PERSONAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 192, 4 August 1930, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr. P. H. Kinsman, Inspector of Awards for Hawke’s Bay, loft on Saturday to take up his new duties at Wellington.

Mr S. Hollander, of Christchurch, has been appointed referee for the fourth Rugby Test.—Press Association.

Professor A. H. Tockcr, one of New Zealand’s delegates to the International Labour Conference in Geneva, expects to arrive back in Christchurch on September 23rd.

Dr. A. E. Porritt (Wanganui), who recently gained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, has decided to remain in England to practise his profession.

The Chancellor of the University of New Zealand (Professor J. Macmillan Brown), who at present is on a trip to England, expects to leave by the Rangitiki on November 21st. for New Zealand.

Mr. A. F. Houston, who has been manager of the Union Bank of Australia at Goto for the past four and a half years, has received notice of his transfer to Dannevirke, of which branch he will take over the management.

Mr. A. W. Parsons, who was seriously injured while hunting at Tikokino on Thursday last, is still suffering from shock and injuries, but steadily progressing towards recovery at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Bousficld, Waipukurau.

A member of the Wellington City Council from 1899 to 1907, Mr G. Winder died at his residence at Taita on Saturday. Mr Winder was a member of the Wellington Bowling Club, and was a Master Mason of the New Zealand Pacific Lodge. He retired from business some years ago, and after a trip abroad returned to Wellington.

While Mr. Ramsay MacDonald is at Oberammergau and most other Ministers are tired and resting, Mr. J. R. Clynes has gone to Glnmis Castle, Scotland, in anticipation of the fulfilment of the duties of Horae Secretary in connection with an interesting event expected there very shortly. The Duchess of York lias been at Glamis for some time.

The many friends of Mr. Ernest William Storkey will be sorry to learn that he passed away at his residence, Nelson Crescent, Napier, on Saturday evening, after a very short illness. Ho was a keen member of rifle clubs, and besides being the winner of tho Colemnn Belt,, had won numerous medals and trophies. He leaves a widow and son to mourn their loss.

Tho engagement is annunced of Miss Joan Fry, the twenty four-year old lawn tennis player, and Lieutenant Ashley Lakeman, of the Royal Tank Corps. Miss Fry has for the past five years been among the foremost women players .in the world. She was formerly engaged to a South African solicitor, Mr. B. G. Pagd.’n, whom she met during a tour with tho British tennis team in that, country in 1D27, but in October last tho engagement was broken off.