PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 63, 10 February 1933, Page 6

PERSONAL.

Mr C. A. L. Treadwell, 0.8. E., has been appointed Vice-Consul of Brazil at Wellington. Mr 0. S. Watkins, president of the New Zealand Racing Conference, is laid up at his home at Wellington.

A New York message reports that Mr A. C.. Wyatt, English landscape painter, died yesterday at Santa Barbara, California.

Mr C. Girling-Butcher, Chief Inspector of Fire Brigades, returned to Wellington from Palmerston North today. A Capetown message states that the Minister of Railways (Mr Charles Malan) died unexpectedly following an operation. He will Joe accorded a State funeral.

At the meeting of the Massey College Council, yesterday, ■ congratulations were extended to Sir William Perry, of Masterton, on the honour of knighthood recently conferred upon him by the King. A Press Association telegram states that at a meeting of the Wellington Employers’ Association yesterday Mr W. J. Mountjoy was appointed secretary to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr Frank Ross. The death has occurred at Auckland, reports a Press Association message, of Mr Edward B. B. Boswell, who was formerly a teacher in Otago and on the West Coast. For nearly twenty years he was a prominent Boy Scout leader in Auckland.

Sir George Fowlds was, at yesterday’s meeting : of the Massey College Council, unanimously re-elected to the chairmanship, for the seventh successive oocasion. A tribute to his splendid work for the college since its inception was paid bv Mr A. Morton.

Among the notable passengers who are arriving in New Zealand next week by the luxury liner Carinthia are Messrs Alfred and George Vanderbilt, said to be members of the wealthy family, the destinies of which have been wrapped up in New York ever since the days when it was known as New Amsterdam, a Dutch village on the river Hudson. Messrs Vanderbilt have made arrangements to spend two days in the waters of North Auckland fishing for black marlin and mako shark. They will rejoin tire vessel at Wellington. A Press Association telegram states that one of the leading figures in the freezing industry, Mr T. Simson, has retired from the position of general manager of the Auckland Farmers’ Freezing Company, Limited. Mr Simson has been connected with the industry for 43 years. He was with the New 'Zealand Refrigerating Co., Limited, Christchurch, a.nd then joined the New Zealand Frozen Meat and Storage Company in Auckland, becoming engineer in charge when the company was changed to thei_ Auckland Freezing Company in 1895. When the Auckland Farmers’ Freezing Company, Limited, was established in 1903 Mr Simson became duel engineer.