PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 132, 7 June 1939, Page 13

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. R. McKeen, M.P., accompanied by Mrs. McKeen, will leave Wellington by the Limited express for- the north tonight, and will be absent for several days.

Mr. J. B. MacKay, one of the principals of Lock and MacKay, Ltd.,-Lon-don, was an arrival from Sydney by the Wanganella today. He is on_ a combined business and pleasure trip, and is making his first visit to New. Zealand. , - - -ST-

Colonel J. J. Esson, of Wellington, returned by the Wanganella today from a visit to Melbourne and Sydney. ..S;

Mr. W. Russell-Wood, of Dunedinu who recently, made a tour, of Victoria,:, where he adjudicated at a number of. elocutionary and drama festivals," ref" turned by the Wanganella today. '

Advice has been received of the pos- "" sibility of the Bishop of Lichfield, th« Rt. Rev. E. S. Woods, visiting New Zea^ land next year. Just before he v> left;; for England Bishop. Holland receiveda letter from Bishop Woods stating tfiatl if the Archbishop of Canterbury agreed; he would be able to spend four months* ■•" next year in New Zealand.

A resolution of appreciation of theservices of the late Mr. P. Robertson, i and of sympathy with his relatives was?carried by the City and Suburban High; ' ways Board today. : v":.

A motion of sympathy with the rela- ■ tives of the late Mr. W. B. Matheson. ; was passed at the meeting of the council of the Wellington Chamber 01' Commerce last evening. The president (Captain S. Holm) said that Mr,;; Matheson had been a member of the - chamber since 1929 and had several^ times represented the farming com-;; munity on the council. He was one of Nature's gentlemen. Mr. M. G. C. McCaul also paid tribute to Mr. Mathe-. - son's impartiality and integrity. Those present stood for a few moments in. silence. ..."~

Reference was made at last night's meeting of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association Council to the appointment of Mr. C. R. White as Town Clerk of Wanganui. A few* years ago Mr. White was the manager ■ of the New Zealand cross-country team" which visited New South Wales, and ' at one time he was president of the:z West Coast (North Island) Amateur,-. Athletic Centre. He is to be sent"arc letter from the council congratulating--him on his appointment. r>: "\

Major J. R. Kirk, M.8.E., will leave tomorrow by the Wanganella for Sydney, where he will join the Merkur: for Java and Singapore. He expects to return in about three months.

Mr. A. T. Lawson, a graduate of the Otago Dental School, has obtained .the degree of doctor of dental surgery at Northwestern University, Chicago.\ Mr. Lawson previously won the scholarship annually awarded by Northwestern University to a selected post-graduate student in New Zealand.

Major F. N. Nurse, district artillery officer for the northern military.district, arrived from Auckland today by train.