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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18960, 6 January 1930, Page 10

PERSONAL.

VICE-REGAL. Their Excellencies the GovernorGeneral, Sir Charles Fergusson, and Lady Alice Fergusson, who have been paying their farewell visit to Auck land, will return to Wellington by the “ Limited ” express this morning. MINISTERIAL. The Hon G. W. Forbes, Minister of Agriculture and Lands, will attend the farmers’ field day at Ashburton tomorrow. On the following day the Minister will be engaged on official business at the Ministerial rooms, Government Buildings, Christchurch. Mr H. L. Bowker, who spent the holidays in Timaru, has returned to Christ church. The Rev Father Iloare, S.M., was a passenger by the ferry steamer from the north on Saturday. Mr D. J. M’Gowan, vice-president of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, is on a business and holiday trip through the South Island. The Commissioner of Crown Lands for Canterbury, Mr W. Stewart, left Christchurch to-day, and will be absent for a fortnight. Mr A. E. Shayle-George, manager of the Union Steam Ship Company at Lyttelton, went on annual leave on Saturday. Mr L. L. Derbidge, of the Christchurch office, is relieving him. Messrs T. C. C. Scott (Nelson), G. J. Macpherson (Rakaia), R. A. Cometti (Wellington) and W. C. Smith (Ashburton) are guests at the Clarendon Hotel. Ml ! Geoffrey R. Wallace has received a transfer to the Public Trust Office at Greymouth, and he left at the end of last week to take up his new position. Mr Duncan F. Bauchop, general manager in New Zealand for Leyland Motors, Ltd., will leave Wellington next Friday for a business visit to Eng land. Mr Bauchop will be absent for about five months. Mr W. R. Doughty, of Wellington, was a guest of honour at the recent annual dinner of the City of London Wholesale Linen Trade Association. Tn responding for New Zealand, Mr Doughty alluded to the great pleasure, he and his wife and daughter had derived from their holiday in Britain. From everybody in connection with the linen trade, as well as in all other relationships, they had received the very greatest kindness, and he could not express to them the gratitude he and his family felt for the way they had been treated. In spite of the cold wind, a large crowd gathered last night to hear the programme played at the new rotunda by the Woolston Band. Before the concert began there was a large crowd waiting, and many more people arrived during its progress. The band was conducted by Mr R. J. Estall. The following programme was given:— March, “Torchlight” (May): selection, “Ballet Egyptien” (Luigini); overture, “If I Were King” (Adam): tone poem, “Victory” (Jenkins) ; march. “The Grenadiers” (Rimmer); selection, “Bells of Sunset” (M’Kenzie); cornet polka, “The Nightingale” (Moss): march, “The Flying Squadron” (Bosworth). Mr Roy Olsen played the cornet solo.

Mr H. Westoby, secretary of the party of Canadian bowlers now touring New Zealand, resided in Napier for fourteen years, and left the Dominion twenty-nine years ago. His mother has lived in Napier for nearly fifty years, and he has a sister in Auckland. He has toured the world eight times, and has enjoyed big game hunting in South Africa. He was Mayor of Guelph in Canada for several terms. An extraordinary reunion was experienced by Mr Westoby when the Aorangi was at Suva a few days ago. Then, quite accidentally, he met Mr John Caughley, formerly Director of Education in New Zealand. They had been schoolboys together and had not met fjr thirty years.