PERSONAL ITEMS

Grey River Argus, 12 November 1948, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mrs M. McDougall left yesterday for Christchurch. Mr and Mrs L. Harris left yesterday on their return to Upper Hutt. Mr and Mrs K. Rea left yesterday for Christchurch. Dr. S. Barclay left yesterday by air for Palmerston North. Mi’ T. Oxenham left yesterday on a visit to Christchurch. Mr J. Wilson, left yesterday on return to Auckland. Mrs C’. Cameron left yesterday on a visit to Upper Hutt. The appointment of Mr L. C. Webb to be Director of Milk Marketing from November 1 was gazetted last night.—P.A. Mr. P. Martin Smith, M.A., L.L.8., Dip. Ed., of Auckland, has been appointed Secretary to the National Council of Adult Education. The Canadian Prime Minister, Mr W. L. Mackenzie-King announced today that he will tender his resignation to the Governor-General on November 15, Mr R. Berry, of the traffic section, Railways Department, Greymouth, left yesterday on transfer to Auckland. H e has been succeeded at Greymouth by Hr H. A. Leopold, of Christchurch. It is officially stated that Princess Elizabeth is in excellent general health and spirits. Preparations are going ahead at Buckingham Palace in the expectation that her baby will be born this week-end. Lieutenant-Colonel W. S. McKinnon, R.N.Z.A., who has completed a six months’ course in England, at the Joint Servces Staff College, is now on his way back to New Zealand. Brigadier W. G. Gentry, who will complete a year’s course at the Imperial Defence College lon December 17, will return to New Zealand in January next year. Mr H. D. McCrostie has been appointed general-manager of the Levin Flax Corporation of New Zealand in place of Mr J- W. Hadfield, who has accepted a position as diiector of th e agronomy division of the Department of Scientific trial Research at L1 J? co1 "’ this announcement -Mr F. Johnson, chairman of directors of the coip tion, said tiiat Mr .^ cCl ’9^ 1 „ e nt ., t .. been selected from 40 applicants. Yesterday three s Pffi ste , r , from Kent, England, arrived by Skymaster from Sydney to visit their fourth sister, Mrs E. H. Radsk, ot Lvall Bay Wellington, whom they have not seen for 33 years. They will flv home six months hence. One of them, Miss F. L Ingram the' first woman to practice law. in the city of London, and one of the half dozen to qualify as a solicitor, terms herself (< a gentleman by act of Pailiament.” She said that in her first case she defended a man against a woman. Most of her work, though, was matrimonial. "You bet there was,” she replied when asked if there was much eyebrow-raising 25 years ago when she first appeared at the bar.