PERSONAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18057, 6 April 1933, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mr H. A. Barton, Gisborne, was a recent visitor to Wellington. The Rev. P. T. Cash, a missionary from Colombo, Ceylon, is at present visiting Now- Zealand.

The Rev. E. Edmonds lias been appointed an honorary member of the staff of the Christchurch Cathedral.

Sir Henry Braddon, K..8.E., M-I-.C.. formerly Commissioner for Australia to the United States, has arrived at Wellington on a holiday visit. Mr. S. Table, president of the Auckland Manufacturers’ Association for tho past two years, is not seeking re-elec-tion.

The Earl of Wemyss, who has been touring the Dominion during the past six weeks, left Auckland by the Aorangi i for Vancouver bn bis return to England, j Dr. W. H. Roth well, formerly of : Matarnata, lias been appointed house i surgeon at the Southland Hospital ren- \ doted vacant by the resignation of Dr. i Oakey. Mr. W, E. Harrison, formerly principal of. the Handsworth Technical College, Birmingham, and Mrs. Harrison are visiting Auckland in the course ot a holiday in New Zealand. Mr. G. W. Woodbridge, Mayor of Hunter’s Hill. Sydney, and commercial research officer ior the Australian Gas Light Company, was a through passenger by the Aorangi at Auckland for j Vancouver. Tie will pay a business visit to the United States and Europe, j Mr. Harry Thurston, who was the ! original stage creator of Mr. Bruce ! Bairnsfathcr’s ‘‘Old Bill” (‘‘lf you know j of n better ole go to it”), sailed by tho - Ormonde on April 1 to give a series of dramatic recitals in Australia and New i Zealand. Tlip President of the United .States. Mr. Roosevelt, is expected to establish a precedent by tlm appointment of a lady jto an ambassadorship. Mis. Ruth Owen, a daughter of the famous states- ! man, William Jennings Bryan, is named as the, probable United States Ambassador Denmark.

j The appointment of Mr. Malcolm Stewart as assistant-general manager (of Kempthorno, l’rosser and Company’s New Zealand Drug Company, Limited, i with headquarters in Dunedin, is an 1 nottneed. Mr. ’ Stewart lias bben jointmanager of the Auckland branch of the company since 1918.

( An announcement that Mr. S. J. Harbntt will be- the next president of the Auckland Rotary Club was mado on Monday. The president. Mr. T. U. Wells, intimated that the vice-president, Mr. H. Horton, who was to have been nominated as president for the ensuing year, would leave for England next ' week.