PERSONAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 161, 27 June 1930, Page 4

PERSONAL

The King dined out on Tuesday night for the first time since his illness, when with the Queen, he attended a dinner given in honour of King Alfonso by the Spanish Ambassador, Marquess Merry del Vai, at .the Spanish Embassy. Other guests included the Prime Minister.

Mi. J. Bennett, of Oamaru, who has b.< visiting Hastings, returned home tnis morning.

Mr, and Mrs G. R. McKenzie, of Hastings, who have been visiting Wellington, returned home last ingMr F. J. Carmont, the well-known trainer, who has been in the Palmerston North Hospital for some weeks, has been discharged and is now doing well.

The death has taken place in Christchurch of Mr. Frederick Riley Cooke aged 64, a member of the Christchuieh city council and a prominent Socialist for 30 years. He ivas highly regarded by all parties. He was bom in Bradford, England. —Press Assn.

Dr W. J. Machugh. of Preston, England, has been appointed full time radiologist at the Wellington Hospital at a salary ommencing at £9OO per year and rising by £5O annually to £lO5O. The board decided that he should have a course of radio emanation study before leaving for the Dominion.

At the annual conference of thd Royal Agricultural Society the following officers were elected-Presi-dent. Mr. W. Perry; vice-presidents, Messrs H A. Russell and A. S. Holms; treasuier, Mr. W. D. Hunt; council Messrs W. Howard Booth, J. M. James. J. Knight, H. B. Stuckley, J. 0. Coop, J. D. Hall. Two vacancies are to filled by the executive.

M F. W. Gowing, supervisor of the registration branch of the G.P.0., Wellington, will retire on superannuation next week after 40 years' service with the Postal Department. Mr Rowing was born in Napier, and he received part of his education in England, returning to New Zealand to join the Post and Telegraph Department in 1889. After his retirement Mr Gowing will reside in Palmerston North.

The exact date of the opening of the third session of the twenty-third Parliament should remain firmly in the mind of at least one member of the House of Representatives, for it was also his wedding day. The bridegroom was Mr G. C. Black, Uniteu member for Motueka, who was married at the Basilica, Hill street, Wellington, last evening. The ceremony was attended by a number of fellow members, including several Ministers of the Crown. Mr Black, who entered Parliament in 1928 at the unusually early age of 25, was formerly attached to the clerical staff of Parliament Buildings, and a number of his erestwhile colleagues in the service also attended.