PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 111, 6 November 1935, Page 11

PERSONAL ITEMS

.Mr. R. Darroch has left.for the Wairarapa to deliver a series-of addresses on the British Merchant Service.

, Appreciative reference ~to the manner'in. which Mr. R. W. McVilly had 'guided the destinies of amateur athletics in New Zealand in his capacity as president was made at the meeting of the council of: the N.ZrA.AA. last night, the meeting being the final one before, the annual general meeting. Mr. LV A. Tracy referred to the wise leadership of Mr. McVillv. who had shown that, above all, what he desired was the . advancement of the sport. His decisions had always been fair and just, arid he had taken a brdad and considerate view of the: queitions •brought before him. Mr. H. I. Austad endorsed the remarks of Mr. Tracy Mr. McVilly, replying, said that his job had been made, pleasant by the loyal co-operation of the members of the council. The duty of the . council was not to take the parochial view but the broad outlook as to w.hat was best for the sport throughout the Dominion. It was pleasing to know that he retained .the confidence and good wishes of the members of the council with whom he had been privileged to work. However, all had to recognise that changes were bound to' take place from time to»time. He would have no ill feelings if someone else were elected next week to take his place. .

After ,a prolonged season in Melbourne conducting symphony concerts, Herr Gerhard - yon Keussler, the celebrated German conductor and composer, arrived at Auckland today by the Wanganell* and leaves (a Press Association message states) by the Akaroa on Friday for London.