PERSONAL ITEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23276, 20 February 1939, Page 10

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. J. F. Ewen left for Wellington' by the limited express last night. Mr. J. Stanton, city solicitor, was! a passenger on tho limited express for*-'; Wellington last night. Professor N. V. Sidcwick, professor;of chemistry at Lincoln College, Oxford University, who is on holiday in NewZealand, is at tho Waverley Hotel.

Mr. M. M. Brodie, of Suva, arrived by the Matua yesterday and will sail on Wednesday bv the Awatea for Sydney. He is at the lloyal Hotel. L

Mr. John Barr, the city librarian, who has been attending a conference of the New Zealand Libraries' Association at Palmerston North, returned on Saturday morning.

Mr. F. R. Picot, Director of Internal Marketing, has left for a tour of several days of the northern gumfields, to discuss with tho producers certain questions relating to the marketing of kauri gum.

Mr. Francis Ro'mayne, Ohura, ha<i been appointed a member of tho Taranaki Land Board for a term ol: two years from February 4, to fill tho vacancy caused by the death of Mr, N. It/ Cleland, of Tahora.

Mr. H. E. Eduley, chairman of tho Napier Chamber of Commerce, who is to leave Napier in May on a tonr abroad, will represent the Napier body at the Empire Chambers of Commerce conference in London in July.

Dr. J. H. L. Cumpston, DirectorGeneral of Health of the Australian Commonwealth, and Mrs. Cumpston. arrived from the south on Saturday, and are staying at the Hotel Careen. They will return to Sydney by the Awatea on Wednesday.

Mr. N. 0. Carlson, manager for Burns, Philp and Company, Limited, at Vavau, arrived by the Matua terday on leave. Mr. Carlson, who vras accompanied by his wife, will remain in the Dominion a fortnight and then will probably visit Australia.