Who’s Who on the Ulimaroa

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 686, 11 June 1929, Page 9

Who’s Who on the Ulimaroa

Although a s,evere storm blew over Auckland last night the passengers on the Ulimaroa were not affected. The vessel reached Auckland from Sydney this morning after an excellent trip across the Tasman.

She carried a. large number of passengers, including the “Young Woodley” Company, a team of New Zealand athletes, and many business people.

Mr. Arthur C. Hopwood, a director of the Mercantile Bank of Australia, arrived from Sydney to hold a conference in Auckland with the New Zealand directors. He says that the affairs of the new organisation are going ahead splendidly, but he could not say when the Auckland office would be opened.

• * «Jt Mr. A. E. Yattley returned to Auck land after spending a holiday in Australia and Norfolk Island.

Mr. Claude Heather, a director of Heather Roberton, has been to Sydney on a combined business and holiday trip. He was engaged in shipping business.

* * * Mr. Fred Lintott, a young Auckland business man, has returned after spending some time in Sydney, where he investigated trading conditions generally.

With two ferry boats to sell, Mr. W. L. Denby, general manager of the Port Jackson-Manly Steam Ship Company, has come to New Zealand. They are the Binngarra and the Burra-Bra, which have been running on the Sydney Harbour. They each carry 1,400 passengers. Mr. Dendy says that his company has built two new boats and wishes to dispose of the old ones. Business is dull in Sydney, he says, principally because there is no sign of a settlement of the coal strike. The timber strike looks as though it is ending.

Mr. W. J. Heslehurst has come over to join the Australian University Rugby team, and will go back to Australia with it. Incidentally, he hopes to foster trade between New Zealand, Australia, New Guinea and other centres in the East.

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Penman, formerly of Auckland, returned from Sydney, where they have been living for the past two years. The length of stay here is indefinite.

“Yon can’t beat New Zealand,” said Captain A. H. Thorpe, who has been living in Sydney and Melbourne for the past year. Captain Thorpe was formerly harbourmaster at Lyttelton, retiring about 12 months ago. He is visiting the Dominion on business, and will return to Australia in about a fortnight.

The Rev. M. A. Warren, secretary of the Australian Board of Missions, Sydney, arrived this morning. He will confer with the Bishop of Melanesia concerning matters connected with mission work in the mandated territory of New Guinea, where the Melanesian mission has recently extended its activities.

The representative of Wolseley Motors, Ltd., for Australia and New Zealand, Mr. James Thornell, was a passenger from Sydney this morning. He will meet the general sales manager of the company, Mr. A. E. Meaden, who arrives by the Aorangi next week and will tour New Zealand and Australia with him in the interests of the business.

Mr. A. H. Talbot, advance manager for William Heughan, the noted Scottish singer, arrived today. He will make arrangements for Mr. Heughan’s New Zealand tour, commencing at Auckland on July 11. Since his last visit to the Dominion Mr. Heughan has been touring the East— China, India, Malaya and Siam. He is now in Melbourne, where he has been playing six weeks at the Plaza. After fulfilling concert engagements in Sydney he will leave for New Zealand.