AUCKLANDERS ABROAD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21578, 24 August 1933, Page 10

AUCKLANDERS ABROAD

DOINGS IN BRITAIN [FROM COHRESPOXDENX] LONDON", July 21 v .) The Hev. W. A. Sinclair (Epsom)! and Mrs. Sinclair are making their' headquarters at Rugby with their elder' son, Mr. Norman T. "Sinclair, who ifi ; the modern languages master at Rugby. l Their second son, Mr. R. O. Sinclair,! has been in England on leave from! Nigeria, where he has an appointment under the Colonial Office. He has re- 1 turned for a second term of service 1 after having had a pleasant stay in! the Mother Country. In April, the' family spent a few weeks in Cornwall j and Devonshire. Mr. Sinclair has been; ; in London attending the MethodistConference. He and his wife will prob-' ably return to New Zealand, but their' plans are not definite. \ Air. Alex. Hugh McDonald, son B£j the Rev. William McDonald (Epsom),; has been awarded a Minor Research Studentship of £l5O for two years for; classics, Clare College, Cambridge. Last; October Mr. McDonald gained Ist CI in Classical Tripos and was awarded; the Craven Grant to do classical ro- | search in Germany. "When he was about to leave for Gottingen he was invited to fill the unexpected vacancy in • classics department of Manchester TTpi- 1 versity for a term, so that he did not 1 leave for Livy—to work under Professor Kahrstetr—until December. Dr. A. E. Porritt, New Zealand Rhodes Scholar, at a presentation of degrees at Oxford on July 15, received the degrees of master of surgery and master of arts.

Mr. C. W. Lusty, formerly of the New Zealand Herald staff, has been appointed to the reporting staff of tho, Morning Post, London. He took up his new duties a month ago. Master Vaughan Maclean Wilfora,grandson of the High Commissioner fop New Zealand and Lady Wilford, has completed his preparatory education at Castle Park School, coming top of the school in every subject and winning a £6O scholarship. Master Wilford, who is just under 14 years of a 6 e > no . w ; go up from Castle Park to Wrekm College, Wellington, Shropshire.