PERSONAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16500, 18 November 1927, Page 5

PERSONAL

Out of 30 applicants, mostly from New Zealand, Mr. I'. Williams, of Samoa, and late of Briinuer, has been appointed headmaster ot. Malifa State School at n salary of £6OO per annum. Mr. Williams has been teaching m Samoa for about four years.

His Excellency the Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, who is suffering from an attack of shingles in the head and one of the eyes, following on neuritis, is making fairly satisfactory progress, though owing to the nature of (lie complaint, recovery must necessarily be slow.

Mr. L. S. Amery, Secretary to the Dominions, and party, and Mr. Cyril Lloyd, M.P.. were among the passengers on the Niagara, which left Sydney for Auckland, yesterday. Mr. 'Amery visited the. university, where the degree of Master of Arts was conferred on him.

Following three years as Commander of the Auckland division of the Royal Naval Reserve, Commander .J- RMiddleton, D. 5.0., R..V. has been appointed Director of Naval Reserves, with headquarters in Wellington, Commander Middleton will leave Auckland for Wellington on Monday. The Feminist and former SuffragistMiss Maude Hoyden, from 1919-20 preacher at the City Temple, London, leaves on December" 28 for America, afterwards going for three months to Australia, and New Zealand, lecturing and preaching in the principal cities under the auspices of the British Commonwealth League. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Toneycliffe, Ol Gisborne, are due to arrive at Sydney by the s.s. Oronsay on November 24, and are expected to reach Gisborne early in December. Mr. and Mrs. Toneycliffe left Nc.W Zealand in March last, proceeding Home via America. Apart, from visiting the United Kingdom. Mr. Toneycliffe attended the international Rotary Conference at Ostend.

Mr. .1. V. Woodlin, instructor in viticulture for New Zealand, is paying a brief visit to Gisborne. Mr. Woodnn's duties take him to many parts of the Dominion, and it is two years since lie last hart an opportunity of visiting Poverty Ray. which lie describes as ex cellenliy situated for the culture ot the choicest varieties ol wine and table grapes.

Mr. ('. Lloyd, Conservative member lor Dudley in the House of Commons, is at present, in Australia, and will arrive at Auckland by the Niagara next week. Mr. Lloyd is a director of Lloyd's Bank, a director of the Great Western Railway Co., and chairman of directors of \. Jlengley and Sons, Ltd., one ol the biggest iron manufacturing firms in the British Empire. Captain S. V. Stringer, superintendent of mercantile marine at Wellington, and Captain T. A. Dykes, .superintendent at Lyttelton, are to retire tin superannuation at .the end of the present moritb, the former after 21 years' service, and the latter after 20 years'. Captain 11. 1. W. Wilcox, assistantsuperintendent at Auckland, will go to Wellington as superintendent, and Captain C. M. Benaut. .surveyor of ships at Lyttelton, will become superintendent at Lyttelton. Captain H. I'. Tomlinson, surveyor of ships at Auckland, will become assistant-superintendent at Auckland. Captain L. .Robertson, at present in charge of the Railway Department's vessels at Lake Wakatipu. has been appointed surveyor of ships at Auckland. Captain A. I'.. Chrisp, who is a son ot Mr. and Mrs. I\. .1. Chrisp, of Gisborne, and who is at present, captain of the I .S.S. L'o.'s .s.s. Kaunanawa, has been appointed surveyor oi ships at Lyttelton.

After considerable experience in New Zealand journalism, particularly the illustration, side of newspapers, Air. Jack Williams, .son of Mr. R. L. Williams, of Hastings, proceeded to Honolulu, where tie was connected with the, American press for some, tunc, contributing to both the illustrated and journalistic sides of the daily newspapers. Mr. Williams is at present on a. visit to bis people in Hastings, and m the course of an interview with a .Napier Telegraph reporter said : "Despite their enormous circulations, the facilities at their disposal, for news services, their intensive 'coverage,' of the main news events, the American newspapers, with a few isolated exceptions, are far below the standard of the newspapers in New Zealand. Our metropolitan papers are superior productions in every way,-in news and picture coverage, the classification of advertisements, and most important, in their freedom from political control. After my recent, experiences in working for two of the chief American news and photographic services, I am convinced that a New Zealand trained man has not lung to learn from our American friends," continued Mr. Williams. "Owing to the tremendous competition between the many news and picture services, the, securing of your story is often very exciting."