Who’s Who on the Maunganui

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 836, 3 December 1929, Page 11

Who’s Who on the Maunganui

Carrying.a full complement of passengers and Australian and English mail for Auckland, the Union Company’s Maunganui arrived at Auckland from Sydney early’- this morning and berthed shortly before 8.30 o’clock. It was her first return voyage after an extensive overhaul which was completed in Auckland a week or so ago. Fine weather was encountered throughout the trip.

A business and holiday trip to Sydney has been completed by Air. Stuart Pitt, manager of the Empire Theatre, Dunedin. Air. Pitt speaks enthusiastically of the progress of the motion picture business throughout the Commonwealth.

Six shapely and vivacious ballet girls, chosen in Sydney to form the nucleus of the dancers now being trained for the neAv Civic Theatre, lined up before cameramen on the boat deck while their leader, Aliss Edna Saunderson, from the Capitol Theatre, expressed her delight at the prospect of stepping into the position of ballet mistress for the Civic. Aliss Saunderson is an Australian dancer who is making her first visit to New Zealand.

Fresh from track successes in Australia, Air. W. Dwight, a young Auckland cyclist, has returned after an absence of 12 months. He won three races in Sydney and secured the award for the fastest time in each of eight road races. Cycling, he says, is becoming increasingly popular in Australia. Mr. Dwight is a brother of Air. H. R. Dwight, the Auckland champion, and himself secured the 50 miles championship in Auckland three years ago.

Others in the Civic Theatre party on the Maunganui were Air. and Mrs. W. Rollow and Alessrs. T. Goughian. F. Leighton, S. Torzillo, and Alax Saunders. Air. Rollow will act as stage manager for the Civic and the others are members of the orchestra. Dr. Hugh Douglas, formerly superintendent of the Waikato Hospital, is returning with his wife and family from a holiday trip to England anil Scotland. During his stay in London and Edinburgh he did some hospital work. Radium, say’s Dr. Douglas, is used much more extensively nowadays and good results are being obtained from it. “Leave the Labour Government in power for a few years —it is doing good work so far,” is the advice of Captain Sir Henry Holt, of Hampshire, who has come out to New Zealand on a health trip. He thinks that •the Labour Government should he given a chance to do what it promised to do before the General Election. Sir Henry has spent a good deal of his time in Ireland and during 1921-22 he was Comptroller of the Household to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. He served with distinction in the Great War. Although he is 69 years of age, Air. A. AI. S. Laing, of Auckland, still enjoy r s a world tour. He returned from one this morning after visiting Canada, the United States, Great Britain and the Continent of Europe. One of his interesting adventures was a trip by air from London to Paris. It was his first flight and he enjoyed it immensely. All*. T. H. Bissell, an English manufacturer, arrived with his wife and two daughters on a combined business and pleasure trip through New Zealand.