PERSONALITIES

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7210, 17 July 1933, Page 6

PERSONALITIES

A London cable states that Madame Clara Butt, the famous contralto, has sailed for Australia.

Among the guests at the Hotel Imperial over the week end were Mr. E. Reeves, Wellington; Mr. R. H. Neville, Christchurch; Mr. A. Templeton, Auckland; Mr. H. C. Holland, Auckland; Mr. B. Foster, Miss Frisk, Wellington; Mr. L. McKenzie, Pahiatua; Mr. L. Croniio, Napier; Miss K. O’Donnell, Hamilton; Mr. It. Moffitt, Martinborougli.

The many friends of .SquadronLeader M. C. MacGregor, pilot-instruc-tor to the Manawatu Aero Club, will be pleased to learn that he continues to make steady progress toward recovery from injuries ho received when his plane crashed at Milson in December last. During the last two days he has been able to walk about in the hospital and hopes before long to be able to tako up his duties again.

Tho death occurred at Colombo on Saturday morning of Professor John Wilkie Hinton, Professor of Physics at the University of Ceylon. Professor Hinton was educated at tho Southland Boys’ High School and Otago University, where ho had a distinguished scholastic career. Ho graduated B.Sc. at; Otago in 1915 and M.Sc. in 1916 with first-class honours in physics. Ho was twice nominated for a Rhodes scholarship and served with tho Rifle Brigade in the war. From 1920 to 1925 he was lecturer in physics at Otago, and from 1925 to 1926 ho advanced his studies at Cambridge. At the end of 1928 he was appointed Profesosr *f Physics at tho University of Ceylon. He died, suddenly from pneumonia and pleurisy.

The death occurred in Auckland a few days ago of Mr. Percy Wotton, formerly a well-known settler of the Rangitikci district, in his G4th year. Mr. Wotton, whfe was tho son of the lato Dr. Henry Wotton, of London, was born in Dawlish, Devonshire, and educated at Rossall School in the north of England. At the age of 17 he came to New Zealand and commenced work as a cadet on a Rangitikci farm. Subsequently he bought land in the district and settled there. Ho was whip to the Rangitikei hounds for many years, a keen polo player and. successful as a steeplechase and point-to-point rider. Ho schooled all his own horses and was known as a good judge of horses. From 1889 onward ho won many prizes in the hunter events at the Palmerston North Show. Ho went to live in Auckland three years ago. He is survived by Mrs. Wotton and an adult family.