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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17173, 1 February 1930, Page 3

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The appointment- of Sir Andrew Ryan to he envoy at Jeddah lias been approved by the King. Mr. B. V. Tenderton, of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, is at, present visiting Gisborne. Mr. 0. IT. Warren has arrived in Waipukurau on transfer from Frnnkton Junction. Air. Warren will be bridge inspector for the New Zealand Railway Department, with charge of Hawke.’s* Bay and Poverty Bay. Mr. R. Wright, principal stock inspector, Wellington district, wlio arrived in Gisborne during the week' in company witlt Mr. W. C. Barry, district superintendent, left yesterday on his return to Wellington. Mr. Barry expects to return on Monday. Mr. I>\ Kinder, who was hurt as the result of a~-fall from his mount in the buck-jumping contest at tiro Mangulu Sports Club's animal meeting at Whatututu on Anniversary Day, is reported to be making satisfactory progress. Mr. .1. A. 0. A Bum. chairman of the Auckland Transport Board, will leave Auckland for •Halifax, Nova Scotia, on February 11 by the R.AI.S. Niagara. Mr. All urn lias received a, cable message stating that his eldest son, .Mr. .1. 0. Allunt, who was on his way to England, is seriously ill, and had to be landed at Halifax. Mr. A. J. Patterson took 1 his scat on the. Wellington City and Suburban Highways Board this week, as a representative of the Wellington Automobile Club, Tfe was heartily welcomed by the chairman, Air. C>. A. Troup, who said that yvith Bis long engineering experience Air. Patterson should prove a valuable member of the board. As Far Eastern correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, Mr. Charles Dailey is a keen observer of Chinese affairs. On behalf of his paper he htts been engaged in recent years in the rather complicated pastime of following up the.various Chinese wars. According to Air. Dailey it has till been very interesting. Mr. Dailey is on a mission to'Now Zealand and Australia to find out for his paper the reaction of these count res to the proposed reductions in (truism' strength and also on the Singapore naval base question, which he considers is of particular in terest to the Pacific countries.