PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 32, 7 February 1935, Page 13

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. W. Nash, M.P. for Hutt, is visiting Auckland.: ■■■-■■•—■■■ —■■■••■ .

Mr. L. E.. K.- Averill, of Auckland,will leave Wellington by the-Monowai tomorrow, .en route to Matsuvama, Japan.

Mr. A. E. Mander, secretary of the New Zealand Manufacturers' Federation, has returned to Wellington after a brief visit to Auckland.

Mr. G. S. Nicoll, secretary of the New Zealand Institute of Horticulture, has returned to Wellington from" the south.

Mr. O. C. St. Paul, of Feilding, has been promoted to- the position of manager of the Bank of . Australasia, in Hamilton, in place of Mr.. M. Maning, who will leave shortly to take charge of the Christchurch branch of the bank.

Mr., James Lobb, of r Waitahuna, South Otago, who. has . beeiv visiting Wellington, intended leaving for' the south tonight.

Mr. W. Wallace, president of the Hospital Boards' Association, arrived i«" Wellington from Auckland today.

A motion of sympathy with the relatives, of the late Mr. M. E. Benniston was passed at a meeting of the members of the Hutt Valley Horticultural Society last, evening. The president, Mr. W. S. Patrick, remarked^ that Mr. Denniston was a fine .type of;.citizen > and one who was always interested in anything for the benefit of the borougn.

Pleasure was expressed by the president (Mr. W. J. Poison, M.P.) at yes-, terday's meeting of the executive of- the New Zealand Farmers' Union at th« presence: iof Colonel J. Pow, the De* minion secretary, who became seriously ill last year. Unfortunately, said Mr. Poison, Colonel Pow was not yet restored to normal health and it was felt that he should have a few'nionths' complete rest before attempting to resume , again. Colonel Pow expressed his thanks to the executive and his appreciation of 'the way the staff had can-fed out the. work <of the union during his absence. It was his intention, he said, to seek rest in the hope of making a complete recovery.

•Mr. Clement May,' relocutionist and Dickens chara"cter'sketch'-artist,''-is now in, Hollywood.;-:'Writing.io:a^Welling-ton .friend ■ recentlyy Mr;: May .'..stated ' that_ he gave, th^ee successful .recitals in Honolulu, and. he woiild' shortly be making contact witti-Hollywood-pro-ducers-who Were about- to begin pro* duction of;abig Dickens film. >.:-• .-. ';;,

Mr. R. A. liOchbre, M.A.; of Auckland and Victoria University Cbilege?,; | who has; been; studyin'g^in Germany for the last four years, will feturri to r New Zealand shortly. :Mr.?: Lochore; who has completed the .of Ph.D. at Bonn University,;has. made a.', special -study- of. culture philosophy, and the diploma which henbw' holds is marked by a high degree of;attain.ment in .that branch pf studyv .'" '..