PERSONAL.
The Right Hon. J. G. Coates, Leader of the Opposition, will arrive in Auckland from Dargaville this morning, and will officially open Owairaka Park, Mount Albert, this afternoon. Mr R. B. Campbell, of Wellington, is at the Hamilton Hotel. Captain M. C. McGregor, of Hamilton, is in Auckland. Mr R. Porter, of Palmerston North, is in Hamilton. Mr W. P. Russell, of Wellington, the well-known racing handicapper and judge, is visiting Hamilton. Messrs Andcfson, Bear, Horscroft, Jordan and Kuhtz are Gazetted as the Tirau Domain Board. Rear-Admiral Byrd is attending the aerial pageant at Auckland to-day, having gone from Rotorua by areoplane. Mr F. C. Chichester, the famous airman, is also present.
Lieutenant-Colonel A.. Al. Samuel, of the Waikato Mounted Rifles, is transferred from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, supernumerary to establishment,
Mr G. Cox, secretary of the South Auckland Football Association, will leave to-morrow night for Wellington to attend the annual conference of the New Zealand body.
Mr M. Tronson, formerly manager of the Kosy theatre, Palmerston North, has taken over the management of Tauranga Theatres, Limited, which includes the Regent theatre and the Town hall. His predecessor, Air A. H. Carter, has been transferred to Levin.
The following officers of the Waikato Regiment are posted to the retired list with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed uniform: —Lieutenant H. Vause, M.C.; Lietuenant F. A. Macdonald; Lieutenant R. S. Alford; 2nd Lieutenant J. McK.'.Gordon, M.M.
A presentation was made to the Rev. E. T. Olds, of the Mount Eden (Auckland) Methodist Church, and formerly of Hamilton East, who is resigning his charge in order to take up the position of superintendent of the Auckland Methodist Central Mission. Mr T. H. Martyn presented Mr Olds with a cheque on behalf of the congregation.
The" following appointments to the staff of the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, arc Gazetted:—-To he Military Secretary and to assume the duties of Private Secretary, Major Arthur Henry Bathurst, late Royal Berkshire Regiment; to be Official Secretary, Mr Albert Cecil Day, C.M.G., C.8.E.; to be Aides-de-Camp, Lieutenant Sir John llanham, Bart., Late Grenadier Guards, and Lieutenant John Churchill Elworlhy. Royal Navv.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17994, 12 April 1930, Page 6
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359PERSONAL. Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17994, 12 April 1930, Page 6
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