PERSONAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 12200, 12 March 1934, Page 4

PERSONAL

• Prince George had an enthusiastic welcome at Johaimesburg on Satur-day.-r-B-A. **» .»>*•»••• ••

The Duke of Gloucester rode his own horse to victory in the Windmill Cup at-the "Salisbury .Plain Steeplechase meeting, • winning comfortably Iby twp lengths.—P-A. • •' ;

' Regret (will be felt by the many friends of the -Rev. ■ r F. I, Parsons to hear that’ he was' compelled to undergo an 'operation for apperidicitis'on Thursday morning.' He. is progressing satisfactorily.- ■■■ * > >' ' ■

Messrs. A. H. Johnstone (Auckland), J. B. Callan (Dunedin), and C. H. Weston (Welilngton) have been appointed K.C.’s.

The London Daily Telegraph’s Moscow correspondent' says that Dimitroff, who was acquitted at - the Reichstag fire trial, has been appointed professor of Soviet law at Moscow University.

Mr Victor Ree, the well-known Australian author and producer, who is also the managing director of the Australian Amusement Company, “Dream Girl’’ is in Gisborne with his company.

At Kingsbury Parish Church, on January 27, Miss Elsie luurpby, a recent arrival from was married to Wally Kilmister,- the wellknown Wembley speedway “ace.”

Sympathetic reference to the death of Mrs Burgess, wife of Inspector Burgess, was made at the monthly meeting of the East Coast Rabbit Board on Saturday and a motion of condolence was carried by all standing in silence.

Miss Maureen Keany, -who has been on a holiday ‘trip to Wellington, has returned; 'Whilst in Wellington she took a refresher course at the Joe Knowsley studios. Mr Knowsley has recently returned from a trip to England, the Continent, and America; where, he attended various dancing teachers’ conferences.

The Duke of York, accompanied by the Duchess, will Unveil, on May 11, the Gordon Memorial which will be the first overseas memorial in. Westminster- Abbey. It (will stand between- Tennyson on the right and Campbell, Wordsworth, and Shakespeare on the left. —P.A .

Guests at the Masonic Hotel during the past week included Mr and Mrs A. Stuart (Wellington), Mr and Mrs A. Stuart (Kelso), Mr and Mrs Dalgety (Mangaweka), Mr and Mrs Coop, Mrs Harvey (Hastings), Misses Dunkerley (England), and Deuxberry (Auckland), Hon. G. Farrer (London), Messrs H. Harvey (Hastings), H. Laurence, McMillan, L. Key, and C. H. Deuxberpy (Auckland), W. Ford and E. Tait (Wellington), B. Grant (Sydney), G. D. Donovan (Motu), J. A. Towsley and A. Steele (Tauranga).

Miss Mona Leydon, who won two out of the three i?ew" Zealand ladies* championships, ha 5 developed a style greatly akin to that- of the Japanese who hare -come to look upon the legs more as something to : be' kept out of the way thair an ■ assistance. This is/ due greativ to the fact that, her legs being crippled, she learned to look upon her hands a s the main means of support.

At the Cathedral Church of Holy Trinity, Guildford, Surrey, the wedding took place on January 20, ot Miss Ruakine Catlierina Beyers, third daughter of Mrs. Beyers, Kincraig, Guildford, and Mr. H. P. Beyers, of Hawke’s Bay, to Mr. Alexander John Naylor, only .son of Mrs. Winifred Naylor and the late Mr. Alfred E. Naylor, of Bushey, Herts. Miss Beyers is a niece of the hrte Major Lyle Kidd, of Guildford.