PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22504, 23 February 1935, Page 14

PERSONAL

Vice-Regal. An address in which deep regret is expressed at the departure from the Dominion of the Governor-General, Lori Bledisloe, and Lady Bledisloe, has been presented to their Excellencies by Mr H. F. Ayson> Resident Commissioner at Rarotongd. “ The kindly interest which your Excellencies have always shown in the welfare of the people of the Cook Islands and in the welfare of all the Maori people ■has been most sincerely appreciated,” says the address, “ and will long remain a happy memory to us. We hope that you will have a safe and happy voyage to the Homeland, where we trust that yOu will both enjoy long life, happiness, and good .health.” The address is signed by the members of the Island Council of Rarotonga on behalf of the people of the Coon Islands.

Viscount and Viscountess Chaplin arrived at Auckland yesterday by the Mariposa t>n a holiday visit to New Zealand. Our London correspondent, writing on January 26, states that Dr G. M. Evans (Timaru) has gone into practice at Enfield West, Middlesex. Mr S. P. Mirarns travelled by yesterday’s express from Dunedin to Christchurch.

Dr Balfour, of Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and Mrs Balfour are proceeding to Australia by the Mariposa (says our Auckland correspondent). Dr Balfour will attend the congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Sir Robert Anderson passed through Dunedin yesterday on his way from Invercargill to Auckland. Mr R. J. Cuddon, formerly of the New Plymouth Herald, Timaru Herald, _ and Ashburton Guardian, has been appointed (writes our London correspondent) to a position in the advertisement department of Northcliile Newspapers Group, Ltd. Lord Forteviot, director of John Dewar and Sons, and Lady Forteviot, are through passengers to Australia by the Mariposa. Later (reports our special correspondent in Auckland) they will tour New Zealand. Dr Stanley Foster, Christchurch, has been nominated as district governor of Rotary in New Zealand for next year. The present disrtict governor is Mr J. M. A. Hott, Wellington. Mr W. 0. Smellie, Mayor of Green Island, having definitely decided not to offer himself for election for a furthaf term a s Mayor, the Deputy Mayor, Mr T. M. M‘Allan,-.- has, at the request of councillors and ratepayers, decided to be a candidate for the office., Mr E. Hedditch, provincial grand master.of the Irish Constitution of New Zealand, his Grand Lodge officers, and members of Lodge Ara, were passengers by yesterday’s express for the north, on their return to Auckland. Dr J. Fraser, regius professor of clinical medicine at Edinburgh University and honorary surgeon in Scotland to the King, is a through passenger (reports our special .correspondent in Auckland) by the Mariposa to Melbourne, where he will attend the congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Mr R. A. Loehore, a travelling scholar in French of the University of New Zealand, is on his way back to the Dominion (says our London correspondent, writing on January 26). He is an old boy .of Waitaki and a graduate of Auckland University College. After studying at the Sorbonne, Mr Loehore went to the University of Bonn, where he qualified for a doctorate. Captain D. R. Macfarlane, master of the new Blue Star Line motor ship Imperial Star, which arrived at Port Chalmers yesterday morning, served an apprenticeship in the mechanical branch of the Dunedin Evening Star Office. He later went to sea in the steamer Mataura, making his first voyage from Port Chalmers, and subsequently qualified for his master’s certificate under sail. Captain Macfarlane joined the Blue Star Linb in 1915. The Otago High Schools’ Board of Governors has awarded the Gray Russell scholarship to Philip B. Aldridge, a pupil of the Otago Boys’ High School from 1929 to 1934. The annual value of the scholarship is £4O, tenable at the University of Otago for three years, with a possible extension of a ' fourth ye Th"e Finance Committee of the City Council will recommend to the meeting of the council on Wednesday that the Mayor (the Rev. E. T. Cox), the chairman of the Works Committee (Cr J. J. Marlow), and the town clerk (Mr G A. Lewin) should be appointed to attend the conference of delegates' to the Municipal Association of New Zealand to be held at Christchurch, commencing on March 21 next. , It is officially announced (says ouiTEondon correspondent, writing on January 26) that Field-marshal Sir William Birdwood has succeeded the Marquis of Reading as Captain of Deal Castle. Lord Reading, who was appointed .Lora Warden of the Cinque Ports last year, has been Captain of the Castle since 1926. The castle at present is in the hands or the Office of Works, being repaired and renovated. Sir William Birdwood has been Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, since 1931, and his brother, Dr G. 1. Birdwood, is a well-known medical practitioner in Deal. . Mr R. T. Simpson (Dunedin) arrived in London on Net.- Year’s, Day from New York on a business mission. On February 2 he left for Pans, and later (reports our London correspondent) will connect at Naples . with the Orsova tor Sydney, hoping to return to New Zealand in April. Mr Simpson reports that the fur market at the moment is a strong one. He thinks that land trappers may look forward with every confidence to the coming season. The January rabbit skin sale was one of the best held in London for many years. Mr Simpson has enjoyed his stay in the metropolis, and is experiencing' much kind hospitality. The Minister in Charge of the Cook Islands (Mr G. W. Forbes) has received (savs our parliamentary reporter) advice of the death of Mr Cecil J. Bouchier, Director of Agriculture at Rarotonga. Mr Bouchier had his leg broken during the recent severe storm in the Cook group when he was caught and carried along by a great wave. It was found necessary to amputate the leg below the knee, and recent reports indicated that Mr Bouchier was progressing satisfactorily. Complications set in, however, and Mr Bouchier died. Expressing his deep regret at the death of Mr Bouchier, Mr Forbes paid a tribute to the efficiency and general ability of the deceased in one of the most important noets in the Islands., He had a good knowledge of citrus fruits, and of the native tongue and customs, and it would be difficult to replace him. At yesterday morning’s conference of the Methodist Church of New Zealand a special welcome was extended to Mr R. H. Nesbitt/ Australian Trade Commifl-

sioner in New Zealand, who was for a number of years general lay treasurer of the church’s Missionary Society in Australia. Mr Nesbitt conveyed the greetings of the Australian conference, and said that while his official position would not allow him to take as active a part in the work of the church as he had done formerly, they would always find him in some church in New Zealand each Sunday. The pupils of the Kaikorai School met. yesterday afternoon to bid farewell to Mr and Mrs H. Fawcett, prior to their departure for, Carterton. Mr Hartstonge, on behalf of the staff, expressed regret at Mr Fawcett’s departure, and the Rev. J. D. Smith made reference to the attitude of co-operation which had been shown by headmasters in regard to Bible lessons in schools. Robin Smith, on behalf ot the scholars and parents, presented Mr Fawcett with a silver-mounted umbrella?nd a reading lamp, and in doing so stated how sorry the school was that Mr Fawcett was leaving, and _ wished him all success in his new position. A beaten brass tray was presented to Mrs Fawcett bv Pearl Jones, who spoke of the interest Airs Fawcett had taken in the affairs of the school and expressed regret at her impending departure. Barbara M Leod then presented Mrs Fawcett with a handmade bouquet. Mr Fawcett expressed regret that official regulations necessitated their leaving Kaikorai, and thanked the staff for the whole-hearted co-operation which its members had given to him. and also the scholars and their parents for their support at all times.