PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 21825, 14 September 1934, Page 9

PERSONAL

■—Ministerial. — The Prime Minister left for Christchurch last evening to attend the dinner to be held "by the Canterbury , branch of the Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen’s' Association to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary. Sir Undo Ferguson and Dr Now] a mis returned yesterday from Wellintgon, where they attended a meeting of the Board of Health. Dr Kenneth Mackenzie, of Auckland,arrived by the north express yesterday. Professor Lawson returned yesterday from a visit to Wellington. _ _ Mr W. Stevenson left this morning for Auckland. Mr G. R. Macgregor left by the 11.33 train this morning on his return to Sydney. Mr W. 0. M'Kellar arrived from Invercargill by the mail train this morning. Mr L. A. Tracey, honorary secretary to the council of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, is at present visiting Dunedin. The appointments of Mr James Begg and Mr Thomas Andrew Duncan as producers’ representatives on the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board are gazetted. A ‘ Gazette ’ notice announces the appointments of Mr Frederick Edgar Nottage and Mr Alexander Morris Robertson as representative of the producers on the. New Zealand Fruit Export Control Board. ■ Mr F. E. Hutchinson, who has held the lectureship in forest utilisation at Canterbury College up till the recent closing of the Forestry School, has been appointed to a position in Melbourne on the forest products laboratory staff of the Australian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. Mr Gordon Hamilton, a fanner, of Hapnki, announces that he will contest the Hurunui seat as a Liberal (says a Christchurch Press Association telegram). An Association message from Palmerston North states that Sir William Perry, of Masterton, was unanimously elected chairman of Massey College ' Council-for the remainder of the year, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sir George Fowlds. At the meeting of the council, tribute's were paid to Sir George’s services to the institution, of which he had been chairman since its inception, and a motion of condolence with the relatives was passed. Grand Hotel guests: Mr Lincoln Ellsworth (U.S.A.), Miss Jones (Vancouver), Messrs E. L. Mead, W. Morton, and H. Evans (Wellington), Captain Mercer, Mr and Mrs G. W. Skel» lerup (Christchurch). City Hotel: Messrs J. T. and G. F, Martin (Wellington), Mr D. M. Dunnet (Christchurch), Mr J. F. Roonej (Ashburton), Mr and Mrs D. M. Gillies (Fairlie), Miss M. Cochran (Pal merston), Mr B. Graham (Invercap gill), and Mr A. Stewart (Bluff),