PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 147, 23 May 1934, Page 6

PERSONAL.

His Excellency the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe," will remain in Auckland until after the King’s Birthday. On the following day His Excellency will take the salute at the King's Birthday parade, and subsequently he will visit the war veterans at their home at Mount Roskill. Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates and party arrived at Timaru last night from Hokitika and left to-day for Queenstown. Mr W. J. Poison, M.P., Dominion president of the Farmers’ Union, who has been suffering from influenza since the beginning of this month, has almost completely recovered. Air E. Wool ford, of Jones Line, Rongotea, is an inmate of the Palmerston North Hospital, where he lias undergone a serious operation. His friends wish him a speedy recovery. Brigadier-General H. E. Hart, Administrator of Western Samoa, who has spent the last month in New Zealand on holiday and on business, is leaving this week by the Maui Pomare for Samoa. Mr J. Murray, rector of the Palmerston North Boys’ High School, his friends will regret to learn, is at jjresent indisposed with influenza. During his absence Mr J. A. Colquhoun is acting as rector. Mr N. I. Lambourne, Director of Education, was a visitor to Palmerston North yesterday, when he interviewed the Minister of Education (Hon. R. Masters) on departmental business, returning to Wellington this morning. Mr C. Blackman, at present tow 7 n clerk of Port Chalmers and formerly a resident of Marton, has been appointed tow 7 n clerk of Te Kuiti. He will succeed Mr C. H. Tate, who will take up the position of town clerk of Feilding on June 1.

The death occurred at Heretaunga yesterday, as a result of a heart attack, of Mr David Alexander Aiken, managing director of the Union Steamship Company. Mr Aiken, who was in lus 71st year, had been associated with the company for_ 51 years. He was well known and highly respected in shipping, mercantile, and business circles. Dr. Alfred A. Levi has been appointed Halley Stewart Research Fellow at the Cancer Hospital, Fulham Road, London. Dr. Levi was educated at Otago University and holds the degrees of B.Sc., M.Sc. (New Zealand) and Ph.D. (London University). He recently held the John Esmond Research Fellowship at Otago University, and has from time to time issued a number of important publications.

' The Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes), accompanied by Mis Forbes, Hon. R. Masters (Minister of Education) and Dr E. Marsden (secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research), arrived at Palmerston North last evening. The Prime Minister had been on a visit to Taranaki and spent some hours in the afternoon at Foxton. After attending the sheep-breeders’ conference at Massey College to-day he left for Wellington. Mr Masters proceeded to Napier this morning.

Members of the staff of Watson Bros., met on Monday evening to tender farewell to Mr and Mrs Wm. C. Brotherhood, who are returning south to Dunedin, where Mr Brotherhood has been transferred to an executive position in the head office. Speeches eulogising Mr Brotherhood’s capabilities both as a business man and worker were made by Mr Hugh Sinclair who, on behalf or the directors of Watson Bros., handed him a cheque; and Mr H. Fletcher, who made both Mr and Mrs Brotherhood a presentation on behalf of the entire staff. Mr Brotherhood made a suitable reply on behalf of himself and Mrs Brotherhood and three hearty cheers were given for them both.

The death occurred at Wairoa on Monday of a very old and respected resident in the person of Mrs Mako Carroll, relict of the late Mr Thomas Carroll, an early settler and a brother of the late Sir James Carroll, aged 78. She came from a notable Maori family on the East Coast. Mrs Carroll leaves two sons and one daughter, the two former being prominent farmers. One is Mr A. T. Carroll, who is connected with various local bodies in the district arid is also chairman of the Wairoa Dairy Company, and in all probability will assume the mantle of Sir Apirana Ngata when the time comes for the latter - to retire from Politics. A daughter is mairried to Mr George Ormond, another prominent farmer of the district and a grandson of the late Hon. J. D. Ormond. A tangi is now proceedmg.