PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 31, 5 August 1933, Page 13

PERSONAL ITEMS

p VICE-EEGAL. The Governor-General and Lady Bledisloe were present last night at the annual gathering (ladies' evening) of the Wellington Savage Club at the Town Hall, his Excellency presiding. . This morning his Excellency paid a short visit to the primary school children's exhibition of native flora held under the auspices of the New Zealand Forestry League at the Dominion Farmers' Institute. Mr. R. McKeen, M.P. 1; and Mr. E* Sample, M.P., returned to Wellington this morning- from the south. Mr. J. Hargest, M.P., was among the passengers who arrived in Wellington this morning from the south. Squadion-Leader .T. M; ■ Wilkes, Director of Air Services, returned to Wellington from the south this morning. Dr. M. B. M. Tweed, Heretaungaj returned to Wellington from the South Island today. Sir Reginald: and Lady Skelton were among the passengers for the south last niglit. Mr. E. A. Anderson left for the south last night. ' The Hon. J. G. Cobbe and Mrs. Cobbe left for the south last night. , Mr. Howard Cook returned to Wellington this morning from Dunedin. Mr. Chas. M. Luke, jnr., manager of Briscoe and Company, Ltd., Wellington, and latterly associated on the executive of Briseoe, E. W. Mills and Co., Ltd., has received notice of re-t transfer to Briscoe and Company, Ltd., Auckland. Mr. Luke has been connected with Briseoe and Company, Ltd., for close on forty years, during1 which, as representative and on the managerial staff, he has made many business and personal friends in the Dominion. Advice has just been received in Timaru that Professor Cecil Malthus; an old boy of Timaru Boys' High School, and a graduate of Canterbury College, has l^een granted a Doctorate of Literature for a thesis, written in French, on the influence of Shakespeace on the FrWch dramatist and poet, Alfred de Mussct. Dr. Malthus is Professor of Modem Languages at Hobart University. ' Mr. J. P. Gifford, who, aiter a service of 21 years as asistant sub-editor of the "Press," is leaving to become subeditor of tha '■'Timaru Herald," was met by a large assembly, af the staff yesterday and presented with a wallet of notes, states a Christchurch Press Association message. The editor (Mr. P. H. N. Freeth) made the presentation, and the general manager-(Mr. A. M. Burns), who formerly as chief subeditor was associated with Mr. Gifford for 13 years, expressed regret at the departure of a loyal helper and good comrade. Both Mr. Freeth and Mr. Burns expressed good wishes fo Mr. Giffo'fa in his ne# office, and assured him of the high" esteem and affection of the members of all staffs of the "Press.*' Mr. A.F, Wright, the present vicepresident, has been nominated aa president of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce for 1933-34,, with Hr. John'MacGibbon. as vice-president. Canon Grant Cowen, of St. Matthew's, Auckland, who has been seriously ill for some months, has now returned to Auckland. . : Mr. and Mrs. Eliot Davis returned to Auckland by the Bangitane oii Thursday after two years' absence in England. They spent much time in London with Mr. Davis' father; Mr. Moss Davis, until -his death some months ago. Mr. Davia went to Denmark for the purpose of inquiring into dairy farming methods there, and also visited France. , ■ ■ • ■ Among the guests at the Midland Hotel are Messrs. C..C. Clarke (Hong Kong), T. Bailie' (Gisborne), and Ban-1 furly Smith (Auckland). . Messrs. B. J. /Sinclair and. A. L. Jones (Christchufch), and N. C. Sneddon and G. J. Browne (Auckland) are among the guests at, the Grand Hotel. Staying at the Hotel St. George are Mr. and Mrs-. J. H. Francis (Auck-1 land), Mr. and Mrs. A. E. MacDougall (Dunedin), Messrs. Barnett and E. T. Cpnfoy (Melbourne), and A. Wheeler. (Leicester, England).' Visitors to Wellington staying at the Empire Hotel include Messrs. >F. Anderson (Taihape), and G.1 ff. Miller (Christchurch). Mr. and Mrs. Gray (Pukerua Bay), Mr. and Mrs. B. Denbar (Auckland), Messrs. W. P. Reid (Oamaru), W. B. Eilbeck (Sydney),. C. O. Hamilton (Nelson), and W. (Aucliland) are among tfie guests at the Royal Oak Hotel.