Who's Who on the Aorangi

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 727, 29 July 1929, Page 9

Who's Who on the Aorangi

Carrying 450 passengers for New Zealand and Vancouver, and IX9 bags of English, Eastern, and Australian mail for Auckland, the R.M.M.S. Aorangi arrived in the AVaitcmata this morning at six o’clock. Calm weather was enjoyed throughout a fast trip from Sydney. This is the first of the Aorangi since an overhaul in Sydney, during which her place was taken by the Jlakura.

Mr. C. J. Titmus. a Sydney stockbroker. is a through passenger on a tour of Canada and the United States.

Mr. B. D. Goodwin, of Edwards. Dunlop and Co., Sydney, is going on a world tour on business. » * * Mr. R. Harper. an Australian singer, is on his way to England, via the United States. Captain F. L. G. Jaunay, a master mariner of the Union Steam Ship Company, returned to Auckland after spending some time in Australia. * * * Mr. A. C. Austin, of the Calcutta State Railways, who has been visiting Australia ou furlough, is a through passenger. He is returning to India via Canada. * * Mr. Guy Berling, of Melbourne, managing director of the lugersoll Rand Mining Company, is visiting New Zealand on holiday. With him is Mr. J. W. Mailer, manager in India for the company. “We have agents in New Zealand, but no branch of the fitm,” said Mr. Berling, who added that the concern had no direct association with the Rand. South Africa. The name was a family one. - * * * Mr. Leo Du Chateau, who has been managing the tour of Sir Harry Lauder in New Zealand and Australia, stated that the Scottish comedian had a wonderful season in Melbourne. He also remarked that the Westminster Glee Singers will arrive in Auckland by the Aorangi on September 9. The well-known Wanganui racehorse owner, Mr. G. M. Currie, has been spending a h diday in Australia. He will not know until he returns to Wanganui wheiuer he will race at the Australian Jockey Club’s spring meeting. Aussia and Oratrix, he says, were favourites for the A.J.C. spring double when he left Sydney. New Zealand sportsmen hare started well in Australia this season. Mr. Currie considers that Australia is in for a bad time financially, though racing still flourishes. * * * Mr. A. J. Nation, proprietor of the Occidental Hotel, returned after spending a holiday of some weeks in Australia. * » » Mr. L. M. Hill, of Moree, New Soutli Wales, a well-known ruuholder, is a through passenger on a world tour. He says that there has been no rain in his district since early in April, and that the outlook is not too good for the farmers generally. Combined with this is the fact that the bottom has fallen out ofl the wool market, and unless prices improve the outlook for the men on the land will not be very bright next year. * * * Mr W. D. Bruntou, a member of the Australian milling firm of that name, is off on a holiday trip to Honolulu, accompanied by his wife. He stated that although there has been a drought, it will not seriously affect the wheat supplies of the Commonwealth. The Victorian crop is expected to yield 35,000,000 tons. There has been a surprising rise In wheat, prices since June 1. but he did not think that this would last. * * * One of Professor D. J. Medley’s most cherished recollections is the time he spent with the New Zealand Division in France during the war. He is the professor of history at the University of Glasgow, and is returning to England, via Canada, with Mrs. Medley, after a holiday visit to Australia. Professor Medley lectured to many New Zealanders during the war, and his dearest wish is that he may come back to the Dominion ar.d spend a holiday here. “I was tremendously struck with the infinite possibilities of Australia," he said, “but the continent needs more people, and needs them quickly.” Before going to Glasgow, the professor was a tutor at. Keble College, Oxford. There he met many New Zealanders, including a number of Rhodes scholars.

Mr. A. Walker, London representative of the Victorian Wheatgrowers’ Association, is returning to England after an extensive visit to Australia.