PERSONAL

Northern Advocate, 10 August 1934, Page 6

PERSONAL

Mr W. Slaughter, officer controlling unemployment in the Auckland district, who has boon on leave owing to ill-health, resumed, duty yesterday.

Mr A. E, Ford, general manager of the Auckland?, Transport Board, left by the Monterey today for Australia, en route to England on a holiday visit. He expects to return before Christmas'.

Captain C. Sinclair-Thompson, who lias ’ been .succeeded as second naval member of the' Naval Board, Wellington, by Captain L. Vaughan-Morgan, left by the Monterey today for Sydney cn route to England. Ho will be accompanied by Mrs Sinclair Thomson and Mr A. Sinclair Thomson.

Mr W. P. Endean, member of Parliament for Parnell, was appointed by the New Zealand branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association, at its annual meeting in Wellington, to represent the association, at the Melbourne Centenary celebrations in November. Mr Endean will sail from Wellington by the Wanganella 'on October 25: '

A unanimous decision to extend a call to the Pev. A. Bryan Kilroy, minister of St. Paul’s Church, Oamaru, war. made by the annual meeting of the congregation of 'St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, at Wellington. The church had been without a minister since the Rev. P. .T. Howie left iu April to accept the charge at Malvern, Melbourne.

Wing-Commander Keith R. Parks, 'SIX'., D.F.C., M.A. (Oxon), for the past two years in command of the Oxford University Air Squadron, has boon appointed by the Air Ministry as British Air Attache at Buenos Aires. Last month the honorary M.A. decree was conferred on him by the authorities of Oxford University, in recognition of his services as head of the University Air Squadron. Wing-Commander Parks is the youngest son of Emeritus-Profes-sor James Parks, of Otago University. VICE-REGAL. VISIT TO SOUTH ISLAND. (Per Press Association. —Copyright.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Governor-General, Lord Bledisioc, and Lady Bledisloe will leave Wellington this evening for Christchurch, where they will remain for ten days. On (Saturday evening Lord Bledisloe will open the Canterbury Winter Show and Exhibition of Industries, and durn?g the following week Their Excellencies have undertaken a series of engagements of a varied character. On August 20 Their Excellencies will proceed to Dunedin, whore, among other-engagements during their stay of two or •three days, Lord Bledisloe will .deliver an address to the members of the Dunedin Chamber of -Commerce. On or about August 24, Their Excellencies will return to Wellington,