PERSONAL ITEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23106, 3 August 1938, Page 14

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates left for Wellington last night. " Mr. W. T. Anderton, M.P., jeft f or Wellington by last night's limited express. Mr. A. W. Christmas was a passenger for Wellington by the limited express last night. Mr. «T. B. Donald left by the limited express last night to attend the Dominion conference of tho New Zealand National Party in Wellington. Dr. W. V. Searle, of Harley Street, London, and formerly of Oainaru, has been appointed" an honorary surgeon to the Chelsea Hospital, London. Mr. George Mills and Mr. Lisle Alderton left'-for Wellington by the afternoon express yesterday to attend the Dominion conference of the National Party. Mr. W Marshall, of Paeroa, has been elected president of the New Zealand County Councils' Industrial Union of Employers and representative of the union on the advisory board of the New Zealand Employers' Federation." Mr. G. J. M. Best has been appointed to succeed tho late Mr. C. F. Warren as general manager of the Prudential Assurance Company. Limited, for Australia' and New Zealand. Mr. Best has • been assistant general manager since If.'iO. Mr. A. T. S. MrGhie, a graduate of Victoria University College and formerly secretary of the New Zealand University Students' Association, has been appointed assistant development secretary of tho Overseas League, with headquarters in London. Mr. A. L. M. Perry, of the staff of the Christchureh Boys' High School, has been recommended by the examiners for the degree of doctor of philosophy in education of the University of London. Mr. Perry's thesis embodies tVe results of a research into postprimary education tendencies in England and the United States.