PERSONAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 8, 20 December 1933, Page 6

PERSONAL

Mr. L. A. Paish, his Majesty '• Trade Commissioner for New Zealand, and Mrs. Paish are proceeding to London, on urgent cabled instructions, by the Port Gisborne, which will leave Wellington on December 21, Mr H. White-Wickham arrived at Auckland from England to-day on his tenth visit to New Zealand in quest of big game fish. He has missed only two seasons since 1921. This year he wiP also try trout fishing. Mr F. Turner a trout fisherman, who has not missed a New Zealand season, for nine years, also arrived, and on the same ship came Mr A. Du Cros, who has been persuaded to come by Mr White. Wickham, His father was the originator of pneumatic tyres.—Press Assß. Mr Meldrum, S.M. at Hokitika, will retire from the bench at the end of this month. Mr Meldrum, who was born at Kamo in 1865, represented Auckland at cricket and football in Jiis younger days, and w r as chess champion of New Zealand in 1896. He had always taken a keen interest in volunteer and territorial matters, and was officer in charge of the Manawatu Mounted Rifles in 1914. He was placed in charge of the Wellington Regiment of the Main Body under Colonel (now Sir Andrew) Russell, and served in Egypt, Gallipoli, and Palestine, rising to the rank of brigadier-general. He commanded the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade in Palestine from 1917 to 1919, and was awarded the C. 8., C.M.G., and D.S.O. Shortly after his return to New Zealand he was to the magistracy, and was given the Westland circuit.