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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21413, 4 March 1935, Page 10

Personal Items

—♦— The Prime Minister th P th „ G. W. Forbes, was a pass'? l Ho «- Wellington by the Wa&g*?* morning. Cies %day The Hon. J. Bitchener was 9 senger from Wellington I Pas " Wahine yesterday ** the Dr. A. J. Orchard ret,,* , Christchurch from Welling to tcrday morning. wellul Ston y es . Mr F. D. Sargent was a nat trom Wellington bv tffe W^ ger yesterday morning. " w *in« Mr A. C. Cottrell return, j Christchurch from WeUiS* to terday morning. wellln gton y es . Messrs J. Connolly MP H. Chapman, M.P.. wereL.?" d Cfrom Wellington by the w*t- " gers terday morning J * Wahine yesfrom Wellington yesSaUtn^ Sir Robert Anderson was a senger from Wellington \ pas " Rangatira on Saturdaf^^, the Sir ciutha Mackenzie Wa t passenger from Welling a Saturday morning. WelJln § to n on The Mayor of Christchurch Mr D. G. Sullivan. M.P re t,, r t j lr Christchurch from WellSeton 1 to terday morning. euin Ston yesMr Justice Kennedv will „,. •, at the quarterly Supreme Court at Blenheim h j! Nelson, opening on March "r? an * March 19 respectively * l2 and Lord Nuffield, who was fnr™ , Sir William Morris, is ? D Sf ly in the Monowai. which is e™?^ toarnveinWe]lingt C oV ro e r ney to-dav. °J Q

The Hon. F. W.' Waite anrf «, Hon L M. Isitt, members of ! Legislative Council, were m«Jt ers from Wellingto? g*' £ Rangatira on Saturday morning. The following members of Pari;, ment arrived from Wellington™; Saturday monung:_Messrs J A Macpherson. H. T. Armstrong n McDougall, P. McSkimminV H «' S. Kyle, Clyde Carr, and R w Hawke. * • Mr W McK. Jeffrey, general manager and engineer of the Hume Pine Company and of Hume Steel Ltd Auckland, will leave at the end of March on a 10 months' visit to Great Britain and the Continent. He will be accompanied by Mrs Jeffrey. • M Z S eorge Ellwood > well known m Wellington as a leading 'cellist has returned from an extended visit to Britain and the Continent and is in Wellington. Mrs Ellwood is still m London. Mr Ellwood's plans are indefinite, but there is a possibility of his settling in Sydney, and he will go there to-morrow. Mr J. Duncan, of the harbourmaster's department, Lyttelton has been granted a pilot's license' for the port of Lyttelton. A decision to this effect was made at a meeting of the Lyttelton Harbour Board on Saturday, when a report was received from the Board of Examiners for pilots at Lyttelton that Mr Duncan had sat voluntarily for the examination and had exceeded the 50 per cent, of the marks entitling him to a pass.

Mr Malcolm Fraser, C.V.0., retiring Under-Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs, took farewell of the Minister and staff of bis department. Sir Alexander Young, "> in making a presentation, said Mr Fraser went out of the department with first-class references and a "clean sheet," in addition to the department's good wishes and congratulations. Mr A. W. Pine, chiei clerk, speaking for the staff, referred principally to Mr Fraser's association with the Public Service Superannuation Office at its inception. Mr Fraser. in reply, paid a high tribute to the sense of duty and loyalty shown by all members of the department.