PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 102, 3 May 1939, Page 13

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Minister of Education (the Hon. ■P. Fraser) left for New Plymouth this morning. He is expected to return to Wellington before the weekend.

Commissioner James Hay and Mrs. Hay, of Melbourne, who arrived at Auckland from Sydney by the Monterey on Monday, were passengers by the Limited express today. They will attend the annual conference of the Salvation Army in New Zealand, which opens in Wellington tomorrow. Theywere accompanied by Lieutenant-Com-missioner F. Adams, Territorial commander of the Salvation Army in New Zealand, and Mrs. Adams, who went to Auckland to meet them. . ■ •

Mr. J. R. McKenzie arrived at Wellington from the south this morning.

Mr. Dudley Gordon., who- has "been associated with the Vacuum Oil O6J, Wellington, for a number of years, has been transferred to Nelson to represent the company in that city. Heleft for Nelson last night.' . ,-" £-

Tribute to the memory of the lati Messrs. J. Arneil, G. F. Bayly, F.. 36 Glasgow, and C. A. Mathieson, ea.Git of whom had done much for Rugb^;, was paid at the annual meeting".^ delegates to the New Zealand Rugby Union today. A motion of* sympathy with the relatives was passed. -m

The Wellington Rugby Union was notified at its meeting last .night'-that Mr. W. S. Keegan, who had.: been; a. member of the junior advisory coriimittee for the past three seasons, w&l unable to accept nomination this year. At a recent meeting of the committee a resolution' had been passed, it v/a3 stated, expressing appreciation of■ fhs services. A similar motion was passed by the Rugby Union last night. .*g

■Mr. J. E. Da vies, of the Agriculture Department, Hawera, has been, granted leave of absence to take charge of t&e Young Farmers' party which is to visit Australia on an organised tour. • filr. Davies was formerly stationed, at j Gore, and while there was the originator of the Young Farmers' League. -"He is also well known in Wellington and, as a leading tenor singer, he has ofTm sung over the air. ■ ; J^ Colonel R. Miles, formerly temporary, officer commanding the Auckland-Mili-tary District, who has spent the past year at the Imperial Defence Cdlte^ Camberley, England,, is retuxning^b/y' the Rotorua, due at Wellnigtoii' bit May 10. ■ \ . •■■■'" "f Mr. S. W. Gasper, of the HilMa* Workshops, Dunedin, has been elected president of the Amalgamated Sqciety of Railway Servants, in succession .io Mr. E. J. Dash (retired). The electfoii was by ballot on the preferential voting system. There were five nominee?. Mr. Gasper has been vice-president^? the society for two terms, and acted: ajjt president during Mr. Dash's absence 3ttGeneva. Mr. Gasper is "also? a menxSek of the Railways Tribunal: ?ro" Mr. W. A. Hislop, general manager of Universal Pictures in New Zealand, arrived by the Main Trunk W<?*JJt.Auckland this morning. Mr. Hisl6p\ who'has been to Australia on a bpsfness visit, arrived in Auckland by the .Monterey on Monday. /-^j;

Mr. and Mrs. E. A,. Collett, of Clifford Street, Gisborne, have recently received word to the effect that their son, Flying-Officer Wilfred CpEtett, who has been connected with the Royal Air Force in the East for a number of: years, has received promotion to the rank of Flight-Lieutenant. Having completed his term of service abrqad,. he will return to England, in company with his wife and brother, Mr. Ivan Collett. • ■ --■,',-■■