PERSONAL ITEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24423, 5 November 1942, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. A. E. Playle returned from Wellington yesterday. Mr. S. G. Holland, Leader of the Opposition, will visit Hamilton on Saturday. Major F. M. Yendall, N.Z.A., of Hamilton, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Mr. R. E. Price, chairman of the Waterfront Control Commission, arrived from Wellington yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel T. C. V. En bone, formerly resident engineer of the Public Works Department in Auckland, arrived from Wellington yesterday. Mr. C. V. Smith has been re-elected president of the New Zealand Manufacturers' Federation, Mr. S. Matheson, vice-president, and Mr. J. Abel, treasurer, states a Press Association message from Ohri,>tchurrh. CHRISTIAN ORDER UNITY AMONG CHURCHES "The things that bind the various sections of the Christian churches together are infinitely stronger and they go deeper than the things that divide them, said the Hev. E. 'J'. Olds when addressing a combined luncheon of the senior and junior Chambers of Commerce vesterday on the subject of "A United Front."' In introducing Mr. Olds as representing the united churches iu tiie campaign for Christian order. Mr. A. L. Eady, president of the Chamber of Commerce, said they were definitely interested in the broad aspects of this campaign. I Answering the criticism of the church for its divisions, Mr. Olds said there was in this campaign a spirit of underlying unity among the churches the j like of which he had never seen before. lln this campaign they were dernonI strating the essential unity of the Christian churches. After the war had ! been won there would be a strong tendency to reaction and relaxation, and they would have to guard against the ' old gang coming back again and the old lack of principle becoming dominant once more. That position had to he faced now. and now was the time to get a wider vision and seek to make possible a decent order in which to live. OBITUARY MR. A. F. H. SUTHERLAND The death has occurred in Wellington, after an illness lasting two months, of Mr. Arthur Francis Humphries Sutherland, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Sutherland, of Karori. For the past 12 years he had been managing director of the Sejf-Help Co-operative, Limited, and of National Distributors, Limited. Born in Wellington in 190S, Mr. Sutherland was educated at the Brooklyn School, Wellington College "and Waitaki Boys' High School. At an early age he entered his father's business, and later became a member of the New Zealand Society of Accountants. It was at his suggestion that the Sutherland SelfHelp Trust was founded last year. MR. A. FRASER (0.C.) HAMILTON', Wednesday The death has occurred of Mr. Alexander Eraser, of Hamilton, aged 89. Born in Inverness, Scotland, he came to New Zealand 30 years ago. He engaged in farming at Ngahinapouri. He is survived by his wife and a family of live. There are six grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren. WOMAN'S WORLD MEDICAL SERVICES The need for a, complete reorganisation of the present medical services was stressed by Dr. Alice Bush, when speaking at the monthly luncheon of the New Zealand Women's Food Value League yesterday. Medical clinics, where a group of doctors pooled their knowledge and their resources, meant a more regular life for the doctors and the benefit of pooled experience and specialised knowledge for the patients, she said. The clinic should take the form of a complete health centre, equipped to give out-patient treatment and incorporating such services as emergency help for families. District nurses and child welfare workers would occupy offices at the clinic and workin co-operation with the medical stuff.

£523 FROM SHOP EFFORT AT TE KUIT! During the past six months members Te Kuiti 'Women's Patriotic Committee, under the direction of the Mayoress, Mrs ; H. T. Morton, have raised over £523 at a patriotic shop where flowers, produce and gifts donated from the town and country districts are sold. During the winter months the shop was open once a fortnight and is now being conducted once a week. TEMPERANCE UNION Representatives from 16 unions were present at the monthly meeting of the Auckland district executive of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, presided over by the president, Mrs. J W. Long. Arrangements were completed for Miss C. M. McLoy to commence organising work in the Auckland district early next year. Reports of the recent provincial convention were presented by Mrs. J. Joiner. ENGAGEMENTS Jeavons—Early.—Mr. and Mrs. N". Early, Arapae, Te Kuiti. announce the engagement of their only daughter, Mary Louise, to Stanley Mac-Donald, only son eff Mr. and Mrs. ii, e '?, vons :Aurora Terrace, "Wellington, Wilks Harper.—-The engagement is annoiineed between Driver John Thomas Henry ,\V e )A ieet son of Jlr - aiul Mrs. J. T. H. Uilks Papa pa. Tirau. and Freda Alice, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Harper, Winter Street, Claudelands