characterised by thi warmest expressions of goodwilL Sir Henry has already received congratulations by cablegram from London, ' Australia. Fiji, and Samoa, and telegrams and letters from all parts of the -Dominion