PERSONAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19633, 20 July 1935, Page 6

PERSONAL.

The Governor-General, Viscount Galway and Viscountess Galway were accorded a civic reception at Dannevirke yesterday. An address of welcome on behalf of the borough and Dannevirke County was read by the Mayor, Mr E. Gibbard, and Sir Alfred Ransom, acting-Prime Minister, and member for the district, supplemented the official welcome. \

The Hon. A. Hamilton, aoting-Minis-ter of Finance and Minister in charge of the Tourist and Publicity Department, yvas 'engaged on departmental matters in Auckland yesterday. The Minister will leave for Wellington tomorrow night.

The Hon. R. Masters, Minister of Industries and Commerce, who arrived in Auckland on Thursday, was engaged yesterday on departmental business. He returned to Wellington last night, and will leave Wellington again at the week-end on a visit to South Island centres.

Mr H. R. Bach, of Napier, has been appointed engineer to the Thames Borough Council.

Messrs H. Larmer (Opotiki) and Cronin (Helensville) are at the Hamilton Hotel.

The -appointment of Second Lieutenant G. AI. Watson to the Ist Cadet Battalion of the Waikato Regiment la gazetted.

The appointment of Mr J. T. Young as a member of the Licensing Committee for the district of Raglan, in succession to Mr F. Quin, Is gazetted.

Messrs U, J. 'GrevlUe,iH. Thompson, I. Calder (Auckland) and H. Cunningham (Dunedin) are at the Hotel Midland.

Mr O. Naumann, has been appointed to succeed Mr W. Hutchens as conductor of the Wanganui Orchestral Society.

Mr K. D. Croft, of the Matamata railway station staff, has been transferred to Auckland. His place lias been filled toy Mr R. O. -C. Lamare, of Auckland.

Pilot-Officer Hugh Dawson, an Aucklander who joined the Royal Air Force last year, has been transferred to India and will leave England In September.

Major R. W. Fenton, of Wellington, has been promoted to the rank of lieu-tenant-co'lonel and given the ‘Command of all field batteries in the Central Command.

The Rev. A. C. Nelson, recently appointed minister of the Beresford Street Congregational Church, Auckland, will arrive from Australia by the Aorangl on Monday.

Mr W. F. Robinson, lecturer In surveying and building construction al the Canterbury College Engineering School, is shortly to retire. Mr Robinson has been a member of the college staff since 1912.

As the R.M.S. Niagara may be delayed for a week or 10 days while repairs are effected, Mr J. A. Lyons, Prime .Minister of Australia, loft Victoria last evening for San Francisco, whero he will catch the Mariposa, which is due to sail on July 23.

Dr. Eugene Lynch, radium officer to the Wellington Hospital, who for tho past year has been doing post-gradu-ate work in radiology in London and on the Continent, will return to New Zealand next month. *

Sir Francis Frazer, ctepuity-chair-j man of the Executive Commission of Agriculture, Messrs D. Jones and G. A.'Duncan, members of the commls- | sion, Mr R. D. Steel, secretary, and | Messrs C. A. Merchant and \V. E. ! Hale, members of the Dairy Board, visited Raglan to-day and left later for Auckland.