PERSONAL ITEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22346, 18 February 1936, Page 12

PERSONAL ITEMS

Sir Cecil Leys left for Wellington by train yesterday afternoon. Mr. W. D. Frith," a prominent mer-. chant in Vancouver, was a through pas. senger for Sydney by the Aorangi yesterday. Mr. J. A. Lee, Parliamentary UnderSecretary to the Prime Minister, left lor the South by last evening's limited express. Sir Henry Scott, of Suva, arrived by the Aorangi yesterday on a holiday visit to the Dominion. He is at the Grand Hotel. Sir Andrew Russell is a patient in. a private hospital in Napier, where he is making satisfactory progress toward recovery. Mr. J. P. O'Connor returned ta Auckland yesterday from the South, where he attended a meeting of the Wheat Committee. Mr. W. A. Gray, manager for the Union Steam Ship Company in Melbourne, arrived at Auckland by the Monowai yesterday. Mr. K. E. Knapp, of Taumarunui,. was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court by Mr. Justice Callan at Hamilton yesterday. Mr. T. A. O'Brien, formerly of Auckland, who is now conducting a motion picture business in Sydney, arrived by the Monowai yesterday. —m Mr. James Fletcher, managing director of the Fletcher Construction Company, left by the Aorangi last night ou a brief business visit to Sydney. Mr. A. H. Tait, a member of the Brisbane City Council, passed through Auckland yesterday by the Aorangi on his return from a visit to Japan, via Honolulu. Mr. F. W. Cave, of Auckland, who has been on a business visit to Britain, returned by the Aorangi yesterday, accompanied by Mrs. Cave. They are at the Grand Hotel. Sir Henry Horton was appointed yesterday to represent the Auckland University College Council at the official opening of St. Peter's School at Cambridge on Saturday. Mr. G. M. Murray, chief metallurgist to the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, Trail, British Columbia, was a through passenger on the Aorangi yesterday, accompanied by Mrs. Murray. Mr. P. Simelius, Consul for Finland in Australia and New Zealand, with headquarters in Sydney, arrived at Auckland by the Monowai yesterday on a short visit to the Dominion. He is afc the Grand Hotel. Mr. M. M. MeCallum, chairman of the Auckland Wholesale Hardware Merchants' Association, left for Wellington 'last night to attend the annual' conferences of the New Zealand Hardware Merchants' Guild and of the' New Zealand Tube Guild.

Mr. H. Chapman, of Christchurch, formerly district traffic manager of railways for the Canterbury-Westland district, returned to New Zealand by the Aorangi yesterday after an extended visit to Great Britain, Europe and North America. He was accompanied by Mrs. Chapman.

The Hon. R. S. Vincent, Minister. _ of Mines and Forests in -the South Wales Government, accompanied - by Mr. E. Swain, Commissioner ; of Forests in New South Wales, arrived at Auckland, by the Monowai yesterday on a short visit to New Zealand. They are at the Grand Hotel. " i

Mr. T. U. Wells and Mr. G. Grey Campbell were appointed yesterday by the Auckland University College Council as the representatives of the college on the Massey Agricultural College Council. The retiring representatives were Mr. S. Irwin Crookes, who did not offer himself for reappointment, and Mr. Wells.

Lord Barnby, a leading English industrialist and head of one of the largest Bradford wool firms, accompanied by the Hon. Arthur Ponsonby, arrived at Auckland from Sydney by the Monowai yesterday. Lord Barnby toured New Zealand late last year. He and Mr. Ponsonby left for "Wellington by train last evening.

Dr. Raymond Firth and Mr. H. J. D. Mahon were appointed yesterday to represent 'Auckland University College at the fourth Anglo-American conference of historians to be held at the University of London in July. An invitation to appoint representatives was received from the vice-chancellor of the university at a meeting of the college council yesterday. Commissioner and Mrs. W. J. Barnard Turner, of Chicago, arrived at Auckland yesterday by the Aorangi from Vancouver. Commissioner Turner will be the international representation at the New Zealand annual territorial congress of the Salvation Army, which opens on March 19 in Wellington. After a comprehensive tour of both islands, Commissioner and Mrs. Turner will leave for Australia, where the * commissioner will attend State territorial congresses. Mr. W. F. Robinson, a former member of the staff of Canterbury University College, was elected an honorary associate member of the New Zealand Institute of Architects at the annual meeting of the council yesterday. Colonel A.JD. Carbery, of Wellington, was elected an honorary fellow of the institute. Messrs. L. W. S. Lowther, C. Muir and F. D. Stewart, of Dunedin, and Messrs. G. R. C. M"ston. R. G. S. Beatson and R. A. Widdicombe, of Auckland, were admitted to membership.