PERSONAL ITEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23488, 27 October 1939, Page 10

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. E.\L.;ilutledgQ left for ton by train last night; Dr. L. G. Drury was a passenger from Wellington by yesterday's limited "I express. Mr. E. Gilbertson, cf "Wellington' arrived from the south by air yesteri day, and is at the Station Hotel. The Hon. W. E. Barnard, Speaker of the House of Representatives arrived from Wellington yesterdav. ' Sir Ernest Davis, Mayor of Auck- - land, who is visiting the Bay 0 [ Islands in his yacht Morewa, was granted leave of absence by the City Council last night.The Rev. Dr. J. J. North, principal of the Baptist Theological College, Kemuera, has returned to New Zealand after fulfilling speaking engagements in Sydney and Melbourne. 1 Mr. W. H. Freeman. S.M., of Hamilton, will leave for Gisborne on Saturday to take over the circuit of Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., during the latter's absence on account of illness. Mr. R. W. Allum, sgn of Mr. J. A. C. Allum, deputy-mayor of Auckland, lias begun training with the New Zealand anti-tank unit in England, accord- ' ing to cabled advice received by his father. „ Dr. R- G. McElroy, a member of the Auckland City Council, was last night granted leave of absence until the first meeting of the council next year. This was to enable him to carry 'on training as a member of the reserve • unit of the Fourth Battery. Dr. I. E. Coop, a graduate of Canterbury University College, who re? centlv returned to New Zealand after' carrying out advanced study in physical chemistry at Oxford and in bio-chemistry at Cambridge, has been appointed to the plant chemistry section" of the Plant Research Bureau, Palmers-, ton North. Mr. R. B. Sibson, M.A., who was lately appointed classics master at King's College, ha&jarrived from England. Mr. Sibson was educated at King's School, Rochester, and at University College, Oxford, where he took honours and the diploma in education, and was awarded the Conington Greek Prize, also representing his col-. lege at football and athletics. He has had some years of teaching experience - in English 'schools, and is a member of the British Trust for Ornithology.