PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 22638, 3 May 1937, Page 9

PERSONAL

Mr D. B. Mackersey left this morning for Wellington. Mr J. Bews, Dunedin manager of tho National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand Ltd., left by train Jo-day on his way to Wellington, where he will attend a meeting of the New Zealand Woolbrokers’ Association. The Rev. G. T. B. Steele returned to Duntroon to-day. Dr W. D. Brown, who has accepted the position of medical superintendent of the Dunstan Hospital, arrived from Stratford last evening. He will remain, in Dunedin for a few days before proceeding to Clyde. The Leader of the Opposition (Mr Adam Hamilton, M.P.) arrived in Dunedin to-day from Invercargill, and tonight will address a meeting of mem- - hers of committees and supporters of the National Party. He will also give a broadcast talk from 4YA on the subject of children’s health camps. He will return to-morrow to Invercargill, where a rally of committees of the party in the four Southland electorates will be held. On Thursday Mr Hamilton will return to Dunedin and will address a meeting of business men. The president (Mr C. L. Calvert) t the vice-president (Mr N. R. Wilson), and the secretary (Mr O. L. Ferens)! have been appointed to represent the Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Association at tho annual Dominion conference of the N.Z.R.S.A. to be held in Wellington next month. . Lady Kingsford Smith is a through passenger by the Monterey to join her parents in New York. “ I know I shall have a wonderful time with my friends,” she said, “ but at present I am sad at having to leave my baby in Australia. He is now four years of age and a real man.”_ She will spepd two months in California, where she will be the guest of a well-known novelist of Hollywood.—Auckland Press Association. ... An Oamaru Press Association telegram announces the death of Mrs Ronald Orbell, wife of Dr OrbellThe deceased, till a few years ago, was prominent in New Zealand ladies’golf. She had a wonderful record with the North Otago Club, being champion from 1911 to 1933. She won the Wanganui championship in 1921 and was once runner-up for the Dominion title. She was also a member of the executive of the Ladies’ Golf Council.Latest guests at the Grand Hotel are Mr T, von Ellbricht (London), Mr P. Sullivan (London), Mr J. Harris (Napier), Mr W. H. Tulloch (Wellington), Mr and Mrs A. W. Buchanan (Masterton) , Mr and Mrs H. Carswell, Miss J. Carswell, Mr and Mrs H. B. Farnall, Mr G. J. Reed, Miss M. Casey, and Miss M, Rose (Invercargill), and Mr Alexander Smillie (Invercargill).