PERSONAL ITEMS

Grey River Argus, 30 September 1949, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Constable W .H. Hill left yesterday on a visit to] the North Island, when he will represent the West Coast section at the Police Association conference at Wellington.

Colonel L. W. Andrew V.C., D. 5.0., has been promoted to rank of Brigadier, states last night’s gazette. Lt.Cvlonel L. W. Thornton, Royal N.Z. Artillery, has been promoted to Colmel.—P.A.

The Director-General for V.A.D.’s n New Zealand, Miss H. Iris Crooke, M.8.E., will visit Greymouth early next month. Arriving on October 12, she will be the guest of honour it a social evening given by the Greymouth Centre of the N.Z. Red Cross. Miss Crooke will address the Rotary Club at its luncheon on October 13.

The following are guests at the Albion Hotel: Mr and Mrs Hood (Queenstown), Mr and Mrs Chapman (Victoria), Miss Joan Greaves (Auckland). Mr and Mrs J. P. T. Barnett, Mr and Mrs L. M. West, Messrs C. Legg, J. A. Caull, F. A. Hadfield (Christchurch), P. F- O’Donnell (Dunedin), W. Dempster (Timaru), I. W. Thomas (Wellington), I. Cameron, H. Robenson (Hastings).

The Marquess of Milford Haven said that he and his American fiancee, Mrs Romaine Simpson, would leave for America on October 14 and would be married in Washington at about the end of November. They would make their home in England. The Marquess said that it would be difficult for members of his family to attend the wedding because of the dollar situation.

The National Party is nominating a candidate to contest Sydenham seat against the Minister of Health, Hon. Miss M. B. Howard. He will be Mr O. G. Moody. He is a married man with two adult children, and is in business in Christchurchc as a land and estate agent. He was educated at Sydenham School and Christchurch Technical CollegePress Association.

A London cable states. —Six young Yorkshiremen have been chosen as: unoilicial British ambassadors tq leave for New Zealand and Australia in December under a scheme sponsored by Rotary clubs and suggested by Dr. F. G. Morton, a former headmaster of Leeds Modern school. When visiting Australia last year Dr. Morton said he was told that representatives of British youth woudl be welcomed, to discuss Empire and social problems.

The Greymouth Harbour Board has decided that until next year, a. member of its staff, Mr. B. D. Forbes, shall act as harbour engineer, in succession to Mr .D. S. Kennedy, who left for Invercargill yesterday on Holiday, prior to leaving on October 13 for Tasmania, where he has been appointed Harbour Engineer, at Devonport. Early next year work on the south breakwater at Greymouth will be started, and the Board will then review the matter of the appointment of an engineer.

To mark the thirtieth anniversary of his service with the company, 26 years of which were spent in Wellington, the diretcorate and staff of Aspro, Ltd., held a happy function recently to honour Mr C. S. Loughlin, managing director for New Zealand. Mr C. G. White, 0.8. E., (chairman of Directors) mentioned that Mr Loughlin joined the comapny in 1919 after his release from war service which covered a period at Gallipoli and paid tribute to Mr Loughlin’s long and valuable service to the company, all of which had been spent in a senior executive capacity. He presented Mr Loughlin with a handsome radio set and Mr and Mrs Loughlin are to spend a two months holiday in Australia as guests of the company. Mr Loughlin suitably replied.

There was a large attendance of departmental and local body representatives at the funeral service for the late Mr F. W. Furkert at Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, Wellington, on Wednesday. The Minister of Works, Hon. R. Semple, represented the Government. During his last days in- hospital, the late Mr Furkert had busied himself with the arranging of a manuscript of a work he was writing on early engineering in New Zealand. The pallbearers were the Mayor of Wellington, Mr Appleton, the deputy-Mayor, Cr. R. L. Macalister, Mr E. P. Norman, representing the Masonic Lodge, the Commissioner of Works, Mr E. R. McKillop, and Mr J. J. McDonald, representing the Standards Institute. Ci’s. E. R. Toop and L. J. Jacobson, the Wellington City Engineer, Mr K. E. Luke, Mr H. Armdt, Masonic Lodge, Mr W. J. Gaudm, Wellington Hospital Board and Mr D. 3. G. Marchbanks, New Zealand instnuie of Engineers.