PERSONAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18066, 18 April 1933, Page 3

PERSONAL

Mrs. E. D. Hayes has returned from a month’s stay at Te Puia.

Mr. G. A. Nicholls left this morning for Wigram aerodrome, Sockburn, to attend the annual refresher course for pilots Sir Walter Carncross, Speaker of the Legislative Council, and Lady Carncross will celebrate their golden wedding on April 30. An announcement that he would not offer himself for re-election to the Auckland Harbor Board has been made by Mr. G. R. Hutchinson, who has been a member of the board since 1913, and chairman for the past two years.

Mr. Oliver Nicholson, Auckland, has been appointed vice-president of the New Zealand Racing Conference to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. H. 0. Nolan.

Mr. David F. Reid assumed the duties of Loudon manager of the Bank of New Zealand on March J, in succession to Mr. Robert Mill, who has been appointed a member of tlie London board:

Capt. Wassner, one of the most famous U-boat commanders in the world war, has been appointed German Naval Attache in London, the first to fill the position since 1914. He look up his post on April 1. Mr. FI. ,15. Lost, or the staff of the Gisborne Sheepfa rmers’ Frozen Meat and Mercantile Company, Limited, recently underwent a major operation in Cook Hospital, and though he is still seriously ill, his many friends will be pleased to learn that a slight improvement in his condition vyas reported today.

Mr. A." E. Lunch, who has been secretary of the Christchurch Savage Club for the past nine years, will retire fiom that office at the annual meeting at the end of the month, on account of jailing health. He will, however, retain the office of secretary of the Kindred Clubs’ Association of New Zealand, which is the governing Ixidy of the Savage and Orphan Clubs of the Dominion.

It was reported at a meeting of the Auckland University College Council that Mr. It. C. Dawson, who gained the college diploma in architecture last year, had lieen awarded a prize in the recent competition for cement houses held by tho Cement Marketing Company in Great Britain. Over 800 designs were submitted for 10 prizes, and Mr. Dawson s entry was highly commended and was awarded a prize for draughtsmanship.

A remarkable record of 46 years of journalism in Gove is held by Mr. Andrew Martin, now representing the Mataura Ensign, and for no fewer than 42 of those 46 years lie lias regularly attended the meetings of tlie Southland County Council as a" press reporter. At their meeting last week councillors, through their chairman,, Mr. W. M. Norman, Mr. Martin on his fine record.

Mr. I). G. Grant, of Manatoro, Dannevirke, left Wellington last week for Australia to judge the Aberdeen-Angus cattle at tho Sydney Royal Show. lie is the first New Zealand breeder to have been honored by such an appointment. He will be called upon to judge Aber-deen-Angus cattle which have, been bred in Scotland, North America, and New Zealand, as well as in Australia. Mr. Grant will also judge special’ export steer classes in the fat stock section.

Mrs. Ew M. Baicombe-Brown, who was recently invested with the insigna of officer (sister) of the Order of St. John, was a foundation member of the District Nursing Guild of St. John in 1801, and was one of its presidents and acting president. oil several occasions. She represented New Zealand at the •centenary celebrations in London. Mrs. BalcombeBrown is a daughter of the lute Colonel, the Hon. W. lb Baillie, last life member of the Upper House. Her mother was a cousin of the late Lord Roberts.

After three and a half years of surveying work in Borneo atul a furthci l'J months of town-planning experience iu Great Britain, Mr. 0. 0. Barnett returned to New Zealand by the Rangitata. At one time many young New Zealand surveyors secured engagements with the survey department in the Federated Malay States, but Mr. Barnett explained that as a result of the depression the opportunities for employment in that service to-day wore few and far between. Mr. Barnett said that immediately prior to the depression there were eight New Zealand surveyors in Borneo, hut the mimlier was now down to three. Rubber was the main industry of (Borneo, and as a result of tin* fall in revenue following the drop in the price of that •commodity if had been necessary to curtail the survey service.