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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20625, 28 May 1935, Page 10

PERSONAL.

Mr P. Hereford (Wellington) is staying at Warner’s Hotel. Messrs H. T. Merritt (Auckland) and IT. H. Newton (Wellington' are staying at the United Service Hotel. Messrs K. H. Bartlett. R. E. Coleman and J. Milne (Wellington) are staying at the Clarendon Hotel. Mr J. R. Dench, managing director of Distributors. Ltd., left for the north on Monday evening. Mr W. Bishop, assistant chief accountant. New. Zealand Railways, went south to Gore this morning on official busiMr R. M. D. Johnson was re-elected chairman of the Tawera County Council at a meeting of the council yesterday afternoon. Mr E. F. C. Hinds, who is well-known in the trotting sport, has been elected chairman of the New Zealand Cycling Federation Executive. Messrs L. A. Quinn and A. R. McElwain, of the Fuller Hayward Theatre 1 orporation, arrived in Christchurch this morning on a business visit. Guests at the Royal Hotel include Messrs R. N. Vale (Napier), L. Wagstaff (Masterton) and G. Thornton (Grevmouth). The chairman of the Greymoutfi Harbour Board, Mr P. J. McLean, who has been visiting Christchurch, returned to the West Coast to-day. A motion of sympathy with the relatives of the late Mrs Walter Macfarlane, of Culverden, was passed by the Christchurch Presbytery at its meeting this morning. Mr J. W. Townsend, Senior Government Surveyor of Ships, Marine Department, Christchurch, who has been on annual vacation, has now returned to his duties. Mr E. Anderson, acting-chairman of directors of New Zealand Newspapers, Ltd., who has been on a business visit to Christchurch, leaves to-night on his return to Auckland.

Colonel F. W. W. Dawson, AssistantMedical Officer of Health at Christ-j ; church,- who has been at Rarotonga rej lieving the Chief Medical Officer of , Health there, returned to Christchurch this morning. Mr C. W. Earle, president of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of New Zealand, who has been on a business visit to Christchurch, returned to Wellington by last night’s ferry steamer. The Canterbury Rugby League last evening extended its sympathy to the relatives of the late Mr James CarI law, of Auckland. Mr Carlaw was one ;of the Canterbury delegates to the New Zealand League annual meeting for several years. Mr Justice Nort.hcroft and his associate. Mr A. R. Hill, will leave for the West Coast on Saturday. His Honor will preside for the first time over the West Coast Supreme Court session, which opens on Tuesday next and will continue for ten days. Guests at the New City Hotel include Messrs W. Hale, J. A. Anderson (Dunedin), Basil Shaw (Albury), T. S. Ramsay (Wellington), N. Finlay (New Plymouth), 11. P. Nelson (Auckland), K. B. Batty, R. W. Uren. P. H. Mooney, Lester Brown (Wellington) and C. j Trewin (Kaikoura). Mr J. G. D. Ward will be asked to represent Canterbury College at the celebrations of the Centenary of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, to be held in London next July. A recommendation to this effect was adopted 1 at yesterday afternoon's meeting of the 'Council of Canterbury University Col- | lege. Mr C. E. Foweraker was granted leave i of absence from the early part of next •year at yesterday - afternoon’s meeting of the Council of Canterbury University College. He will visit England to studv methods of botanical teaching and re- | search and will resume his duties at the end of May. 1936.