PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 20, 24 July 1934, Page 11

PERSONAL ITEMS

■ :Mr,-;C.-B. V..Wheeler, general: traffic manager of the Union Steam Ship. Company, returned today/by the; Marania .after..a,visit to Sydney. ' .: . Mr. J. E. 'Gibson,' aii Australia^ director of the British General Electric Company, Ltd., arrived from Sydney by the Marama today. ■ ' Mr. J. G. L. Hewitt, S.M., is assisting in the work of the Magistrate's Court at Wellington. 3 • Advice has been received in Wellington that Dr. Earl North croft, Ph.D. (N.Z.), has completed the medical course at Edinburgh University. Mr. H. H. De Costa, of Gisborne, wno has been on a business'visit to Christchurch, returned from the south -this morning and goes on to Gisborne tomorrow. In compliance with a request made to her two days earlier by a deputation of women, Miss E. Melville announced on Saturday -that she had decided to stand for election to the Auckland Mayoralty next May. Miss Melville has had long experience as a member of the Auckland City Council, and: has served as chairman of one of the committees. She is a legal practitioner in, the city. Miss Melville is leaving thia week for Honolulu, and expects to return: early in October. The governor-elect of the New Zealand Eotary district, Mr. J. M. A. Hott, who became seriously ill while attending the recent International Rotary Convention; at Detroit, United States, is slowly regaining his health. At a luncheon of the Auckland Botary Club the following cablegram from Mr. Ilott was read: "Exceedingly close call, but gradually recovering; regards. Ilott." ' Mr.' Ilott's illness was due to food infection, and it is understood that he will-not be able to leave Detroit for a week or two yet. • Dr. Wald has been appointed Eabbi of the Eastern Suburbs Synagogue, Sydney. Dr. Wald was T>orn at Klon; senberg," Hungary, in 1904, and was educated at Budapest and the University of Zurich, Switzerland, where he graduated doctor of philosophy with a thesis entitled "Arabic glosses in Gaomic literature.'' He is a linguist;6f no mean ability, spea"king English^ French, German, Magyar, Hebrew, and Arabic. He is a student of modern educational , systems, and specialised: in. such work for five years in Zurich and for'more than'two years in London. Lieutenant-Colonel K. M. Tennant, M.M., has relinquished the command of the North ' Auckland Mounted Bifies, and has been- transferred to the reserve of officers. Major >W. E. Lang, M.C., has been appointed to commandthe regiment, with the rank of lieuten-ant-colonel. Captain W. W. Horw^U, M.M., reserve of officers, has been appointed to the Ist Battalion,. Auckland Eegiment. Messrs. A. .-E.'Eankin (Wanganui), J. L. Napier (Dunediri),/H. Stevens and H. Lee (Christchurch), J. H. Luff (Duncdin), J. Livingstone- (Dannevirke), and C. E. Evans and P. M. Cohr (Hastings) are among the guesta at the Grand Hotel. Mr. E. M. Watson, S.M., of Feilding, accompanied by Mrs. Watson and Miss Watson, ■ returned by the Marama today from Japan and the- East, where they spent several months. Messrs. L. Bennett, W. McLeod, .T. H. Allen, and F. H. Burbush (Auckland),,F. Bolton (Pahiatua), C. J. Morrison (Christchurch), A. B. Simpson (Palmerstoh North), A. Hopewell (Christchurch), D.- W.. Murray- (England), and T. J. Shephard and J. Victor (Victoria) are staying, at-the Royal Oak Hotel. Staying at the Hotel St. George sre Mr. "and Mrs. G. Bamsey (Melbourne), Mr. and Mrs. J. • Duncan (Duncdin), Messrs. V. C. Smith (Tasmania), W. D. Ferguson and ,T. E. Gibson (Sydney), T. AY Low; H. Luke, H. S. Scott, G." Morrison, and T. Chapman (Auckland), L. Treleaven and J: M. ipps (Christchuich), D. O. Osborn atid'L.'J. Chanrock (Halifax, England), J. A.,Mitchell and G. H. Griffen (N-elson), " a*& EHudson (Dunedin). . , . Mr. E. A. Cameron and Mrs. C. A. Cameron (Masterton), Messrs. C. MeIndoe- and F. W. Hills (Auckland), E. F. Lord (Duncdin), C.Milner (Nelson), W. Hutchinson (Christchurch), F. "E. Bossitter (Sydney),' ■J. S. Laagford (Hokitika), and H. J. Garnetfc and S. M. Catteson "(London) are among'_the guests at the Midland Hotel. Visitors to Wellington staying at the Empire Hotel include Messrs. .W. J. Meehan (Christchurch), E. Harding (Woodville), J, 8.. Carruthers (Masterton), A. E. Collier' (Taihape), and D 0. Maclean (Hawera).