PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 132, 2 December 1930, Page 13

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. P. A. de la Pcrrelle) returned to Wellington from the South' 'this 'morning. The Minister of Education (the Hon. H. Atinore) will leave for Wanganui to-morrow for the purpose of visiting schools. On Thursday afternoon he ■will, lay tho foundation-stone ipf .tho new technical college hostel in Wanganui, and he will later visit Turakina, Marton, Bulls, and Palmerston North. On Saturday morning he will visit the boys' Flock House, returning, to. Wellington in time to be present at tha opening of the Maranui Surf Club La the afternoon. ' . Mr. S. G. Bonsor is at present -in Christchurch, and returns to Wellington to-morrow. The Mayor of Auckland, Mr. G. Baildou, is visiting Wellington on business' connected with tho Municipal Association. :..■... The Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) has aeeepted tho office of president of the Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society.. . Mr. J. S. Fletcher, :M.P, for . GreyLynn, and Mrs. Fletcher left by tha Monbwai to-day for San Francisco. They will return to Auckland via Vancouver and 'Suva on 23rd' February. Among' the guests at'the Grand' Hotel are Messrs. C. A.'Wilck, L. C; Roberts ' (London), A. G.- O'tt (Philsidelphiaj U.S.A.), J. Selwyny F. E;Domwell (Palmerston N.orth),-'J.'P.'Flood, G. D. Vincent^ D. I. Otley (Christchurch), S. Pitt and E. S. Black (Dunedin). ■ Guests at the Hotel St. George include: Messrs. B. A. Beveridge, A. Aidridge, P. O'Connell (Christchurch), H. M'Farlane (Duncdin),'J. H. Campbell (Invercargill), J. Wylie and H. Jacobi (Auckland), D'Ath (Wairarapa), N. Osborne (Australia), B. A... Haldeman, E. Jablouski, and C. Bremner (U.S.A.), G. M'William, F. Midlane, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Mills (Wellington).- ■ • Dr. E. Jablonski, Mr. C. J. Bremner, and Mr. N. Osborne, expert petroleum geologists, who havo been making a survey of Australia on behalf of the. Vacuum Oil Company, arrived by tho Maunganui yesterday. They' will stay; in the Dominion for a month before returning to the United States ' and ,furnishing a report 'to their company. Mr. Horace Fildes, of Kelburri, Wellington, has returned from -his.- -'trip abroad. Mr. Fildes, whilst in the.: Old Country, acquired some interesting and previously unknown records regarding a number of prominent people concerned with the discovery and colonisation of the Dominion. These matters wera dealt with in articles from "The. Post's" London correspondent. Mr. F. G. A. "Stuekey, senior inspector of schools in-Otago, has completed his_ career in the public service; His retirement on superannuation dates from to-day. On Saturday morning he was- met -by his colleagues at-' the education office and presented with a case of pipes. Messrs. W. Wallace, of Auckland, H. J. Otlcy, of Christehurch, W. E. S. Knight, of Dmiedin, J. H. M'Carroll, of Kaipara, J. K. Hornblow, of Palmerston. North, F. Gillanders, of Hawera, and the Hon. W. H. M'lnlyre, of ..Buller, have arrived in Wellington to attend a meeting of the executive •of 'the Hospital Boards' Association. ' ■ Dr. Lan Ew.art, who has been successful in his M.D. examination at Edin--burgh, will return to New Zealand'early, in the coming year. Dr. Ewart is a son of Dr. John Ewart, formerly superintendent of the Wellington Hospital. The Bey. John Watson, formerly of Auckland, recently ordained to the Presbyterian Church, has been inducted to. the chargo of the Norinanby dis-.triot.--.Ho is a son.of Mr...P. : F. Watson, of Victoria avenue, Remuera. ..'Ha was educated *at the Auckland Grammar "School and Auckland University College, and obtained his M.A;- degree at Otago University. Mr. D. H. Pullar, senior district valuer for Christchurch .City, has retired on superannuation from the Valuation Department after 36 years' service. On Saturday Mr. H. L. Wiggins, officer in charge of the Valuation Department, presented Mr. Pullar, on.' behalf of the valuers and sta3 of the Christchurch office, with' a . hunting watch, and on behalf of old colleagues in the Wellington office with a. case'of pipes. • ■ • ■ vVisitors to Wellington, who are-stay-ing at tho Royal Oak Hotel,"are: Sir Walter and Lady Stringer (Auckland), Messrs. T. A. Low,." P." Hayward, F. Lincoln (Auckland),: F. Miller . (London), M. Lovimcr (N.elson),- P.* Mana (Gisborne), H. G. Balf our, (Picton), Mr. and Mrs. F. M, Dennehy (Greymquth), Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Levin (F.eilding), Mrs.-and Miss Burling.and Mrs. Madden (Masterton), Mr. and Mrs. Austin Yarndly (Stratford), and Mr. aild Mrs. J. E. Peach (Napier),. ;' r ■ Tho death, occurred recently .in, the United States,, as the result of a motor accident, of Mr. E. H. Wilson,-.: the noted botanist, who some years ago paid a visit to.New Zealand. He was the keeper of the Arnold . Arboretum at Harvard University, and was known as "Chinese ■ Wilson" on account of his many botanicfal expeditions to-, the East. The introduction to our gardens of several beautiful flowers has- been duo to his discoveries, and the Boyal Horticultural Society of Great Britain recognised his work by bestowing several honours upon him. . Many friends in Wellington- -. and other parts will Iwar with; much regret of the deilth of the only son of the late Major Arthur. Hume (formerly of Wellington, and killed at the landing at Gallipoli). The London correspondent of "The Post" states; that Lieutenant Philip Waldron Grehville Hume, 8.E., after taking part in the annual football fixture between officers and ■ non-commissioned officers of the Training -Battalion at Chatham, -collapsed suddenly, but recovered temporarily, only to collapse again. He. wa3 taken to tho Boyal Naval Hospital, at Chatham, but died on 28th October. Lieutenant Hume was-the' grandson: of the late : Colonel and Mrs. Hume, well known old residents of Wellington, and nephew of Major J. Hume, of Nelson. He "was only 27 years of age.