PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24606, 14 May 1941, Page 8

PERSONAL

Mr W. G. Turner was a passenger for Christchurch by the through express yesterday. J? Mr A. S. Cookson left for'Wellington by the mid-day express yesterday. Sir Francis Frazer is at present visiting Dunedin and is staying at the Grand Hotel. *■ Mr A. W. Jeavons was a '. passenger for Wellington by the through express yesterday. Mr W. L. Wood left for Wellington by the through express yesterday. The relatives of Dr John Fulton, who was in Greece with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, ;,have received cabled advice that he is safe and well. |1 Mr B. V. Cooksley has been selected as the National Party candidate for the Otaki electorate, subject to the approval of the Dominion Council. A large attendance of members: of the Port Chalmers Yacht and Motor Boat Club on Monday evening entertained Sapper W. R. McCormack (commodore) and Mr W. Coleman (treasurer) at a social function. Mr H. Caitnp presented each of the guests with a small token on behalf of those present. The Dean of Hamilton, the Very Rev. T. P. Weatherhog, has been appointed chaplain of a hospital ship. Dean Weatherhog was born in England and served in the British Red Cross and the. Navy during the Great War... He came to New Zealand in 1921,; and was appointed curate at' Whangarei. He was later vicar of Otorohanga and vicar of Taumarunui. He returned to England, and, after serving at Abington, was appointed missioner to seamen at Rio de Janeiro. He was appointed Dean, of Hamilton six years ago. . .

At,a meeting.of the Council of the Otago Art Society, the president (Mr E. Miller) made appropriate reference to the loss which the society had suffered in the recent death of Mr " Bob " Reid, of Mount Stuart. Mr Reid's association with the Otago. Society as an exhibitor dated back many years. As an artist, he worked in a tradition which finds few exponents, perhaps, in the present generation, but Jiis pictures were marked by individuality and refinement and commanded and repaid attention.

Prior to the closing of the Training College for the vacation, members of the staff entertained Mr and Mrs A. P. Roydhouse at a social function. Mr Roydhouse, who has been in charge of physical training at the college for several years, will, because of an alteration in the organisation, spend more time with the schools in future. At the function at the college he was presented with a wristlet watch, and a gift of chinaware was made to Mrs Roydhouse. At the students' sports ball, the president of the Students' Association presented Mr Roydhouse with a travelling companion set.

Passengers by the north-bound plane yesterday were: Mrs J. Rose, Mr A. I. Johns, Dr Pearson, Dr C. Newton, Mr J Howley, and Mr G. Perl for Christchurch, Mr W. South, Mrs N. S. Cock,, and Mr G. Lancaster for Wellington, and Mr H. D. Kerr for Auckland. Passengers by the south-bound plane were: Miss L. Murphy from Palmerston North, Miss R. Chapman from Wellington, and Mrs C. E. Baker, Mrs B. Thomson, Miss H. Kinross, Mrs E. Torpy, and Mr L., R. Simpson from Christchurch.