PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 78, 2 April 1935, Page 11

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. B. Fox, of Petonc, returned by the Monowai from Sydney yesterday afternoon after spending two years in Scotland. Mr. W. Higgins, of, Wellington, who has been on a brief visit to Sydney, returned by ,the Monowai yesterday afternoon. .. .. . :. ; ~ ' Mr. and Mrs. C. Boyle returned to Wellington yesterday afternoon by the Monowai after a holiday visit to Sydney. Mr. John Fuller arrived from Australia by the Monowai yesterday afternoon. Apart from Wellington, - Mr. Fuller, during the three, weeks he intends remaining in New Zealand, will be visiting Dunedin and Auckland. Mr. C. F. Warren, general manager of the Prudential Assurance Co. at Sydney, arrived at Wellington, with Mrs. Warren, by the Monowai from Sydney yesterday', afternoon. Mr. B. Laidlaw, of Auckland, was a passenger from Sydney by the Monowai yesterday.. Mr. William J. Kemp, LL.B., of Weilington, solicitor, was today admitted as a barrister by his Honour the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, on the application of Mr. J. F. B. Stevenson. The death occurred at Christchurch on Saturday of Mr. John Caygill' Clarkson, aged 57, head of the firm of W. B. Clarkson and Sons, meat exporters, and a figure well known for his. interest in racing and in his earlier years in cricket, states a Press Association message. Mr. Clarkson became suddenly ill on February 23, and after an operation appeared to be recovering. However, on Friday his' condition became worse, and he died on Saturday. Dr. Louis Dapples, president of Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company, Switzerland, has had conferred upon him the honour of Commander of the Legion of Hdnour from the French Government. Dr. Dapples visited New Zealand in 1929. Mr. and Mrs. T. Barlow and Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Frost (Auckland), Messrs. David Jones and J. S. Luke (Christchurch), P. Crespin (Melbourne), G. Jorian (France), G. Casey (Auckland)j T. Frost and E. W. Smith (Palmerston North), and R. Elliott (Melbourne) are staying at the Royal Oak Hotel. •■■.•■ On the occasion of his transfer to Auckland as assistant manager, Mr. W. E. Monk, sub-inspector of the National Bank of New Zealand, Ltd., was met yesterday.by,his fellow-officers' on, the staff at the general manager* office and presented with, a'silver tea service and salver. In making the presentation, the general manager, Sir James Grose, in a happy speech referred to Mr. Monk's long association with the head office, to which he had been attached for fifteen years. Mr. Monk suitably replied. The death occurred at Timaru yesterday of Mr. Arthur Hope, aged 82.; Mr. Hope, states a Press Association message, was born at Liverpool, was educated at' Rugby, and commenced nil career at Liverpool, working for six years in offices with cotton brokers, West Coast merchants, and underwriters. He travelled extensively, being in Boston at the time of the great fire in that city. He came to New Zealand in 1876. After gaining pastoral experience he purchased a run oh his own account in the Mackenzie Country and carried on sheep farming on a big scale till 1897, when he retired. He had lived in various parts of South Canterbury since. At one time he was a member of the Mackenzie County Council, but otherwise took no part in public life. , Sir Standish Roche (England), Mr. and Mrs. Hatrick(Wanganui), Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Warren (Sydney), Major and Mrs. Arthur Purvis (England),' Mr. and Mrs. John D. Tait (Melbourne), Mr. and Mrs. F. Barlow (Christchurch). Messrs. J. Burch (England), John Fuller (Sydney). M. Pattern (Melbourne), 1. lizuka and • T. Hase (Japan), R. J. Bell (Havelock North), S. Warburton (Bradford), K. Fulton and H. M. Mackay (Dunedin), H. J. Phillips (Hastings), J. E. Kitching (London), A. O, Wilkinson (Christchurch), A. H. Batten-Pool and A. F. B. Broadhurst (Auckland^, —. McClugh (Melbourne), and lan S. Macdonald (Dunedin) are staying at the Hotel St. George. . ' Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Hampson (South India), Mr. and Mrs. ,R. W. Butcher (Sydney), Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brooksbank (England), Messrs. P. Shaw, C. R. Grierson, and A. M. Howden (Auckland), A. C. Hassell and A. W. Beals (Christchurch), E. Lindlay (Dunedin), H. H. S. Johnstone (Otaio), F. Butcher (Sydney), D. Walker (England), H. Giesler (Wanganui), and H. M. Hobbs (Queensland) are staying at the Midland Hotel. , , Messrs. R. M. Hosking-Johns (Sydney), S. A. Palmer (Napier), J. Musgrave (Gisborne), M. Sullivan (Auckland), V. E. Horton (London), J. Paris, Cedric Hardwicke, L. Stephenson, and H. Marshall (Sydney), R. W. Browne, A J; Munroe, H. Mitchell, Edward Hislop, V. Wirth (Auckland), Mr. and Mrs. Ballin (Christchurch), Messrs. F. H. Reynolds (Auckland), and E. L. Walton (Huntley) are staying at th« Empire Hotel. • . ' Mr. and Mrs.C. Nicholls (Campbelltown), Mr. and Mrs., Morley Johnson (Sydney), Messrs. R. S. Black (Dunedin), J. R. Dence and J. S. Connell (Christchurch), L. Speechley (Palmerston North),.E. Kennedy (Dunedin), and P. Farvacque and R. Mortelier (France) are staying et: the Grand Hotel. .