Personal.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 97, 29 August 1923, Page 5

Personal.

Mr $. B. Murdock was reelected chairman of the Egmont Box Company an a meeting of the directors at ElthanA yesterday.

Sir Francis Bell Is to be actingPremier whfte Mr Massey is away. The Hon. W. v>ownie Stewart will, be Minister for Finance.

Mr S. G. Smith, M.P., was informed by the Minister for Education last night that in view of the s-ehool holidays his visit to Taranahi has been postponed.

The Prime Minister Hon. "W, F. Massey) left by th o Tahiti at'lo.lo last night for San J Francisco en route for London to ill .tend the Imperial Conference. He **vas accompanied by Mr F. D. Thompson, C.M.G., private secretary a;rrl Mr H. T. B. Drew, Government Publicity ! Officer. Mr Massey war, ; fiven an I ontl)usiatic send-off by ali h-4%sig, comprising Cabinet Ministers, ' Vi'embers of Parliament an«ll citizens. M He expects to reach Englixnd early . I in October and he may roturn to ! New Zealand early in the Blew Year.