PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 21749, 18 June 1934, Page 9

PERSONAL

Dr I. IV. Norwood left by this morn* uig s express for Wellington, Napier, Rotorua, and Auckland. He will leave Auckland for Vancouver on June 2G. Mr C. R. Caffin, bound for Wanganui, travelled north by the express this morning.

Messrs A. L. Adamson, (Southland A. and P. Society) and J. Trapskfand J. A. Edwards ('Gore A. and P. Society) were passengers by the express this morning on their way to Wellington for the. annual meeting of the Royal A. and P. Society. ' Mr Edwards is a member of the council of the society 7.

Hon. J. A. Hauan went to Invercargill by the mail train this morning, Mr A. Torrance, who has been visiting Dunedin, left this morning on his return to Timaru.

Mr R. G. Hudson was a passenger by the express this morning en route to Wellington.

Dir and Mrs J. Nelson, of St. 'Clair, left this morning to spend a holiday in Suva.

Mr O. T. Cheyne, of the staff of the Commercial Bank of Australia, left by this morning’s express en route to Greymouth on transfer. Mr Cheyne was formerly a well-known member of the Pirates Football Club’s senior fifteen and also a prominent tennis player.

A British Official Wireless message from Rugby states that the King has approved the appointment of Mr F. E. F. Adam, counsellor at His Majesty’s Embassy, Lisbon, as Minister at Panama and Costa Rica.

At the meeting of the executive of the Libraries Association of New Zealand, held m Wellington last week, reference was made to the death of Mr W. B. M'Ewan, late Dunedin city librarian. On the motion of Dr Scholefield it was resolved—“ That the executive desires to place on record its deep sense of the loss, suffered by the death of Mr W, B.' M'Ewan, city librarian of Dunedin. With a long experience of books and libraries gained in Scotland, Mr M'Ewan came to Dunedin Public Library well equipped to establish such an institution as the Carnegie Trust desired,. and he administered it successfully for a period of over twenty-five years. The library is, as ha would wish "it, his monument. In everything appertaining to his own library and to the library movement he was indefatigable. In association with Dr T. W. Leys and Mr Mark Cohen he rendered service of inestimable value to New Zealand in the establishment of the Libraries Association. As a colleague he was helpful, genial, and courteous, always willing to share his experience and knowledge with his fellows.”

Advice has been received that Mr C. R. Williamson, tenor, of the Dunedin Returned Soldiers' Choir, is to sing over the air from 2FC, Sydney, to-mpr-row night at 9 (Sydney time). Mr G. R. Parsons (Sydney), Messrs W. Machin and A. V.. Shorter (Wellington), Mr W. G. M‘Donald (Christchurch), and Mr and Mrs E. G. Lewey (Invercargill) are guests at the Grand Hotel.