PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 128, 28 February 1928, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS

— The Minister of Lands (Hon. A D. McLeod) will leave for Christchurch tomorrow, and will later accompany the Prime Minister (Right Hon. J. O. Coates) on a tour of inspection of the irrigation areas of Southland. The Minister of Public Works (Hon. K S. Williams) left Wellington yesterday for Picton en route to ’. n ? tc J' urr ]l via an inland route. .The Minister >ll be absent from Wellington for about a fortnight. The Minister of Health (Hon. J A. Young) returned to Wellington from Hamilton yesterday. He will lease o day for Palmerston North to open th Rotarians Conference. The Attorney-General (Hon. F. J. Rolleston) will return to Wellington dav from Timaru. ... e 4.1,„ Sir Maui Pomare (Mnnster Jor t rnnk Islands), accompanied b\ Mr. JR° Smith (secretary), will, eave oil a visit to Rarotonga by the l ahiti to-day. Sir George Fuller and Lady Fuller are passengers by the Tahiti, from Sydney on their way to the tinted States. Sir George Fuller was chief secretary Of New South Wales from November, 1916 on the formation of a National Government, until 1920. He-as Ac ngPremier in 1917 during Mr. Ho man s visit to Great Britain and Leader f he t ?Vwon for the’National Progressive Coalition the general Section of 1922, and was Premier irom Ap.il, W22, to June, 1925. He was knighted in 1919. , nr F T. Bowerbank has returned from’ the Medical Conference at Ilamil°Captain Hilton, marine superintendent for the Canadian Government Merchant Marine, will arrive at Welhngton this morning from the South Mr W. Jones, M.P. for Marsden, is a Visitor to Wellington. Mr A Phelps, manager for Messrs. , .„,d Company, will leave on a hsit r> to‘Rarotonga by the Tahiti today. Mr T L. Elliott, of Birmingham, who is making a business tour of the British Emigre, arrived by the Tahiti yesterday morning. , Mr 1 Bishop, conductor of the Royal Wellington Choral Union will arrive from London by the Ruapehu Miss Ellen Terry celebrated her eightieth birthday yesterday (states a Press Association message from London) All the newspapers editorially mv tribute with the invariable phrase, !<\Ve join the whole world in wishing her manv happv returns. Mr M’ Ralph has left Wellington to meet’Mr E J. Gravestock, the concert artist impressario, who was due to arrive in Auckland from America yesterday. The Rev. Father P. McGee is a through passenger on board the laluti from Sydney.