PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 21992, 30 March 1935, Page 15

PERSONAL

During the supper adjournment of the House last night, Mr Forbes and Mrs Forbes were met by the members of the Coalition Party before his departure for the Old Country. Mr Coates, on behalf of the party, expressed the esteem and goodwill in which Mr Forbes, is held, and the opinion that he would worthily uphold the honour of New Zealand at the King's Jubilee, and also at the more serious business connected with the Prime Minister’s visit, lie presented Mr Forbes with a silver cigarette ease. Mr Coates’s remarks wore endorsed by Mr Jull and Mr Downio Stewart.During his reply, Mr Forbes said that although - the invitation came for a New Zealand representative to be present at the Jubilee celebrations on the eve of a General Flection, it was felt that, as the Prime Ministers of other dominions would be present, the omission of New Zealand would be noticed, and it was felt therefore that he should represent New Zealand. The questions of the market, especially for meat, would also be discussed while the dominions’ representatives were at Home, and he thought it would be to New Zealand’s advantage if Mr Coates were present with him “ to pass the ball to when things became sticky.” liven if there was a ■ considerable amount of work to be done in New Zealand, and oven if it meant some inconvenience, he thought Mr Coates should go Homo. Mr Forbes complimented the members of the party on the way they had remained loyal to the party during the_ session, and lie felt he was leaving New Zealand in safe hands.—Press Association.

Mr Gordon Hewitt has joined the staff of the Mosgiel Woollen Company, after-serving Messrs Sargood, Sou. and Ewen Ltd. for twenty-nine years. Upon his retirement from the latter firm on Wednesday he was presented with a gold watch. Mr J. W. Matthewson, general manager Union Steam Ship Company, travelled by train to-day from Invercargill and went on for Wellington. Mr J. A. Hopcraft left for Wellington this morning to join Mr Credginton, both being booked to embark on the Ruahine and proceed via Panama to London. Mr A. S. Cookson is on his way .to Napier for th© Drapers’ Federation conference. Sir A. Reginald Lambert (of Lambert Bros.) and his wife were farewelled on the railway station this morning. They are to be passengers by the' (Drama from Sydney for England. In London they will meet their son, Dr Clive Lambert. Mr H. Brasch left this morning for Auckland, there to embark on the Aorangi for California and then to visit England, expecting to return to Dunedin about the end of the year. Mr J. Barr, of Auckland, has been spending a holiday in Dunedin and left for the north to-day. Mr J. L. Napier 'returned from Christchurch yesterday. It is understood that the Rev. W. Hardy Johnson. M.A.. vicar of All Saints’ parish, has resigned that position in order to take a cure in England. It was announced last evening by the Minister of Labour (Hon. A. Hamilton) that the ballot recently held for the election of a delegate to represent the workers’ organisations at the International Labour Conference in June next had resulted in the return of Mr P. 1). Cornwell, secretary of the Wellington Trades and Labour Council.,The Duke of .Gloucester, who has returned to London this week, will celebrate his thirty-fifth birthday to-mor-row, His Royal Highness having been born at York Cottage, Sandringham, on March 31. 1900. The conferment by the % King of the Order of the Grand Cross of ; St. Michael and St. George as a mark ■ of Royal approval of the Duke’s overseas tour, will therefore happily synchronise with the more intimate family rejoicings connected with Prince Henry's birthday. Mr J. A. Millniru. of Wellington.’ is visiting Dunedin. He is the Otago delegate on-the New Zealand Surf Association, and for many years was associated with the St. Clair Life Saving Club. Advice has been received that the following awards of exhibitions have been made, by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, London, upon the results of the_ practical examinations of 1934: Keating (Greymouth), tenable in violin at the Royal College of Music, London; Edith. Astall (Hastings), tenable in pianoforte at the Royal College of Music, London; Janetto M‘Stay (Invercargill), tenable in pianoforte at the Royal Academy of Music. London. These exhibitions entitle the winners to two years’ free' tuition at the institutions named, with a possible extension at the board’s discretion. •

The staff’ and inmates of the Talboys Homo assembled in large numbers last evening to honour Nurse Hazel Walker, who is leaving the service of the Otago Hospital Board. Supper was provided, and during the evening eulogistic speeches Were made on behalf of .the staff by Mr Sutherland and Nurse Painter, and on behalf of the inmates by - Messrs Langham and Hanna, t Mr A. Steel, of the Hospital Board, was present, and on behalf of all presented Miss Walker with a clock. Mr Steel paid tribute to the nursing staff, and extended best wishes to the guest on her - approaching marriage. ' The Nestle and Anglb-Jjwiss Condensed Milk Co. (Asia) Ltd. has received information that the president of Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co., Switzerland, Dr Louis Dapples, has had conferred upon him the honour of Commander of the Legion of Honour from the French Government. Dr Dapples visited New Zealand in 1929. The Danuevirke High School Board has appointed Mr E. N. Hogben, M.A.,; who has been first assistant at th® school since 1929, to the position of principal, rendered vacant by the appointment of Mr A. G. Tait as rector, of the Timaru Boys’ High Schocl. There were fifty-six applicants for tie position. Captain •!. W. Twcedic, who wa». A.D.C. to Lord Bledisloc, is to rejoin, his regiment, the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, at Rawalpindi, India. He will leave Auckland by the Niagara on April 16 for Sydney, where he will connect with the Strathnaver for Bombay. Detective Arthur Jenvey, who has been stationed at Dunedin for the past ten years, was accorded a farewell by, a large gathering of the uniformed and plain-clothes branches of the police force last night, on the eve of his departure for New Plymouth. Speakers representing both branches of the force expressed their regret at Detective Jenvoy’s departure, and paid tribute to th® high place which he occupied in the esteem of his fellow-officers. On behalf of those present Inspector T. Shanahan presented the guest of the evening with a fireside chair and a hearthrug. City Hotel guests: The Rev. and Mrs H. .I.' Gorrell, Air J. D. Spedding (Sydney). Airs Steedy, Alisses C. A. Steedy and 1. Steedy (Hawke’s Bay), Air AV. J. Gibson (Wellington), Mr T. H. Becknell (Christchurch), Mr R. Bryant (Ashburton), and Aliss J. Beattie _(Lauderj_,