PERSONAL

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 198, 31 July 1931, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr. Lloyd George is unlikely to return to public life for several months

The Hon. R. Masters is expected to return from Wellington this evening.

Mr. P. W. Furkert, chief engineer for Public Works, and Mrs. Furkert are among the visitors at The Hermitage. ■ iJ '•

Miss Ellen, Melville, a member of the Auckland City Council, will contest the Auckland East seat as a women’s candidate, not in the interests of any particular party.

The Northern Boxing Association committee has decided to make a wedding present to G. ~H. Taylor, seaman of H.M.S. Philomel. Taylor is one of the most popular figures at the amateur championships.

Mr. J. B. Rowe, treasurer of the Wanganui Rugby Union, leaves Wanganui next week for Hawera, where he is entering the employ of Messrs. Johnston and Company as traveller for the Taranld district.

The engagement is announced of Rona, second daughter of Major-' General and Lady Richardson, of Omahu Road, Rexnuera, to Philip Savill, youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Savill, of London (England).

Dr. Ronald Chamberlain, lecturer and examiner of the Trinity College of Music, London, arrived at Well* iugton by the Makura to conduct this year’s examinations for the college in the South Island.

Air Commodore Kingsford Smith denies the report that he is preparing to fly to England in September, He had stated that some day he might “give it a go,” but nothing definite had been arranged. He was not planning to leave in September. “My immediate object,” he added, “is to raise some money in these hard times.” \ u

The board o£ Dalgety and Co., Ltd. has approved the appointment ot Mr H. S. Lawrence to the managership of the Christchurch branch in succession to the late Mr. J. G. Herdman. Except for three years’ service in the Great War from 1916 until 1919, Mr. Lawrence has been continuously with Dalgety and Co. since he left the Christchurch Boys’ High School in 1896. He has always been stationed in the Christchurch branch, holding the positions of junior auctioneer, senior auctioneer, and (for the past ten years) sub-manager. Mr. Lawrence was chairman of the Auctioneers’ Association on its foundation live years ago. He has been in charge of his company’s stock department for a number of y.ears, conducting all the important sales. He lias become widely known among the Canterbury farmers, and is essentially a farmers’ man, with an expert knowledge of the stock and pastoral conditions of the province.