PERSONAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 276, 4 November 1933, Page 6

PERSONAL

Miss J. Wilkinson, of Hastings, has joined the staff of the I’ukeora Sauatorum, Waipukurau. The Mayor of Napier (Mr. C 0. Morse) is spending Ih< week-end at Taupo. Mr aud Mrs F. E. Sutton, of Christchurch, who have been visiting Hastings, have returned south. Mr Harry Hruscy, formerly of Napier, who is on tour of the North Island, was a visitor to Napier yesterday, and returned to Wellington today. Miss Henderson, who has recently arrived in New Zealand on furlough from India, where she is engaged on missionary work, is at present th* guest of Mrs Bowman, Napier. Mrs Mac Duff Boyd returned to her home in Lyndon road by last night’* mail train after visits to Taranaki, Wellington, Auckland, and Palmerston North. Messrs. J. I’. Kenny and G. W B. Lowson., seurctary and engineer respectively of the Napier Harbour Board have been visiting Gisborne with a Mew to inspecting various items of plant which the Gisborne Harbour Board has for sale. Pilot Officer J. P. Selby, Royal Air Force, who has been ill with pneumonia in England, is on the way Io recovery, according to advice received in Christchurch. Mr Selby, who lived at Aylesbury, learned to fly with the Canterbury Aero Club, and was one of it* best, as well as youngest, pilots before be went to England. Mr G. E. Watt, Auckland, a pilot officer in the Royal Air Force, has the distinction of being one out of seven officers who have been awarded the special assessment of a distinguished puss. Under the scheme recently made available for R.A.F. commissions to university graduates nominated by the Gover-nor-General, Mr Watt went to England early this year. Mr C. A. Thompson, manager of the North Dunedin branch of the Bank of New Zealand, has announced his retirement for health reasons. Mr Thompson was badly burnt about the face two years ago by ammonia, which was thrown at him by a man in an attempt to rob the bank’s branch at North-East Valley, where he was on duty at the time. The students of the night printing class of the technical evening class#* of the Napier Secondary Education Board, last night presented their instructor, Mr J. 8. Storer, with a goldmounted fountain pen as a mark of appreciation of his personal interest in each student, and of the very valuable instruction given. In voicing this appreciation the students expressed their warm regard for Mr Storer, and hoped that the small souvenir would ser\. a* a reminder of the class with which li* had laboured so earnestly to benefit.