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Taranaki Daily News, 18 November 1933, Page 6

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Lord Irwin, formerly Viceroy of India, is the only candidate nominated for chancellorship of Oxford University, states a British Official Wireless message. Mr. Douglas Reid, Auckland, who has been visiting New Plymouth this week, left yesterday for South Taranaki .and Wairarapa. . '

Mr. L. E. Fink, an insurance agent, who was reported to the police on Thursday as having been missing since the previous day, returned to his home in Breakwater Road, Moturoa, yesterday morning. For the purpose of attending the annual refresher course of the New Zealand Air Force at Wigram, which' extends from to-day until Tuesday, FlyingOfficer H. S. T. Weston left New Plymouth yesterday. On the previous day Pilot-Officer S. Green, also of New Plymouth, left for Wigram. Mr. D. A. Aiken, managing-director of the Union Steam Ship Company, has been granted leave of absence for six months, following a request made under medical advioe, states a Wellington Press Association message. This arrangement does not apply to his duties as a member of the board and it is expected he will soon be sufficiently recovered to attend meetings as usual. Mr. A. W. Wheeler will carry on the duties of managing director during the period. Mr. Aiken is proceeding to the takes to recuperate. The death lias occurred of Sir Drummond Chaplin, states a Cape Town cable. The late Sir Drummond Chaplin was bom in 1866. ,He studied, taw, and acted as correspondent. for The Times in Johannesburg in 1897-98 and for the Mo™" ing Post at St. Petersburg in 1899-1900. He was manager at Johanesburg for the Consolidated Goldfields of South Africa Ltd. for 14 years till the outbreak of war. He was a member of the Transvaal Legislative Assembly for three years till 1910, and a member of the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1914 and for a further term from 1924 to 1929. From 1914 to 1923 Sir Drummond was Administrator of Southera Rhodesia and of Northern Rhodesia from 1921 till 1923.