PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18827, 30 September 1924, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr Francis Garry has been elected a member of the Teachers' Superannuation ■ - Board, _ - ' ' ,- Mr.'" Jnstico Stringer has left Hamilton : .,;'. for Wellington, where he will attend a sitting of the Appeal Court. { Mr J. 'do Silva, late traffic inspector' at Hamilton, has returned to Hamilton after a long visit to Australia, , Mr T. U. Wells, of Auckland, was a; passenger by; the : Tahiti, C which arrived from San Francisco yesterday. . : .-- ; .■>-.- . Mr. L. A. Jacobsen, of Wellington, who returned from Australia Makura ; ;v; yesterday, is at the Royal Hotel. , ~ Mr. S. Winston, of Kobe, ; ' Japan,-jand Mr' F. C. Wells, •'■•• of; Arkley, Bfertfordshire, England, arc at the Grand Hotel. Messrs. J. S. Dickson, J.'A. Lee, H. Poland,: and A. Harris, MP's left for Wellington by ': tho Mam Trunk last evening. Mr. and Mrs. D. Smith, of To Teko, . Mr. G. A. Gannon, of Marten,. Mr., J\. Bell, of Hamilton, and Mr. W. B. Pass, of PutaJruru, are at the Royal Hotel. '"•■"Dr. J. ; ' MacMillan-Brown, Chancellor. . of the University of New Zealand, who has ' been to ■ the ; north-west : : coast of ■:;.,:; America,' arrived at Wellington by. the Tahiti yesterday. :> Messrs. D. S. Wylie,'H.; LV, Smith,; W. .. ■ Fraser, directors, J. A. Duncan, .auditor, and B.H. Mitchell, of the staff of Messrs. Smith; Wylie and Company,! Limited, have left on a visit to Sydney and Melbourne. : Mr. T.A. Cochrane, chairman of directors of a well-known Scottish firm ofigolf club manufacturers, is at the Grand Hotel, : accompanied by Mrs. Cochrane. After spending some time in Auckland, Mr. and Mrs. Cochrane will visit Rotcirua;; and proceed South via the Wanganui Riveri ;■■; ■ • Mr. W. G. Baker, B.Sa, 8.E., who was recentlyawarded the Walter and Eliza Hall Fellowship for ! Engineering, at ;:. the Sydney University, is a I passenger by the _ RMS. Makura. Mr. Baker, who has been occupied in research work in the elec- f trical department of the University, -is ; proceeding to America and Europe to gain . engineering experience. ~ --,".•'".-

r Mr." E. H. Potter, Maw Of Mount Eden, and the Bey. W. C. Wood, a member of the Papakura Town Board, leit or. Wellington by the' Main Trunk express last evening to represent -the views of the Auckland conference of local bodies before the select committee of the House of .Representatives, which is taking evidence on the Motor Vehicles Bill ,

Mr. J. T. Wylie, the weU-known" Auckland footballer, who visited California with the 1913 All Black team, ■ and: remained as a student at Leland Stanford: University, is now district : supervisor i for the California Fruitgrowers'; Association, with jurisdiction over the rich; Santa Clara Valley. - ; Mr. H. W. Maloney, of the staff of Stanford University, who arrived from Sydney by the RMS. Makura yesterday, stated that Mr. Wylie was npw ; well i established in the State, and was proving remarkably successful in his profession.