PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23201, 27 May 1937, Page 10

PERSONAL

Vice-Regal His Excellency the Governor-General (Viscount Gahvay) has approved of the programme submitted to him for his Dunedin visit. He will arrive on the afternoon of June 7. and will leave for the south by motor on the morning of June 11. Mr Justice Kennedy will arrive bv the first express from Invercargill this morning. Mr Hunter Macandrew was reelected chairman of the Peninsula County Council at its annual meeting yesterday. Mr Noel Mathewson, who has just gained his degree of 8.D.5., left by the express yesterday to take up a position with the London Dental Parlours in Christchurch. A Press Association telegram from Wellington says that Mr D. J. M'Gowan was last night re-elected chairman of the Wellington Harbour Board. Mr John Dunlop, Edendale, left by the midday express yesterday for Wellington to attend a meeting of the New Zealand Dairy Board. Mr George Walters, licensee of the Portobello Hotel for the past 10 years, has taken over the licence of the Winton Hotel. Mr Mark Silverstone was a passenger by the through express yesterday for Wellington to attend a meeting of directors of the Reserve Bank. At the annual meeting of the NorthEast Valley Bowling Club last night the chairman (Mr J. Coulter) referred to the deaths of two members—Messrs Orr Campbell and H. Kirkwood—and a motion of sympathy was carried, members standing in silence. The Union Airways liner Karoro left the Taieri airport at 8.15 a.m. yesterday for Christchurch, Blenheim and Palmerston North with Messrs G. H. Moody and C. N. Hayward for Christchurch. The Kotuku arrived from the north at 1 p.m. with Mr S. Taylor from Palmerston North, Mr B. Hartman from Blenheim, and Miss Gae Thompson. Messrs M. S. Myers, I. H. Penrose, J. S. L. Stewart, V. C. Matnews, and A. S. Cookson from Christchurch. An association with the Parliament of New Zealand which has lasted for half a century will end when Mr F. W. Weston, of Takapuna, retires from the Hansard staff as from the end of July. Mr Weston has been connected with the Legislative Department since 1902, but his association with Parliament dates back to 51 years ago when he was representative of the Evening Post, Wellington, in the Parliamentary Press Gallerv. For a lime he was on the sub-editorial staff of the Evening Post, but during this period he maintained continuous touch with Parliament and its doings. For some years, while he was a Hansard reporter, he was associated with the staff of the New Zealand Herald during the Parliamentary recesses. During his association with Parliament, Mr Weston has seen in office 15 different Ministries and has worked as an official reporter under six different Speakers of the House of Representatives and eight different Speakers of the Legislative Council. Mr Maurice Joel, of Dunedin, has recently returned from a week's holiday at a country house in Cumberland (says our London correspondent, writing on May 8), and he has also been visiting Edinburgh. He was one of the New Zealanders fortunate enough to be invited to the reception at Londonderry House this week, and he had a most delightful evening and met a number of New Zealanders, including Sir Alexander and Lady Herdman, Miss Herdman. Mr Scott Russell, and Mr Brian Dickinson. While in Scotland Mr Joel met the Rev. lan Borne and, Mrs Borrie, who are there while the former is studying and preaching in various places. He also met Dr u L. Sheppard (formerly very we! known in student circles in Dunedin), who is in the northern capital working for his F.R.C.S.

Sir Alexander Herdman occupied a seat in the Distinguished Strangers Gallery of the Dail during a visit to Dublin, where (reports our London correspondent, writing on May 8) he was the guest of Mr Andrew Jameson at Portmarnock. He heard the debate on the estimate for unemployment insurance and unemployment assistance. Sir Alexander told an Irish Times representative that he had greatly enjoyed his visit, particularly his two days at the Punchestown races. He takes a keen interest in horses, and remarked that New Zealand also had good Hat racing bloodstock, but they had nothing like the iumpers to be found in Ireland. He "would like to see some Irish stock brought into New Zealand with the object of improving the hunter breed. As Mr J. A. Hanan, M.L.C., happened to be the first of the overseas delegates to arrive in London, it has been his pleasant duty (says our London correspondent, writing on May 8) to accept invitations to attend and speak at various functions His first address was to members of the House of Commons, and his subject, by request, was "New Zealand.' About 700 neople were present. The chairman Mr Duncan. M.P., proposing a vote of thanks, referred to the address ns " magnificent." An invitation has been received from Lord Craigayon to give an address in Belfast. Mr Hanan will be speaking at London University and also at Trinity College, Oxford. His remarks before the Empire Parliamentary Association were much appreciated, and he was referred to as an mnressivc speaker. Mr and Mrs Hanan went to Stratford-on-Avon to represent the High Commissioner at \bo Shakespeare birthday celebrations. This week Mr Hanan lias been invited hv "the Gorman Foreign Office to go to Germanv. where, he understands, he will be given the opportunity of meeting public men. and in all likelihood Hon- Hitler himself. Various institutions connected with education will be visited.