PERSONAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18596, 5 January 1935, Page 3

PERSONAL

Mr. J. M. Carpenter, Gisborne, was a recent visitor to Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. John Thornton and their son, Tolaga Bay, are spending a few days with Mrs. Thornton, sen.', Olivft, Napier.

The Hon. A. D. MeLeod, M.P r , has sufficiently recovered from his. illness tto be able to return to his home at Martinborough. '" : '■•

l.ieut.-Col. H. H. Hplderness, Hastings, who is spending a holiday at Morere, was a visitor to Cosboriie yes terday.

Mr, and Mrs. C R. Moore and family, Waipukurau, have left for Gisborne on a visit to relatives. After a short stay in Gisborne, they will motor to North Auckland to stay with relatives at the Bay of Islands. Dr. G, B. Palmer, of the Nethernc Mental Hospital, Coulsdon, Surrey, and Dr. A. G. Couston, of the County Mental Hospitall, Chester, will arrive in New Zealand shortly to take positions under the Mental Hospitals Department. Recent guests at the Masonic Hotel included Mr. and Mrs; Keath, Mr. and Mrs. Snaddon, Mr. and Mrs. Pole, Wellington; Miss Williams, Waipawa; Messrs. M. and H. Chambers, Havelock North; Mr. C. A. Feming, Auckland; Mr. H. W. Lee, Melbourne; Mr. and Mrs. Pinel and Miss Pinel, Sydney; Messrs. J, T. Roberts and E. A.' Urquhart, Papakura; Mr. D, Hefferman.

Guests at the Gisborne Hotel during the past few days included Miss G. G. Corbett, Napier ; Mr. J. Mantell, Rotorua; Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Henderson, Wellington ; Major D. H, Donaldson and Mrs. Donaldson, Mr. and Mrs. A. Brinsted and children, Mrs. Melvern, Misses R. and S. Melvern, Mr. E. A. Tuke, Auckland ; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Buchler, T)unedin ; Messrs. E. Stokoe and D, Galbraith, Hastings; Mr. M. G. Maxwell, Oounake: Mr. H. B. Luxford, Hamilton; Mr. R, Wilson, Te Puia.

The promotion of Lieutenant-Com-mander R. .F. Nichols, of H.M.S. Dunedin, to commander is announced in the half-yearly list of promotions published by the Admiralty at the New Year. Commander Nichols has been on the New Zealand station since May 15, 1933, his appointment being as squadron navigating officer and staff officer (operations) to Rear-Adrnifial F. Burgos Watson, commodore commanding tho Now Zealand division of the Royal Navy. Before coming to New Zealand, Commander Nichols was in H.M.S. Danao on tho West Indies station.