PERSONAL ITEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23339, 6 May 1939, Page 14

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. H. W. Shore was a passenee* ' from -Wellington by the limited yesterday. f Mr. J. A. Lee, Parliamentary Under. Secretary for/ Housing, returned south by the limited express last night.

Mr. H. L. M. Buisson, of Auckland-' returned by the Awatea yesterday after a business trip to Sydney. .

]\lr. C. K. Grierson returned from?- : Wellington by the limited express y es . . terdav after attending a meeting 0 f f~ ! the Institute of Surveyors. -T

Dr. J. L: R. Plimmer,'of WellW. ton, returned by the Awatea yesterday from Sydney, after a brief visit to Australia. He left for the south by the afternoon express.

Mr. H. A. Robertson, accompanied by Mrs. Robertson, returned to Auckland yesterday by the Awatea Sydney, after an absence of 12 months; oil holiday in South Africa. • f

Mr. .T. -T. Craig, Wellington manager of the Fletcher Construction Company Limited, returned from a month's visit to Australia by the Awatea yesterday. He was accompanied by Mrs. Craig. -

Mr. T. C. Brash, secretary of the New Zealand Dairy Board, who was to have retired on superannuation on July 31, has agreed to. remain for a further six months in an advisory capacity. ,

Mr. E. E. G. Boyd, managingdirector of the Austral Malay Tin Company, Limited, arrived at Auckland yesterday by the Awatea from Sydney £o spend a short holiday in the Dominion.

The Rev. Angus Mcßean, president of the Methodist Church of New Zealand, is at present in Auckland, and will officiate at the opening and dedica*| tion to-morrow of Wesley Church,Mission Bay. - "

Mr. G. H. Mackley, general manager.-: of railways, Mr. G.. J. Bertinshaw, chief engineer, and Mr. G. T. Wilson, superintendent, arrived from Welling--ton by train yesterday. They are at ' the Station Hotel.

Mr. R. M. Algie, organiser of the New Zealand Freedom Association, turned by the early express yester-3 day morning after holding meetings at Wellington, Masterton, Eketahuna, Hastings, Dannevirke and Pahiatua. .

Colonel and Mrs. H. Mayne, of Natal, arrived yesterday by Awatea from Sydney to spend a holiday in New Zealand. Until recently Colonel Mayne,. now on the retired list, commanded a cavalry brigade in Natal. ■

Mr. Neville Wright, who is on the staff of the New Zealand High Commissioner in London, was a passenger on the Awatea, which arrived .here yesterday from Sydney. JHe had been to Australia on .business concerning the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. -

Mr. G. W. C. Drake, president pf the New Zealand Technical School Teachers' Association and vocational guidance officer attached to the Government Youth Centre, Auckland; left for Wellington by car yesterday to attend the annual conference of the association, which will open on Tues-i day. Mr. Drake is a member of the staff of the Seddon Memorial Tech-1 nical College. i

Mr. H. Frost, president of the Auck- « land Rugby Union and newly-elected life member of the New Zealand.Rugby Union, and Mr. A. Baker, chairman of the Auckland * management committee, who attended tta annual meeting .of the Dominion boe» . at Wellington, returned by-the limitefii express yesterday. Mr. L. Y A . Carmine,;' North Island vice-president of the New,' Zealand Rugby Union, returned b/ the early express. . f ' - ;