PERSONAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17182, 12 February 1930, Page 5

PERSONAL

The Hon. .1. C. Cobbe, .Minister 0 r Defence, left Auckland for Samoa by the Maui Pomare yesterday. The Mayor, Mr. D. VY. Coleman, and the Town'Clerk, Mr. b". 1). B. Pobinson, will represent the Gisborne Borough a! the Municipal Conference to be held in fnvercargill on March r>_ lt was stated in official quarters .yesterday that Sir Joseph Ward is benefiting so satisfactorily from bis sojourn at Rotorua that it is proposed* that he should remain longer than was originally intended in order that he may get full value from the treatment. The King has approved the appointment of Mr. Hugh Montgomery Knatclibull Ifugesscn, councillor in the diplomatic service, to be envoy at Riga, Tallinn, arid Kovno. —British Official Wireless. Mr. Ralph Torrie, a former (iisborne High School student, whose pass in sections A. I>. and C for associate membership of the Pistilute of Civil Engineers. London, was announced a few days ago, has earned unupve distinction with his success. Only 13 candidates in this examination from all parts of the British Knipiro were successful in securing passes. The exertili've of the New Zealand Employers' [federation at a special' meeting at Wellington yesterday' decide* to recommend 1 to all unions of employers the nomination of the federal inn V. president, the .ll'oir. T. Shaiier Weston, M.L.C, as their representative on the New Zealand delegation' Which is to attend the international Labor Conference at Geneva in May next,.— P.A. * fluents at flic Masonic lintel this u'ee'.l include Mr. and Mrs. (trove (Auckland.), Dr. and Mrs. \V. Collins (Wellington), Mr. and Mrs. Boultoti (Yvelfingtou!. Mr. and Mrs. !.. Meyer. Miss Cooper (Wei•lingtou), Messrs.' 11. I„ Pruneis (Chris! church), W. If. Anderson (Wellington), W. A. I.e Pine lAw U kind).. W. (.. Parker (Carlerion), A. A. Ansell (Wellingtonl). C. .1. Poland (Napier!, \V. (I. Martin (Napier), K. Akroyd (.Viu-kland!. . P. Atkins (Palmerstoii North). W. IT ' Madden (Auckland). I'. Ligbtbourne (Auckland), W. P. Walker (Auckland). I l '. l-iaii'd (Hastings)-, I-', .lahrikaul (Mel bourne), It. Togood (Wellington), B. G-. Midglev (Christcburcli). K. 11. Smith (Napier), and It. G. Watson (Auckland).