PERSONAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 110, 22 February 1950, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr W. H. Dalton will leave Ashburton to-morrow to attend" the convention of the New Zealand Society of Accountants in Auckland.

Miss Margaret Blight, of 75 Havelock Street,. has received advice that she has been awarded a senior scholarship in history by the University of New Zealand. Miss Blight attends Canterbury College.

Captain Alan Bray, son of Mr and Mrs Alf Bray, Tancred Street, is at present home on leave from his flying duties with 8.0.A.C. Captain Bray hopes to spend about four weeks in Ashburton, and when he returns to his headquarters at Hurn (near Bournemouth), expects to be flying a new type of Hermes.

Mr H. W. Whyte, general manager of the National Bank of New Zealand, was elected chairman and JVIr J. H. Lowe, chief inspector of the Union Bank of Australia, deputy-chairman at a meeting of the Associated Banks of New Zealand yesterday. Mr Whyte succeeds Mr H. C. Thomas, inspector for the Bank of Australasia—P.A.

The Prime Minister (Mr S. G. Holland) will visit Carterton, New Plymouth, Dunedin, Christchurch, and Blenheim next month. He will be tendered civic receptions at New Plymouth, Dunedin and Christchurch. He will open the savings bank conference at New Plymouth, and the commercial travellers’ conference at Chris tchnurch and address the annual conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce at Blenheim. On March 14 he will open the Rotary conference at Wellington.—P.A.