PERSONALS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12536, 24 April 1935, Page 4

PERSONALS

A Baghdad P.A. cable states that Miss Jean Batten has arrived there.

The final of the Auckland, provincial golf championship resulted in B. Cr. Thomson (Auckland) beating B. H. Men/.ies (Auckland) two up.— P.A.

Mrs H. J. Poultor (Wellington), honorary secretary of the New Zealand Women’s Hockey Association, has been appointed manager of the New Zealand women’s .hookey team to visit- Sydney and Melbourne in (July. The team is to compete at- centenary tournament at Melbourne.

Lord and Lady Bledisloe were welcomed at Lydney, states a London P.A. cable), and received an illuminate,;]. address and a silver trav. Lord Bledisloe said lie hoped that a satisfactory settlement- would be reached in the produce negotiations without a diminution of New Zealand’,s fervent affection Tor the Homeland.

Although it is freely slated in AYollington and other centres that ATf Justice Johnston, of Christchurch, will lie appointed president of the Court of Review, to deal .with mortgagors’ liabilities under the Rural Mortgagors Final Adjustment Act, the aeting-Prime Minister, the Mon. Ransom, said today, ip reply to an enquiry that, the question had not yet been finalised and an announcement would 1 not bo made for some davs.—-P.A.

At the conference of the New Zealand branch of the Manchester .Unity (Oddfellows,) at Christchurch yesterday the following officers were elected for a two-year period: Grand Master A. C. Blair (Wellington), Deputy Grand Master, W. McMillan Grand trustee, AY. H. Afadeley (’Wellington), Directors: J. E. Allan (Auckland), N. B. Bellringer (Taranaki), E. W. Guise (Wellington), C. J. Holsey (North Canterbury) ; N. J. McKay (Hawke’s May) and F. A. Smith (Auckland); auditor, E. AV. A. Kcllow (AYcllington).

I,t now appears as though the contest for .the iWair.arapa seat, which will be left vacant by .the retirement of the Hon. A. D. McLeod, .will in all probability be a triangular one, as it is understood that both Mr. J, AY. Card, Major of Feathers ton, and .Colonel T. \V. McDonald, who hold the sea.t in 1928, .hut was .defeated by .Mr McLeod in 1931, will stand at the coming general elections, while it has begn reported 'that Afr. B. Roberts, of jQ)are,vil.le, .Carterton, .will also contest the .vacancy ,as .the . nominee of the New- Zealand Labor Party.