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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22366, 13 September 1934, Page 10

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Mr Richard Hudson left for Christchurch by the first express yesterday morning. Mr P. M'Skiraming, M.P., was a passenger by yesterday’s express, en route to Wellington. Mr T. Somerville left Dunedin yesterday morning on a business visit to Wellington. , Mr W. E. C. Reid travelled by yesterday’s express from Dunedin to Christchurch. , Mr T. Elliott was a passenger by yesterday’s express for Christchurch. Mr A. Clark will leave for Christchurch on business this morning. Messrs A. Xbbotson and W. 0. MTiellar were passengers by the express tor Invercargill yesterday morning. Mr C. B. Tapley, of Invercargill, was a through passenger by yesterdays express for the north, en route to AVellmgtoDr Moody left by motor car yesterday en route to Napier. He expects to return to Dunedin at the end of the "It. D. C. E. Webster, of the Justice Department, Dunedin, has been appointed to the position of returning officer for the electorate of Chalmers. Mr F. L. Nicholson, manager of the South Otago Freezing Company s works, was a through passenger by yesterday s express en route to Wellington. A Press Association cable message trom London states that the British Association elected Professor W. W. Watt, (emeritus professor of geology, imperial. College of Science and Technology) president for 1935. . „ Sir lan Fraser, K. 8., chairman of .St. Duustan’s Hospital for Blind Soldieis (London) and a member, of the House ot Commons, who will visit New Zealand next month on his way to a conference for blind soldiers in Melbourne, will stay in Dunedin for two or three days and a civic reception will be tendered to nim on October 11. . , , o:,. Advice has been received from Mr Alexander Roberts, interim governor ot the New Zealand (53rd) Division of Rotary, that Mr J. M. A. Ilott, governor of the district, who has been ill in the United States, is making a good recovery and will return to New Zealand by leisurely stages, arriving about the end V.'jS r W h - Oldfield, .MM, O.E E„ M.C., a member of the. Ceylon Tea Propaganda Board and chairman of directors of Messrs Lee Hedges and Co., Ltd., ot Colombo, arrived in Dunedin yesterday. Major Oldfield, who was born in British Guiana, began his connection with the tea industry in 1907, when he went to Ceylon a a a planter. He had a distinguished career during the World War, serving in France for four years. He was through the Battle of Loos, fougnt on the Somme, and was gassed at Yprcs. On six occasions he was mentioned in despatches, and was awarded the MIC., 0.8. E., the Croix de Guerre, and was. made a Chevalier of the Order of St. Leopold. After the war he returned to Ceyjon, where he has been closely identified with the mercantile and political life of that country. For six years he was a member of the Government. In 1932 he was made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St.. George in recognition of his public services to Ceylon. He stated yesterday that he is visiting Dunedin for the purpose of seeing everybody connected with the tea trade, so that he can obtain their views on the tea situation. He wishes to discover whether the time is ripe to spend some money in the Dominion with the object of impressing on the people the econtorny and benefits of drinking Ceylon tea. He hopes to visit Queenstown during the week-end and will return to Dunedin for a few days nest week. He will then leave for Christchurch, and will depart from. Wellington on September 27 for Sydney.- Major Oldfield expects to return to Colombo on October 31 after spending a month in Australia.