PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 230, 27 August 1938, Page 8

PERSONAL.

The Governor-General (Viscount Galway), accompanied by Lady Galway and two aides-de-camp, Captains R. Stuart-French and S. Lombard-Hob-son, arrived at Dunedin by car last night from the Hermitage, Mount Cook. This afternoon His Excellency attended a luncheon at the Dunedin Club and later the Otago Hunt Club races at Wingatui. On Sunday he will conduct an investiture service of the Commanderv in New Zealand of the Venerable Order of St. John.

Sir Harold Beauchamp, of Wellington, who has been spending the past summer in Britain has returned to the Dominion. Sir Harold became indisposed while in London, and was accompanied by a nurse on the voyage. Mr A. P. O’Shea, club captain of the Victoria University College Football Club and Dominion secretary of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union is a visitor to Palmerston North for the North v. South University football match today. Mr J. H. Parker, of Wellington, is a visitor to Palmerston North. Mr Parker was a member of the 1924 . All Blacks side and is manager and selector of the North Island University Colleges football team playing here this afternoon.

Mr A. P. Blair, of Wellington, president of the New' Zealand University Students’. Association, is a visitor to Palmerston North for the various student activities over the week-end. He presided at the Joynt Scroll debating contest at Massey College last evening. Mr Alan C. Browne, the well-known water-colour artist and lecturer, who has been lecturing throughout New Zealand for the past three years on the Dominion’s scenic attractions, will leave Auckland on September 6 en route to England, via Cape Horn. Mr Browne has been spending several weeks in Palmerston North.

Professor A. Findlay, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Aberdeen, has arrived from London with Mrs Findlay on a visit of some weeks to New Zealand. Professor Findlay is an external examiner in chemistry to the University of New Zealand, and during his stay he will confer with the University authorities and with teachers in the constituent colleges.

The death of Tu Rukuruku, , chief of the Tuhoe Tribe of Urewera natives, occurred on Thursday morning at Waimana Pa, at the age of 76 years. Tu Rukuruku was a cousin of the late Hurinui Apanui, paramount chief of the Ngatiawa Tribe. He had lived at Waimana all his life and was greatly respected by Maoris and Europeans alike. He was always loyal to the Government and kept close contact with many officials.

Mr H. It. Denize, who has been stationed at Palmerston Nprth for the last four years as stock inspector for the Department of Agriculture, has received advice of his transfer on promotion to the post of principal stock inspector for the Otago provincial district, which also embraces the Southland area. Mr Denize, who has been a popular member of the department's staff at this centre, is to be succeeded by Mr H. A. Bailey, now stock inspector at Whangarei. > r , , Mr Harold M. Ford, commercial manager of the ; Clyde Navigation Trust, and well known in New Zealand, has terminated liis services with the trust. During the 13 years_ of his association with- the organisation, Mr Ford travelled in its interests in many parts of the world and did much to develop the trade of his port in the way of direct trading, particularly with New Zealand, South Africa and Australia. In 1928 he visited New Zealand and Australia on a reciprocal trade mission. Mr Ford has joined the board of the Rondel Company, a new firm with Empire associations. Mr E. J. Abbey Jones, managingdirector of the Southland Daily News, whose death was reported in the “Standard” last evening, was the father of Mrs Russell Chisholm, of Palmerston North, and was one of the most prominent and popular membeis of the newspaper world in New Zealand. He was a son of the late Mr Joseph Jones, and was born in Christchurch in 1870. He received his education at the Timaru Boys’ High .School, and later became an associate registered accountant of the New Zealand Society of Accountants. In 1908 Mr Jones ;married Miss Millicent Potter, daughter of the late Mr Alexander Potter. In 1896 he was appointed works manager of the Stockowners’ Meat Company of New South. Wales, and. in 1902 manager of H. House and Co.. Ltd. In 1906 he became. manager of the Oamaru Mail, and three years later he was appointed general manager of the Southland Daily News. He was u delegate to the Imperial Press Conference at Ottawa in 1920, and was. a director of the United Press Association, having been chairman in 1930. He was also chairman of the Southland Guarantee Co. Ltd. He served with the second New South Wales contingent in the South African War.