PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 51, 2 March 1937, Page 11

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Prime, Minister {(the Kt. Hon. M. J. Savage) returned to' Wellington from the south this morning. The Minister., of; Public Works (the Hon. R. Semple) returned this morning from the south. Mr. A. D. Bayfeild, New Zealand manager of the Federal Steam Navigation Company, returned to Wellington by the Wahine this morning. . Judge H. F. Dyson, Resident Commissioner of the '■. Cook Islands, arrived _ * from the Islands by the Matua at Aufck>-:. a land on Sunday night. ,'.'{.'di Professor I. A.; Gordon, Ph.D. (Edih-'A burgh), who is'to take the Chair,rof IZ English Language and- Literature -:-,at,q Victoria University College in succes-^ sion to Professor Hugh Mackehzier.-;-C.M.G., who resigned at the end oflas'tjy year, arrvied at Wellington by the!'1 Awatea today. Professor1 Gordon; -i&ni accompanied by his wife, who is also*. _^ a graduate of Edinburgh University^'!: holding the same degree as her • hus*l'';---band. ' . , ■ ■ \;?(1 Professors Jl. Rankine Brown," W. H.r» Gould (Wellington), R. Lawson, and J..-"[ B. Dawson (Dunedin) returned to Ne\v_ Zealand by the Awatea today after at-j tending the universities conference atbis Adelaide. : ' .".;. ■:-iv/ The Rev. Dr. J. Dickie, of Knox CoK-of lege,'Dunedin, who has been on a visit .^ to the United States of America, Great;.. Britain, and the: Continent, returned to: n New Zealand by the Awatea today.; -™ " Mr. Alan J. Williamson, Austraiian-I'--representative for Gaumont British.! Film Corporation and a director; of 3 Gaumont-British Dominions Films Dis-^a tributors, Ltd., -arrived from Sydney, w by the Awatea ftus morning. "..*■;?£ Mr. I. R. Cox, director of Metropoli-?^ _ tan-Vickers Electrical Export Co., .lAd'iiX^' Manchester, accompanied by Mrs. Cox, "^ arrived by the; Awatea this morning ■*_ on a brief business visit to New Zea-'!-'; land. ■!.■■'■ ■ ' A ■ ' ;■■ Among ihe passengers returning to';;.', Sydney by the Awatea'today are' Mr,."' W. J. Bloomfield, general secretary .of _: the Mutual Life'and Citizens' Assurance.-^ Company, Limited, Sydney, and Mrs.;'" Bloomfield, who have been paying a , short visit to Wellington. ' .'' ' /,Tl~ The Minister of Education (the Hon. a- 0 P. Fraser) yesterday visited Masterton, ; : . where he laid the foundation .stone of-;- ;- ---the new Wairarapa College. ■ .. . ,^j Lieut-Colonel 'C. V. Jones, C.8.E..--. 1 managing director of Peak Freens,?■>/ London, who is on a tour round tha^o world, arrived i.at Wellington' by . the,-» Awatea today. : ' '.■;'■■;-■•-. M Canon C. Pearson, formerly Chief;-* Commissioner of Toe H in India, and now chaplain in charge of overseas-os branches, arrived at Wellington by :the^ Awatea today to visit Tbc H branches'^, in New Zealand. ~ ' ■.. . '''■■"-'■"'.'.''■', Mr. P. M. Butler left. Wellington for ;^ the south last'night. . - ' ■'..':':""£ Mr. G. McNamara, Director-General.:"~-pi the Post and Telegraph Depart--!ment, was a passenger'for the South. _~,. Island last night. . ' . ■ •. - . .^jj Mr. P. J. O'Regan left Wellington;last-.^ night for the south. , ' ' .•:■::A Dr. M. H. Watt, Director-General of ;-1 Health, and Dr. Ri Shaw, Director:of-:^ the Hospitals Division, were passengers /■• for the south last night. Tv:i' 5";.; l Mr. J. Abel,- of Wellington, returned".1:; by. the Awatea today from a trip tp.'^ Australia. , ■ ■ J -■-,£; Constable ,R. Church, who for *&r±i number of years has been stationed in. : .T Wellington, [has- been- transferred-..t0.",, Masterton to' take the place, of Con.-,-, t stable S. J. Thear, who has been transferred to Wellington. Detective H. E. Campion will shortlybe leaving for Hastings :.to take' tha^ place of Detective Farquharson, whdoPj is taking charge of a country distfict;'~;ds Lieut., W. H. Osborne, conductor of :J° the Timaru Municipal Band, has re-=3r| signed to take up a position at. Asn-"- T:' burton, and will have, charge ■of ■ the "o" band there, says. a Press Association f,-: message from Timaru. Before .coming-1-"'-' to Timaru Lieutenant,Osborne was' con-or; ductor at Ashburton, raising that;band:ci to one of the best in New Zealand. He; M came to Timaru in 1927 and in recent; .-is years has built the Timaru MunicipaK-.g Band up to be one of the leading bands: B s in the Dominion. Though not actually^/-, having won a championship, Timaru in.^ -Tr 1935 and again this year gained mqra. '.i : points for music at the contest, thart I, ? any other band. Lieutenant OsbornaA-^ also won two C grade contests with.'the. ; "i Timaru junior band. As conductor of;-'." the Orchestral Society he will ba\;-^ greatly missed. " ■ ■' • ' ~■•,...'■;■.._^'".

A large number of-officers of.ths/.^ Post and Telegraph ' Department : mef.".on Thursday: last;to say farewell"-.-.to;*, Mr. J. A. Humphrey! who has, beetf;;^. promoted to the, position of assistant/.^ accountant, at Auckland. > Mr. J. Mad-.-^ den, Chief: Postmaster, who presided,;".-;;; stated.he had been associated with Mr, ;^ Humphrey over a long period andhad always found him a loyal and efficient;;' officer. '.'•■ln his position of Chief: Post-" -^ master he. had many opportunities of ;'|; reviewing Mr. Humphrey's work, and;-;" while his departure was a matter of.1"1'; regret Auckland would benefit by.the- 3'; transfer. Mr. Humphrey had had-a"' long and varied career, during .which •'- ---he had filled many important posi- L tions.but he had always been found "'" to be just and fair to his staff- and had *•?•■ always set a good example ,to his junior '-' officers. He presented Mr. Humphrey with a chiming clock. Mr. F. W. '-•■■ Mathews, deputy Chief Postmaster, "■-• and Mr. C. E. Robinson, chairman of the staff committee, spoke in glowing •; terms of Mr. Humphrey's services. Mr/-"-Humphrey, in returning thanks, stated--, that he had spent some very happy "o times in Wellington, and he would--carry away happy recollections of hi3=-'r sojourn here. ..'''•'':■