ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 20516, 19 June 1928, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

VICEREGAL. A Wellington telegram states:—The Gov-ernor-General and Lady Fergusson arrive at Waipukurau to-day by the express and will be met by the Mayor and Sir George Hunter, M.P. They attend the Waipukurau Jockey Club ball in the evening and a civic welcome on Wednesday. They also visit the District High School and Pukeora Sanatorium. At night Sir Charles, as Grandmaster of the Dominion Masonic Order opens the Jubilee Temple, while Lady Fergusson attends a gathering under the auspices of the Mothers’ Union, of which she is Dominion President.

Dr. C. H. Molloy, of Wellington, is a passenger from Melbourne by the Manuka.

Mr. J. H. Mitchell returned to Invercar gill yesterday by the Manuka after a trip abroad.

Sir James Gunson returned from England by the Niagara reports an Auckland Press Association message. Captain V. White-Parsons, of the Union Steamship Company, is a passenger by the Manuka for Lyttelton. A British official wireless message announces that Sir Alfred Mond will take the title of Lord Melcheat of Landford.

Mr. and Mrs Walter Joyce, of Wellington, are at present at Gore and are the guests of Mr and Mrs A. J. Kerse.

Mr. and Mrs. von Tunzellniann were passengers by the Manuka from Melbourne yesterday. They have been on holiday for some months.

Mr and Mrs R. B. McKay, of Invercargill, who have been on a lengthy holiday trip to Victoria, where they visited their son, Mr J. McKay, returned by the Manuka which berthed at Bluff yesterday. A Nelson message reports the death of Captain Mark Furneaux, formerly of the Anchor Company, and for many years harbourmaster at Westport. Since his retirement Captain Furneaux has been living at Port Nelson.

Mr. L. B. Hutton, chief engineer of the Southland Electric Power Board, was a passenger on the night express on Sunday to Wellington where he will attend a conference of power board engineers.

Mr. John Fuller, who arrived in Invercargill yesterday with the Fuller-Gonsalez Grand Opera Company, organized by his brother, Sir Benjamin Fuller, and himself, leaves for the north by this morning’s express.

Mr R. McGillivray, instructor in agriculture, leaves Invercargill by the express today for Ashburton in which district he will visit farms and address meetings on agricultural subjects. He expects to return to Southland at the end of the month. Mr. C. E. Maxted arrived in Invercargill by Saturday night’s express from Wellington to take up his new position at the Borstal Institute. On severing his connection with the State Advances Department he was presented with a travelling rug by the staff. Mr. Maxted takes up his new duties early next week. A party comprising Dr. E. H. Mauk, professor of dentistry at the University of California, Dr. J. W. Roush, of Oakland, and Doctors H. E. Miller, J. R. Gill. R. E. Keys and W. C. M. Tufts, of San Francisco, arrived by the Niagara yesterday to attend a conference of the New Zealand Dental Association opening in Wellington next Saturday.—Auckland Press Association message.

Amongst the Targe crowd which packed the theatre last evening for “Il Trovatore” were: Major and Mrs Crowther (Orepuki), Dr. and Mrs Ritchie Crawford, Dr. and Mrs A. Owen-Johnston, Dr. and Mrs Stanley Brown, Dr. and Mrs A. T. McCaw, Dr. and Mrs W. Ewart, Dr. and Mrs J. Collins, Mr and Mrs John Miller, Mr and Mrs J. B. Reid, Mr and Mrs John Macdonald, Mr and Mrs Alan Macalister, Mr and Mrs J. K. Garrett, Mr and Mrs E. Abbey Jones and Miss Jones, Mr and Mrs E. E. Broad, Mr and Mrs A. E. Smith, Mr Horace Smith and Mrs R. R. Binney, Mr and Mrs C. F. A. Jones, Mr and Mrs D. W. McKay and Miss McKay, Mr John Gilkison, Miss Gilkison and Miss J. Thomson, Mr and Mrs G. Cruickshank, Mr and Mrs T. S. Tomlinson, Mr and Mrs L. B. Rowe, Mr and Mrs R. N. Todd and Miss Todd, Mr and Mrs C. Campbell, Miss Campbell and Miss Roma Mee (Wellington), Mr and Mrs Walter Bews and Miss Nancy Strettell, Mrs J. F. Lillicrap and Mr and Mrs Hawley Drew (Palmerston North), Mr and Mrs G. I. Moffett, Mr and Mrs Frank Webb, Mr and Mrs Donald Macdonald (Edendale), and Mrs Garfield -Crawford, Mr and Mrs J. D. Mitchell. Mr and Mrs T. J. Price and Miss Price (Riverton), Mr J. C. Thomson and Miss Galloway (Riverton), Mr and Mrs Ralph Abercrombie and Mrs F. S. Robinson, Mrs T. M. Rankin and Miss Rankin, Mr and Mrs W. Hunt (Taramoa), Mr F. J. Loughnan and the Misses Loughnan (2), Mrs T. F. Gilkison, Mrs J. B. Sale and Miss Hackworth, Mrs W. Jones and Miss Jones, Mrs Vickery and Mr and Mrs A. Deaker, Mr and Mrs T. H. Scainmell, Mrs J. T. Prain and Mr C. Prain, Mrs E. W. Howarth and Mr Alan Howorth, Mrs R. J. Gilmour and Miss Pilcher, Mrs J. D. Shand and Miss Marjorie Shand, Mr C. B. Tapley and Miss Tapley, Mrs J. Hargest (Rakahouka), Mrs and Miss Betteridge, Miss Crofts and Mr Charles Gray, Mr and Mrs W. Brown, Mrs W. W. Millar, Mrs L. W. Petchell and Miss Petchell (Riverton), Mr and Mrs Cottrell (Dunedin), Mr W. Henderson and Miss Henderson, Mrs T. S. Miller, Miss Bedford and Miss Mollie Miller, Mr and Mrs M. N. Hyndman, Mr and Mrs Roland Taylor and Miss Taylor, Mr and Mrs R. Kent, Mr and Mrs J. McKenzie and Miss McKenzie, Mrs J. Page, and Mrs Dakin, Mr W. G. Gilchrist and Miss K. Gilchrist, Mrs Lancaster, Mrs J. Taylor and Miss Cran, Mrs J. H. Reed and Mr G. Reed, Mrs W. A. Stout, the Misses Stout (2), and Mr R. Stout, Mr and Mrs R. Barnsdale, Mr and Mrs H. J. Farrant, Mrs F. H. Hall, Mrs T. M. Macdonald and Mrs A. M. Macdonald, Mr and Mrs Murrell (Manapouri), Mrs F. C. Beere, Mrs N. C. Kensington, Mrs McHugh, Mrs D’Arcy Palmer, Miss and Mr N. Pryde, Mrs R. R. Roscow, Mrs Norton Taylor, Mrs Giller, Mrs Fred Moore and Miss Alma Moore (Winton), Mr and Mrs B. C. Galloway, Mr and Mrs T. O’Byrne. Mr and Mrs C. Gilbertson, Mr and Mrs D. W. Stalker, Mr and Mrs J. D. Campbell. Mr and Mrs A. Hore, Mr and Mrs R. Brownlie. Mr and Mrs P. B. Witt. Mr and Mrs S. Wootton, Mr and Mrs W. Mair, the Misses L. F. Watson, N. Story (Venlaw), Asher, Carter, Lousley, Reid, M. Collins, Lester, M. B. Cowie (Winton), Strang (2), Vowles, Lawrence (2), M. Ott, O. Holloway, M. Mitchell, Price (3), E. Dewar, E. Stevenson and the Signorina Margherita Flor. Messrs. Grenfell, J. Mangan, Gardner (2, Clifden), C. McCaughan, and the Rev. J. Chisholm.