PERSONAL.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20391, 23 August 1934, Page 10

PERSONAL.

VICE-REGAL. The Governor-General and Lady Bledisloe had a full round of functions at Dunedin yesterday. In the morning they visited the disabled soldiers’ products factory, and later Knox College, where Lord Bledisloe addressed the students. In the afternoon they opened the Dominion basket-ball tournament, and later were the guests of honour at an “ At home ” given by the Art Gallery Society. To-day they visited the Bushey Park Estate to attend the field day of the Otago Young Farmers’ Clubs, of .which Lord Bledisloe is grand patron. They left Palmerston South at mid-day for Christchurch. Canon Stephen Parr has returned to Christchurch from the north. Mr M. C. Walker (Wellington) is a guest at the United Service Hotel. Mr A. R. Elder (Auckland) is staying at the Clarendon Hotel. Mr R. S. Beadel and Mr W. W. Diamond will leave for Auckland to-night, to connect with the Monterey for Suva. Mr J. B. Edmonds left last evening on a business tour of the North Island.

Mr P. C. Webb, M.P., was an arrival by the inter-island steamer this morning.

The Rev R. Ferguson Fish, of Caversham (Dunedin), has accepted a call from the congregation of St James’s Presbyterian Church in Auckland. Arrivals by the inter-island steamer this morning included Messrs J. W. Bowden, F. Clarke, W. F. Abel, D. Jones, A. J. Brown, W. L. S. Britton and P. A. Dunn.

Messrs A. S. Gray, J. A. Montgomery (Wellington), A. B. Roberts (Nelson), W. M. Calder (Dunedin) and S. F. Madden (Invercargill) are staying at the New City Hotel. Mr W. 11. Dixon returns from Greymouth this evening, where he has been judging the competitions. He ■will go north on Friday evening, arrd leave for England by the Rangitane on August 31. Mr J. M. Fisher, who has taken a leading part in the movement to secure the inclusion of Hobart in the itinerary of the South Island-Melbourne steamer service, will shortly visit New Zealand as the accredited agent of the Tasmanian Government.

Mr W. G. Morrison, A.M.1.C.E., London, formerly of Christchurch, is still engaged in supervising construction for the firm of West Robinoff. in Bristol, and also at Austin the buil&ing of. a jetty. His pamphlet on the Carlton bridge, recently published by the Institute of Civil Engineers, London, has been highly commended by Mr Hiley, a recognised authority on pile-driving. Mr G. E. Stokes, at present assistant borough inspector at Hamilton, was last evening appointed health and traffic inspector to the Waimairi County Council subject to certain formalities being complied with. Mr Stokes was born in Christchurch and received his education at the Wharenui, Fendalton and West Christchurch schools, the Christchurch Boys’ High .School and the Otago University. He has seventeen years’ experience in health and sanitary duties and five as part time traffic inspector. At a meeting of the National Council of the Institute of Pacific Relations held last week. Dr G. H. Scholefield, who has been honorary secretary of the New Zealand Branch since its inception in 1926, tendered his resignation. The council reluctantly accepted Dr Scholefield’s resignation, and placed on record its appreciation of his splendid services to the institute since its formation in New Zealand. Mr A. D. M’lntosh, M.A., of the Parliamentary Library staff, was appointed his successor.