Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 19 August 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Waterfrcnt Industry. Thoy.gh ships are lying idle alon;gside deserted Auckland iwh'irfs, their crews are not enjoyjipg a holiday. On every wharf j Oan be heard - the machine-gun iclatter of chipping hammers as opjportunity is taken to catch up on .maintenance work. Fcllowship Holder Returns. I A New Zealand winner of a Ro'-ary International foundation fellowship, Mr. J. M. Fraser, of Dunedin, arrived in the Aorangi on Wednesday. He spent a full acfvdemic year at the University of California, where he did research vn American naval history for a doctorate of philosophy. Mr. Fraser and Mr. Peter Dempsey were the first New Zealanders to be awardj ed fellowships. jPanic Buving. I Travel in 41 fcountries in 16 monfchs has convinced Mr. A, S. Mitchell, of Melbourne, immediste past-president of Rotary International, that there is a universal desire for international friendship. He was confident that was ,the feeling everywhere, he said, ;when he arrived at Auckland in jthe Aorangi on Wednesdav after,noon. Mr. Mitchell was the first i Australasian to be appointed to .Rotary's highest office. He had ,his headquarters in Chicago, but ihis Rotary activities meant he had ot travel over 100,000 miles.