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Evening Star, Issue 23527, 16 March 1940, Page 14

PERSONAL

Surgeon Lieutenant-commander Arnold Perry, R.N.V.R., left by the 11.35 express this morning for Auckland. Lieutenants M. A, Andrew, P. H. G. Hamilton, P. _B. Wildey, of the second 'echelon, arrived yesterday afternoon on leave and were welcomed bj a number of mining students of the Otago University. , . ■ “ Mr A. J. Jones, the Dunedin tenor, has been engaged to sing -at St. Patrick’s concert at Timaru on March 18.

Miss Neke P. A. Taylor-Cannon, of Alexandra, who for the past two years has been studying at the School Dental Clinic, Wellington, has passed her final examination and expects to be posted to her new duties shortly after Easter.

Mr S. N. Slater, who secured his degree of M.Sc. with first-class honours when he was a student at Otago ■ University, and subsequently was awarded the Travelling Scholarship in Science, is now reading at Oxford University for the degree of D.Phii., for which he hopes to submit his thesis next term. In a letter received from, him by a former teacher, in the Wanganui Technical College he states that jie is trying to make substances whoso physiological properties will bo similar to those of the hormones. from i tho adrenal cortex, and he mentions also that Professor R. D. Haworth, of Sheffield, bad been lecturing on' tho resins from trees and he had beeh interested in the account of his investigation, as the resin from the matai played an important part in the work; Staying at Wain’s Hotel are Mr and Mrs Scott, Mr and Mrs Phil Miss Noreen Riddell (London); Miss Lawrence, Mr Caldicott (Birmingham), Miss D. Parr, Mr Ernie Marconi (Redditch), Mr A. J. Phear, Mr W. AWalker, 'Miss M. Clarke, Mr; A. . Montgomery (Auckland), Mr P. L. Stringer (Wellington), Mr R. Stuart, Mr W. E* Paterson, Mr F. Kingston, Mr G. E, Waters; (Christchurch), Mr D. W« Robinson (Invercargill). On the guest list at the Grand Hotel are Mr T- H. Lee, sen., Mr T. H:. Lee, jun: (Reefton),’ Mr and Mrs A. L. Power, Mr and Mrs J. A. Young (Christchurch).' City Hotel registrations include Mr L. H. Packer, Mr H. Strachan (Syd* ney), Mr E. C. Ross (Auckland), Mr L. H. Jenkins, Mr W. P. MacArthur (Wellington), Mr N. Peters, Mr F. Barnett, Mr and Mrs E. A. . Howard (Christchurch), Mr and Mrs' J. H. Smith, Mr E. H. Smith, Miss J. Smith’ (Invercargill). ■ New arrivals at the Carlton Hotel are Mr and Mrs E. Leach. (Auckland), Mr and Mrs C. Lucas (Stratford), Mr and Mrs Campbell, Mr and Mrs W, Luscombe, Mr E. T. Petty, Mr F. R. Roybrick, Mr T. W. Royhrick, Mr Coltam, Mr T. Horton, Mr Bullott, Mr G. A. Goustad, Mr R. Day, Mr and Mrs Masters, Mr V Odlan (New Plymouth). Mr and Mrs Nosworthy, Mr Pennington (Waitara), Mr M. Cropp, Mr C. Garter (Hawera), Mr E. Bourke, Mr. J. W. Snowden (Manaia), 'Mr R. I.; Dansii (Inglewood). Mr V. Bailey (Taranaki), Mr Julian,. Mr J. Hardwidge, Mr G. W. Dowling, Mr H. Witherington, Miss F. Benjamin (Wellington).