PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 21319, 25 January 1933, Page 7

PERSONAL

—Vice-Regal.— The Governor-General (Lord Bledisloe) and Lady Bledisloe, who have been the guests of Mr W. Kinross White, of Oamaranu, performed the last of their official duties at the opening of Franco House yesterday morning (states a Press Association telegram from Napier), and later proceeded to Tuuanu, where they will be the guests of Sir Andrew Russell for a few days.They will then proceed to Dannevirka for a night, and thence to the Wairarapa district. Mr and Mrs J. L. Tattersall, of ManChester (England), who have been visiting the Lakes district, travelled north by the first express to-day. Sir Tattersall is prominent in the cotton industry, and is president of the Lancashire and Cheshire Band of Hope Union and chairman of the National Commercial Temperance League. He has been a member of Parliament. Mr Brendan P. Mansfield, formerly, of Dunedin and Napier, was appointed superintendent of reserves at last, night’s meeting of the Invercargill City Council, There were forty-five applicants. ... Cabled advice has been received by tbe Wellington office of the Federal Steam Navigation Company Ltd. that Mr T. S. Gordon, M.L.C., managing director of Birt and Co. Ltd., Sydney, has been appointed Australian director; of the former company. At a special meeting of the University Council yesterday the Chancellor. (Sir Thomas Sidoy) welcomed hack tho; registrar (Mr H. Chapman) after big. tour of the United States. In the' course of his remarks the Chancellor; said that the visit to America must' have enlarged Mr Chapman’s outlook; and provided him with a fund of information and experience that should hoi of value to the council. The meeting passed votes of thanks to Professor J. : K. H. Inglis, who voluntarily undertook tho duties of acting registrar; Professor T. D. Adams, who carried out* Mr Chapman’s duties in connection with the publication of the University Calendar; and Professor R. J. T. Bell*; who dealt with the registrar’s duties on; the academic side of the University.-; The various duties, it was stated, haclj been discharged with every credit, and' the council was deeply indebted to; those who had so generously offered l their services. The meeting also passed; a resolution appreciative of the services rendered by Miss Reekie and the office staff.

Sir James Allen travelled north to Christchurch by this morning’s second! express. He will go on to Wellington; on Monday. Mr C. R. Allen went north by train to-day in order to spend a week at Geraldine. Mr J. W. Munro, M.P., and Mr F.Jones, M.P., started off for Wellington by this morning’s second express. A Press Association cable message from London states that critics praise the recital of the ’cellist, David Sisser-; man, who is shortly returning to Australia. _ ... A Gisborne Press Association tele«. gram announces the death of Mr John" Edward Espie, aged eighty-six, the; oldest male person born in Bay. His father was one of the first; five settlers in the district, arriving in--1836. For many years the deceased conducted a model stud sheep farm.

Recent arrivals at the City Hotel in-, elude Messrs D. 6. Beaumont, R. A. 4 Keenan, and Miss Ruth Owen (Auck-! land), Mr W. H, Thodey (Wellington) Mr J. T. Bennett (Christchurch), Mr;' and Mrs T. W. Bryant (Ashburton),-; Mr T. A. Shea (Timaru), Mr Thomas. Gilchrist (Oturehua), Mr and Mrs J.W. Wood (Invercargill). Among the new guests at the C;v- I Hotel are Mr B. R. Collins (Christchurch), Mr E. G. Kerr (Timaru), Mrs P. H. Williams (Tapanui).