PERSONAL "ITEMS"

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22777, 10 July 1937, Page 16

PERSONAL "ITEMS"

Mr. R. J. Kerridge, of Gisborue returned by the Mariposa yesterday' He is at the Grand Hotel.

Sir Percy and Lady Meadon, of England, arrived in Auckland yesterday and are at the Grand Hotel.

Mr. T. H. C. Caughey, of Auckland returned by the Mariposa yesterday after a business visit to New York.

Mr. S. Vestey arrived by the Mariposa yesterday from the United States. Ho will leave for Hastings to-morrow.

Mr. Noel Jameson, of Onga Onga, Hawke's Bay, returned by the Mariposa yesterday after a holiday visit to Fiji.

Mr. J. P. Mahonev, of Te Puke, left by the Mariposa last night for Sydney, where he will spend six months' holiday.

Lieutenant-Colonel W. T. Fletcher, of Poona, India, is visiting Auckland and is at the Star Hotel.,He is accompanied by Mrs. Fletcher.

Mr. F. Beaumont Smith, managingdirector of .the J. C. Williamson Picture Corporation, Limited, left by the Mtnposa last night for Sydney.

Mr. Justice Callan, who has been attending sittings of the Court of Appeal in Wellington, is expected to return to Auckland to-day.

Mr. N. S. Barrott was yesterday admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court bv Mr. Justice Fair, on the motion of Mr. E. H. Burton.

Mr. W. G. Mander, New Plymouth manager of the Union Steam Ship Company, Limited, left Auckland for New Plymouth by aeroplane yesterday.

Mr. F. J. Ansell, exhibition manager of the J. C. Williamson Picture Corporation, Limited, was a passenger on the limited express for Wellington last night.

Flying-Officer R. G. R. Buckley, elder son of Mr. G. Buckley, of Epsom, who has been in the Royal Air Force for several years, has been promoted to the rank of flight-lieutenant.

The Hon. W. E. Barnard, Speaker of the House of Representatives, arrived by tho limited express from Palmerston North yesterday morning. He is accompanied by Mrs. Barnard.

Dr. Markham Lee, of London, examiner for the Royal Academy of Music, arrived by the Mariposa yesterday to conduct music examinations in the Dominion. He is at the Hotel Cargen.

Mr. J. J. Kingston, Auckland manager of the South British Insurance Company, Limited, left by the Mariposa for Sydney last night. He was accompanied by Mrs. Kingston.

Mr. S. F. Martin, of Wellington, general manager for New - Zealand of the Vacuum Oil Company Proprietary, Limited, was a passenger for Sydney by the Mariposa last night.

Mr. D. A. Ewen, managing-director of Sargood, Son and Eweni Limited, and Mr. John Ewen, Auckland director of the firm, have returned from Rotorua. Mr. D. A. Ewen left for the South by the limited express last night.

Mr. K. Beamish, of the Auckland staff of Thomas Cook and Son, Limited, who has been transferred to the Brisbane office, was a passenger by the Mariposa for Sydney last night. He was accompanied by Mrs. Beamish.

Mr. R. R. Nolan,' of the staff of Clias. Begg and Company, Limited, ■who has been appointed accountant of the company's Nelson branch, will leave by to-morfow night's limited'express to take up his appointment.

Captain W. Oliver, formerly in charge of the cable ship Recorder, having completed furlough in England, is now in command of the cable ship Cambria, which has its base at Plymouth. The ship is at present on cable repair work in the West Indies.

Captain L. Vaughan Morgan, -who is ■well known in New Zealand as 8 former Second Naval Member of the Naval Boiird, on his return recently to England, took up his first command as a captain. He succeeded Captain H. M. Borrough, of H.M.S. Exmouth, in command of the stli Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.