PERSONAL

Grey River Argus, 17 May 1938, Page 6

PERSONAL

Hon. M. Connelly, M.L.C., arrived yesterday from Dunedin.

Mrs. H. Lynch, will leave this morning for Christchurch. Mr. J. Stokes, returned yesterday from Christchurch with members ot the West Coast Rugby League team Mr. A. S. Richards, M.P. for Roskill, will arrive on the West Coast dm- 1 ing the week and will address a public meeting at Reefton on Sunday evening. | I Messrs A. Beban, Junr., and W.j Glynn, returned yesterday from i Christchurch and will leave to-day/ for Auckland, where they will plavj in the North v. South Rugby League ■■ [game. Mr. C. H. Hoskin, who has been Inspector of Factories at Greymouth, 'for the past two years, has received 'notice of transfer, on promotion, to I Dunedin. He will be replaced at ' Greymouth by Mr. C. Rawlins, Masterton. Passengers by yesterday’s express to Christchurch included:—Mr. H. Myerscough, Mrs. P. Payne, Mr. ano Mrs. H. Mason, Miss D. Page (to Christchurch), Miss E. Emerson (to Wellington), and Mr, and Mrs. R Haglund (to Ashburton). I His Honour, Mr. Justice P. J. O’Regan, Messrs A. L. Monteith and W. Cecil Prime (members of the Arbitration Court), Mr- J. A. Gilmour I (Registrar), and Mr. A. J. Magnussen (Clerk), leave this morning for Christchurch.

Mr. John Brasell, for 30 years a councillor of the borough of Lower Hutt, died yesterday at the age of 75 at Dunedin, where had been spending a holiday with his daughter (Mrs. G. F. Fowler). Just before the recent elections he announced his retirement from the council.

I Archbishop Evangelindis, of the Greek Orthodox Church, who is pay- ' ing a periodic visit to his flock, arriv--led at Wellington by the Awatea yesterday. He recently visited Greece where, he said, the country was satisfactorily ruled by the Dictator, General Metaxas, who worked in harmony with King George.—Press Assn. ! Guests at Revington’s Hotel include: Mr. W. H. Holdsworth (Christchurch), Mr. C. H. Brown (Christ- ' church), Mr. G. Latimer (Dunedin), ' Mr. N. A. McKenzie (Christchurch’, | Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Wright (Oamaru), Mrs. J. White (Dunedin), Miss L. E. L. Rogers (Busby, Heath, England), Mr. G. D. Cole Kenley (Surrey), Mr. H. J. Olsen (Christchurch). 1 Dr. E. H. Williams, senior honorary physician to the Truby King Harris Hospital, Dunedin, has been | appointed medical adviser to the council of the society in a temporary and part-time capacity, pending the appointment of a successor to Dr. B. M. Tweed, who recently resigned from the office of full-time medical adviser Dr. Williams 1 has been closely associated with the work of the society and its main training school at Dunedin since the foundation of the society there by Sir Truby King, I Mr. A. W. Nisbet (Secretary of the Wellington Manufacturers’ Association), who has been making a study of industrial development and the operations of" Wages Boards in Australia, returned to Wellington yesterday by the liner Awatea. He said he was much impressed with confidence shown by overseas investors in Australia. Literally millions from the United Kingdom, U.S.A., Canada, South Africa, and New Zealand were being invested in the. iron, steel ana kindred industries there.

An arrival by the Awatca from Sydney yesterday at Wellington, was Sir Andrew Russell, leader of the New Zealand Anzac Contingent, who spoke of the great success of the visit to Sydney and its strengthening of bonds between the two countries. Numerous applications had been received by the Returned Soldiers’ Organisation in Australia for a contingent to visit New Zealand in 1940.— Press Assn.

The following are guests at the Albion Hotel:—Mr. E. Young 'Sydney), Mr. J. Bowers (Sydney), Mr. Edward Barry (Christchurch), Miss R. Rundle (Canada), Miss P. Stedman (Taumarunui), Mr. S. L. Rodgers (Christchurch), "Mr. H. Rodgers (Christchurch), Mr. H. Jacobsen (Christchurch), Mr. E. Gage (Greymouth), Mr. A. Garth (Christchurch), Mr. and Mrs. Cartwright (Wellington), Master and Miss Cartwright (Wellington).

By the liner Awatea, there arrived yesterday at Wellington Herr W. Von Tirpitz, son of the late Admiral of the German Navy, and Doctors P. Lederer and A. Reithinger, leading German i doctors, and Directors of I. G. Forben Industries, one of Germany’s big chem- | ical firms, who are visiting New Zealand in the course of a world tour to make general economic studies. m an interview, Herr Von Tirpitz said |he was taken a prisoner when the ' cruiser Mainz was sunk in August, , 1914. He had spent the rest of the war as a prisoner in Wales and Holland. After the war he was a journalist and afterwards he joined his present firm. his experience as a prisoner of war, he said: “It’s a , horrible thing to be a prisoner of war I when a young man, but I cannot eom- , plain as to the treatment given me. It’s not a pleasant thing to be penned up with a lot of. other people in an enemy country. However, it's all I over now, and I hope such a thing ; will never happen again." Asked about the situation in Germany, he smiled and said: “I am a private person, and my outlook is not political. It is six months since I left Germany, and a lot has happened since then.”— Press Assn.

The death occurred on Saturday night of Mr. Walter J. Moffatt, e former Mayor of Nelson, and the chairman of the Cawthron Institute Board of Trustees, after a long illness. Mr. Moffatt, who was born in 1866, had a long career in public life, first in Motueka and later in Nelson. His first task was in assisting to have the township of Motueka constituted a borough, and he initiated the movement for the formation of the Motueka Harbour district. He was also largely responsible for the establishment of th i Motueka High School. In 1899 ip contested the Motueka seat, but was unsuccessful, as he was in Nelson in 1908 and 1911. He was one of the earliest Labour candidates in the Do

minion. In 1907 he went to live permanently in Nelson, and began a sue • cessful local body career. He was a member of the'Nelson City Counci' from 1915 to 1927, and from 1927 to 1935 he was Mayor. For eight years he was a member of the Cawthron Institute Board, for four years as chairman. He also played a leading part in the promotion of the Nelson Fire Board, and was its first chairman, leaving that position only a few weeks ago. He was also the first president of the Nelson Progress League and a prominent member of the Foresters’ Lodge. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. A. B. Hurst (Napier), and two sons, Messrs Thomas Moffatt’ of Christchurch, and Edgar Moffatt of Nelson.