PERSONAL ITEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23019, 22 April 1938, Page 10

PERSONAL ITEMS

, Mr. and Mrs. F. Fussell, of Napier.' are at the Grand Hotel. Mr. James Fletcher left for Welling, ton by" the limited express last niglit. ■,— ■ ' Mr. J. A. Young, manager of the Hume Pipe Com pan v. Limited, arrived • bv train from Wellington yesterday. The Hon. W. Lee Martin, Minister | of .Agriculture, mho attended a meet- 1 ing of farmers at Kereone yesterday, 1 left Frankton last evening for Wellirigton. * ' • Mr. J. M. McGregor, division ager of the Texas Company (Australasia) , Limited, at Auckland, arrived by the limited express yesterday from Wellington. Dr. O. Fyffe Lamb, of Remuera, and Mrs. Lamb, will leave by the Empire VStar for England at the end of Mav. They expect to visit the Continent also during a six months' 1 absence from* Auckland. Pilot-Officers S. W. R. Hughes, of Auckland, and T. G. Bassett, of Dargaville, left by train last night for' Wellington. They will sail by the Tamaroa to-morrow for England to take up short service commissions in the Royal Air Force. • * . ;y. , Flight-Lieutenant A. G. Lester, officer commanding Hobsonville air base, who was seriously injured in an aeroplane accident on February 26, is making a ' good recovery. He is at present at his home at Hobsonville. but will return to a private hospital next week for a further operation, after which he hopes to be flying again in about sis months. . f _ Mr. J. S. Muir and Mrs. Muir, members of the China Inland Mission, who have been stationed in the north-west corner of China for the past seven years, will arrive at Auckland next • •Wednesday by the Wanganella on furlough. Mr. and Mrs. Muir. who are accompanied by their two children, have been located in Kansu Province, on the borders of Tibet and Mongolia. Sir. Muir is a son of Mr. Stanley Muir, of Gisborne. and is a'graduate of the New Zealand Bible Training Institute, Auckland.