PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 21, 27 October 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Assistant Paymaster A. N. Field was amount the .passengers who returned to New Zealand by the lonic on Saturday. Mr, Field is n nienilwr of Ihe editorial «taff of The Domimox, Ho enlistea some four years ago with the New Zenland Expeditionary Force, was seriously wounded in France, and on recovery, was discharged as unfit for further active service. He, however, volunteered for service'with the. Admiralty, and after «oino months of office duty with the Admiral in cliarge at Portsmouth, secured a. position at son on H.M.S. Spenser, bade" of a destroyer flotilla engaged in patrol work in the North Sen. He continued with tho Snenser until the close of hostilities, and obtained his discharge early in the present vear. Mr. Field is a. son of Mr. T. A. 'H. Field, M.P. for. Nelson. Tho New Zealand champion soldiernthlates, Messrs. H. E. AVilson, D. L. Mason, Lindsay, and J. Wilton, who have put up inany fine performances against the world'.* best. at. Home, are passengers by tho sterner Arawa. which is duo to arrive at Auckland on November Iff. Mr. H. T? Spencfl, who has represented the New Zealand Customs Department in London for the last seven years, returned te the Dominion by t,hr» Niagara. During bis absence lie established tho resident customs agency in London. Mr. Spence, accompanied by Mrs. and Miss Spence, is spending a. lew days in Auckland before proceeding to Dunedin. where he takes up the office of Collector of Customs. News lias been received in Blenheim that Mnjor Alexander MaeNab has been at Garlands Park, England, to have his artificial arm fitted. Prior to that lie was entered at Christ's College, CamVridge, wliero ho took his B.A. degree. Ho has now returned to Cambridge, in order to enter for the degree of LL.B. The D.S'.O. was recently conferred on Major Mac Nab for distingu'Bhed service at tho. war front, where, he was actively engaged for over four years. Mr. Waller Monk is to act ns advance representative for the .T. and N. Tail Concert. Company, headed by Mr. Harry Dearth, in its North Island tour. Major It. K. G-oddard, who has been appointed by the Department of Oveasoas Trade (Dovof.opment and Intelligence), London, and the Association of British Motor and Allied Manufacturers Ltd., to investigate the Australasian and Far-Eastern markets for the sale of British motor vehicles, their parts and accessories is due to arrive in Wellington to-morrow, at mid-day, and will stay nt the Midland Hotel Major Goddard has mad© n special ■ study of overseas commerce, "with regard to, which he has a wide and varied experience, especially in connection with the motor industry. During his stay in AVellington he will be in close touch with His Majesty's Trade Commissioner.