PERSONALITIES

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 45, 23 February 1938, Page 4

PERSONALITIES

Sir James Leigh-Wood, chairman of the Empire Games Federation, arrived at Wellington by the Awatea. Mr. O. Watchorn has returned to Palmerston North after a visit to Sydney, where he attended the Empire games and officiated as*a judge at the boxing contests.

The well-known amateur theatrical producer, Mr. F. A. Cousins, is at present indisposed. Mr. Cousins is producing "The Queen’s Husband" for the Manawatu Repertory Society. Mr. W. D. Reid, of the mycologica! section of the Plant Diseases Bureau, leaves for England shortly to undertake research work for 12 months. Mrs. Reid and family will accompany him. Mr. L. H. Collinson and his son, Mr. K. L. Collinson, have returned to Palmerston North fro!m a visit to Sydney, in which business and pleasure were combined.

Mr. J. P. Beattie, son of Mr. A. N. Beattie, of Messrs Beattie and Proctor, Palmerston North, had the distinction of securing top marks for New Zealand in the Plumbers' Board written examination.

The Otago Rugby Union committee has decided to support the nominations of Messrs McPhail, of Canterbury, and Maddison, of Hawke's Bay, as the New Zealand delegates i.o the conference in Africa in July next. Sir George Julius, chairman of the Australian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, arrived at Wellington from Sydney by the Awatea on a holiday visit to New Zealand. He is a son of Archbishop Julius. Sir Cecil Day, who was official secretary for the Governor-General of New Zealand for many years, has now been appointed liaison officer for the Foreign Office with offices in Whitehall, according to advice received in Wellington. Mr. A. P. Mackie has been appointed assistant city electrical engineer at Dunedin, the vacancy having been caused by the promotion of Mr. G. T. Edgar as city electrical engineer in place of Mr. M. C. Henderson, who will retire shortly on superannuation. Mr. James Payne, who was until recently Assistant Australian Trade Commissioner in New Zealand, left Wellington for Sydney by the Awatea, accompanied by Mrs. Payqe. Mr. Payne has been appointed Trade Commissioner for Australia in Egypt, and will proceed there after spending a few weeks at Canberra.

Before proceeding with the annual meeting of the Manawatu Hunt last evening, the master, Mr. S. G. Perry, made feeling reference to the death of Mr. Charles Louisson, who had always had the interests of the hunt at heart. At Mr. Perry’s request a vote of sincere sympathy with the relatives of the late Mr. Louisson was carrifd in silence.

Progress towards recovery is being made by Mr. G. C. J. Dalton, of Auckland, one of the two New Zealand Rhodes Scholars selected in Deceurber, 1936, who contracted lniantile paralysis last year shortly before he was to leave for Oxford to take a special course in engineering. Mr. Dalton expects to leave Auckland Hospital, where he i« a patient, on Saturday and will later go to Canterbury College to continue his studies. In spite of the handicap caused by his illness, Mr. Dalton expects to leave at the end of the year for Oxford. He will study structural engineering.