PERSONAL ITEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24540, 24 March 1943, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. C. J. Strongman, Superintendent of State Mines, arrived in Auckland yesterday. Colonel F. L. G. West, northern regional commissioner of civil defence, ' left for the south last night. Dr. J. D. Salmond, director of youth work of the Presbyterian Church, left for Wellington yesterday. Mr. S. H. Edwards, chairman of the Auckland Footwear Manufacturers' Association, and Mr. V. H. Dearsly, a member of the association, left for Wellington last night. Mr. S. J. Harbutt, chairman of the Auckland Electric-Power Board, Mr. R. H. Bartlcy, general manager, Mr. N. M. Speer, secretary, and Mr. H. M. Rogerson, solicitor to' the hoard, travelled to Wellington last night. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL (O.C.)' ROTORUA, Tuesday The Governor-General, Sir Cyril Newall, is in the Rotorua district. Tomorrow morning he r will officially open the Centennial Memorial meeting-house at Te Awahou, some three miles beyond Ngongotaha on the road to Hamurana, and in the afternoon another at Ohinemutu. THE PRIME MINISTER (0.C.) ROTORUA, Tuesday The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, arrived to-day. He inspected the military convalescent hospital before visiting Ohinemutu, where he was a private spectator at the welcome to the Second Maori Battalion. The Minister in charge of Rehabilitation, the Hon. R. Semple. will open tlie Maori school of carpentry on Thuriday. WESTERN SAMOA | POPULAR ADMINISTRATOR (0.C.) APIA, March 2 The announcement that Mr. A. C. Turnbull had been appointed Ad minis- ! trator was received with general satisI faction throughout Western Samoa. ; He was the recipient of maiiy local con. i gratulations and messages from abroad. Mr. Turnbull, who is a son of the late Mr. John Turnbull, of Balclutha, came to Samoa in 1930 as secretary to the Administration and deputy-Administrator; he served, in these offices under Colonel Allen and Brigadier-General Sir Herbert Hart until 1935 when, at the conclusion of the latter's term of office, lie was appointed acting-Administrator. Mr. Turnbull is held in the highest ' esteem by all classes of the community. During his residence here he has mads ' a study of Samoan ways and customs ' and deals with all problems among the ' natives most capably and patiently. OBITUARY i [ MRS. JEANIE I). SMITH t The death occurred yesterday in a - private hospital in Auckland of Mrs. - J eanie Duncan Smith, who had leached ; her 97th year. She was an old identity - of Marlborough, and also had associations with the early days of Welling- - ton. Mrs. Smith was born at Dundee, f Scotland, and left there nitb her - parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Alexs ander Scott Duncan, and others of the - family for Melbourne, where they arrived in 1852. Nearly seven years later the family moved to Wellington and , later to "the Grove. Queen Charlotte ' Sound, where they engaged in the L timber trade. In 1867 she married Mr. j James Walkingshaw Smith, who was, I then headmaster at Havelock. She was left a widow early in married life, and s is survived, by her only daughter, six. T grandchildren and five great-grand- * children. = WOMEN PROTEST

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES A large number of women attended a meeting of the Auckland Public Opinion Group yesterday afternoon to consider the shortages and high prices of fruit and vegetables throughout New Zealand. The meeting was addressed by four women speakers, who all emphasised the need for reform of the marketing system and for co-operation among the women's organisations ,ir the Dominion. Both Mrs. Ruby Watson and Mrs. Gertrude Brookes said that one of the most important matters was to give the people quicker access to fresh fruit and vegetables. There was too. long ait interval between the time that the produce left the grower and the time that it reached the consumer. Mrs. Watson said, that as a former orchardist, she considered that the members of Parliament who gave advice to the growers did not know sufficient about their subject to warrant such advice. Open markets with produce straight from the grower were needed in New Zealand, which was the only country which did not have them. All the speakers laid emphasis'on the need for more women representatives in Parliament. In reply to recent a<>cusations that the group was a political party it was emphasised that the group was entirely non-political, and was striving to unite women throughout the Dominion to use their voting powers to return to Parliament representatives of any party who would guarantee progressive reforms in regard to the distribution of fruit and vegetables. Mrs. Hedda Dyson moved a resolution, which was passed unanimously, that women in the coming elections would pledge themselves to search for candidates who. regardless of party politics, would solemnly commit; themselves in writing to secure a just distribution of fruit and vegetables available in adequate amounts for the lowest income groups. FUNDS FOR CHURCH (0.C.) HAMILTON. Tuesday Appeals for financial support for St. Aidan's Church, Claudelands, recently brought generous responses. A garden party and sale of work and produce realised £2(M. and the annua, golden offertory yielded £92. The money will be devoted to reducing the vicarage mortgage and meeting current expenses. BEACHLANDS BUSES The Mauukau County Council decided yesterday to support - the pro* posal of Mr. B. T. Booker that a petition of residents be secured for presentation to the licensing authority as *- ing for a bus service to Beaclilancs on five days of the week instead o four. ROYAL EMPIRE SOCIETY At the annual meeting yesterday of the Auckland branch of the Royal Empire, kocietthe following officers were elected: —-PrcSHlCu. Professor P. P. Worley; vice : presidents. Mt Justice Fair, Sir Joseph Smith, Sir Alp Ellis. Major-General H- E. BarrowclOU!!"Mr. A. H. Johnstone, K.C.. and Mr. >• R » Thomas; council, Messrs. B. H- Corhm. « . Joseph, R. G. Bennett, L. K. Mun.ro, Douzin. Hay, J. C. Entrican. L. G. Lilly and fessor A. G. Davis; hon. treasurer. Jir r - Earle Vaile; hon. auditor, Mr. D J HAMILTON LAW SOCIETY (0.C.) HAMILTON, Tuesday The following officers were elected at _ annual meeting of the Hamilton-District i> Society:—President. Mr. IT. M. HammffllO. vice-president, Mr. G. G. Belh.counril. le vf F. A. Swarbrick, J. F. Strane. B- •'u" 7 Mullin. W. C. Tanner. C B Wake n Lundon and S. S. Preston.