Who’s Who on the Aorangi

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 655, 6 May 1929, Page 11

Who’s Who on the Aorangi

Carrying English, Eastern and Australian mail, including 162 bag's for Auckland, the R.M.M.S. Aorangi arrived at 9 o’clock this morning and berthed about 10.30 o’clock. For the past two days she has been battling against bad conditions in the Tasman Sea, rain storms being frequent and visibility bad. ; Visiting New Zealand for the first time since 1926 is Archbishop Cattaneo, Papal delegate to Australia and New Zealand, who is accompanied by the Rev. Dr. Gilroy. The visitors were met on the Aorangi this morning by Bishop Cleary, who welcomed them to Auckland. Miss Evelyn Scotney, the well-known soprano, is returning to American apd England. She had intended singing in New Zealand but the tour was abandoned. Mr. Reginald Sharland, husband of Miss Annie Croft, who played her in “The Girl Friend,” is also on his way back to England. En route to Detroit is Mr. H. B. Phipps, general manager for Australia and New Zealand of the Chrysler Motor Company. He was met this morning by Mr. A. T. Salmon, New Zealand representative of the manufacturers. j A complete tour of the world is being made by M. Albert A. Greese, a French business man now on his way to the United States. The firm he represents recently patented a powder fire extinguisher, which is said to be meeting exceptional demand. One of Australia’s best-known cartoonists, Mr. J. C. Bancks of the Svdney “Sun," is among the through passengers. He intends visiting America for business reasons, and is travelling in company with Mr. Arthur A. Mailey, the Australian cricketer, also a well-’ known cartoonist. “Trade in Sydney is not particularly sood, due mainly to the timber strike, which has brought building' activity to a standstill and affected the whole State, said Mr. J. Walder. a Sydney merce.r, who is visiting New Zealand for the first time, en route for California. • • * Mr. H. McFarlane, of Adelaide, managing director for Hudson Essex motor-cars for South Australia, is on his way to Detroit, where he will spend some weeks before going on to England. Mr. H. M. Hart, manager of Dalgety and Company’s motor department. is also going to Detroit and later to London. ‘‘The greatest ‘talkie’ success,” is how Mr. P. A. Herman describes "The Jazz Singer.” which has been purchased by the Fuller-Hayward firm for the Dominion. Mr. Herman is chairman of directors of the FullerHayward Pictures, and has been visiting Sydney on a business trip. Professor .T. B. Condliffe, research director at the Institute of Pacific Relations, Honolulu, is returning to Hawaii after an extended visit to New Zealand and Australia. He stated that there would be a good Australian delegation, headed by the Hon. F. W. Eggleston, at the conference to be held at Kyoto, Japan, next October. • * • Mr. John Nicholson, general manager for Scotland and overseas for Distillers Co., Ltd., is returning to Scotland after constructing a big distillery at Geelong, Victoria. A number of pure-bred Merino rams from a South Island station have been purchased by Mr. G. J. Waller, director of the Hawaiian Meat Company, and will be forwu:#.ed for breeding purposes on Hawaii. Mr. Waller, who has been visiting Australia and New Zealand buying meat for the United States troops in the H Iwaiian Islands, said that orders for 2,000,0001 b. of beef and 50,0001 b. of veal were placed in Australia as the prices there were t much cheaper.