PERSONAL

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20887, 19 August 1939, Page 6

PERSONAL

Mr S. Tristram, of Hamilton, left from Auckland in the Wanganella last . evening for a holiday in Australia. Mr F. E. Sutherland, manager of 1 j the Auckland Savings Bank, was in | Hamilton to-day. Mr F. J. E. Moore, Hamilton District * Public Trustee, left from Auckland by > the Wanganella for an extended visit s to Sydney. 6 Dr. Graham Mac Diarmid, formerly l of Putaruru, left Lyttelton on Thursday as ship’s surgeon in the “Port Fairy” to do post-graduate work in London and Vienna. Messrs Henry Smith, of Waikaka > Valley, and E. K. Skn, of fukemaori, i have been elected Southland members s j of the electoral committee of the New i Zealand Meat Producers’ Board. J 1 Mr W. Hutchens, of Christchurch, ’ lel't for Sydney from Auckland last , evening in the Wanganella. lie will act \ as the chief vocal choral judge at the 1 L’jdney Eistedfodd. Messrs G. W. Sturwood, H. Johnston, T. T. Cascley (Wellington), H. j Greenaway (Napier), G. Granville (Whangarei), E. Brewster (Rotorua., [ 'll. Gillies (New Plymouth}, W. Elliott ! j (Taumarunui), are at the Hotel Mid--3 i land. Messrs D. J. Barron (Wellington), ! F. A. Neill v Gisborne), B. Magee, 11. f L. Anderson, H. R. Lees, M. F. Lees 3 (Matataj, J. Zamcn, J. Nichols, H. D. 2 Brown, J. N. Smallwood, A. Harris, 1 E. A. Brown and M. Lasliey (Auckland), are at the Hamilton Hotel. Dr. W. A. Hogg, who has been rej lieving medical oilicer at the Governinent Hospital, Apia, for the last live - months during the absence on furlough t ! of Dr. Monagahn, fractured his thigh t i when he slipped on a banana skin and s | fell. He was due to sail with Mrs J , Hugg and his daughter for Wellington ; by the Maui Pomare.—Press Assn. 1 | Mr F. R. Seddon and Mr A. Miller y | being the only nominees for the oliices [. of president and vice-president re--1 j spectlvely of the Waikato Racing u Club and Messrs P. H. 'Clarkin, A. E. y I Manning, J. C. Potts, R. T. Reid and I 11. Rothery being the only nominees j lor the committee, these ofilcers will | be elected at the annual meeting of " ! the club next Saturday. d ! Mr A. S. Wansbrough, designing - engineer of the New Zealand Railways n since 1925 and attached to the head - ollice in Wellington has retired on : superannuation because of poor health, c He was met yesterday by the general manager, Mr G. H. Mackley, executive - olhcer and members of the maintenance * branch, when tributes were paid to his ,J elliciency as a railway engineer. Mr e Wansbrough was presented with a wristlet watch and a camera. Mr C. j Wilson lias succeeded him as designing engineer.