Who’s Who On the Niagara

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 667, 20 May 1929, Page 14

Who’s Who On the Niagara

The R.M.S. Niagara arrived from Vancouver via Suva this afternoon, carrying overseas mails and only a comparatively small passenger list. There were only 86 first-class passengers

Mr. J. A. Peacock, the Auckland optician, has been spending a holiday in Honolulu and Hawaii, which he considers is the ideal spot for a rest. The most noticeable feature about the Sandwich Islands is the preponderance of Japanese, whose families are increasing at a tremendous rate. The Japanese now number 50 per cent, of the total population. When visiting Kailua Mr. Peacock found that the hotelkeeper there favoured New Zealand butter. >s * * Lady Chapman, widow of the late Sir Austin Chapman, of the Federal Government, is returning to Sydney with her two daughters. May and M onica. They have been on a world tour, visiting England and the Continent, where they were able to enjoy the winter sports. Mr. A. L. Pike, of Auckland, returned from Fiji, where he has been on business. =;-• * * The Rev Augustus Pelletier, S.S.S.. Superior of the Fathers of the Blessed Sacrament, is on his way from Chicago to Australia on confidential business. He is accompanied by the Rev. Father John G rail am. * * * Mr. J. O. Yager, manager of the Enterprise Boot Company, Christchurch, has returned from a business trip abroad., * * * Mr. T. A. Corbin, assistant general manager of Elder, Smith and Co.. Ltd.. Adelaide, is returning from a business trip to the United States. “Everything is flourishing there,” he said. “What impressed me most was the extraordinary courtesy with which we were greeted, and the underlying friendship the Americans have for New Zealanders and Australians. Thev could not do enough for us.” These sentiments were supported by William Steele, general manager of the Walleroo Mt. Lyell Fertilser Co., Adelaide, who has also been visiting the States

Dr. A. A. Lendon. president of the Medical Board of South Australia, has been attending a conference of the National Council of Education of Canada, which was held at Victoria. British Columbia. The New Zealand delegates are returning by the Makura, via Wellington.

Mr. R. H. Hudson, of Melbourne, has been on a world tour. He states that tho severe winter exeprienced in England and on the Continent has seriously affected trade. ** , * Mr. lan Rennie, of Auckland, has made a holiday tour of the United States and Canada.

An important addition to the ranks of the Salvation Army officers in New Zealand will be made when Colonel L. E. Taylor, late of Toronto, arrives in Wellington, his future headquarters. Colonel Taylor, who is accompanied by his wife, has been appointed to the position of secretary for New Zealand, and will replace Colonel C. Knott, who left for England in December. On April 4, 1929, Colonel Taylor celebrated the 43rd anniversary of his appointment as a Salvationist, and during the whole of that time he has been under the Canadian administration, sometime.-, in Canada and sometimes in Newfoundland.