PERSONAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 150, 13 July 1937, Page 4

PERSONAL

MINISTERIAL. . The Rt. Hon. M. 3. Savage, Prime Minister, Who is aboard the Rangitata' on his feturn to NeW Zealand ffom tho Coronation and the imperial Conference, left Fanama on Friday. Tho Rangitata is due to feach Wellingfcon on July 28, The Hofx. W. E. Farry, Minister of Internal Affairs, ie visiting Hastings on business connected with the departments under his controL Mr Patry was present yesterday at the NeW Zealand Gun Clubs' Association 's chatopionship meeting at Longlands, and in the afternoon he presented the prizes.- Mr Fafry is stayibg at the Gfand Hotel, Hastings. Later he Will pfoeeed to Turangi, Tokaanu, to disenss with Officets of the Department 0f Internal Affairs inatters coneerning fisherieS. He is expeeted to feturn to Wellington at the end of ihe week. 1 Mr L. J. Carswell, accountant at the Wanganui brancb of the Commercial Bank of Australia, has been transfeffed to a Similar position at Hamilton. Mr J. 1. Craxg, hnancial advisor to the Egyptian Minister of Labour, is due to atrive at Auckland from Australia in a few days. Misses L M. Allan, A. Herron, M. MeCulloch, F. E. Miller and M- Officer were successful Napier candidates in f.he State examinations held in June for pupil nUfses. Mr Q. M. Samuel, who has beett lnan ager of the Paeroa brauch of the Battk of NeW Zealand for tbe last Six yeai's, has been appoitlted malxager of the bank's Suva branch. He Will leave New Zealand in about five weeks. Mr Ray Henderson, manager for Miss Hathafilie Coi'nell, the famous Americaix aetx'CSS, iS to-day in Hastings making preliminafy inquifies with a vdow to the visit of Miss Oomeil and her eompany to New Zealand next year.

Mr L F. G. Milner, M.A., Univereity of New Zealand, and New College, Oxford, has been elected to a Commonwealth Fund fellowship tenable fSr two years at an Amerxcan university. He will study international relations at the University of Californfia. Mr F. W. Beed, of Whangarei, a recognised authority on Duinas, ha? oeen awarded a silver medallion by the French Minister of Fofeign Affairs in fecognition of th© sorviees he has iendered Ffench literature in the Eng-lish-spedking countries. Three years ago Mr Beed was awarded the decoration of Oificier de 1'InstruetiOn Publique for his serviees to Freneh literature.-— PresS Association. Mr H. J. M. AbrahalUi, M.Sc., has ai'x'ived at Melbourne to taka up a posi* tion as eenior demonstrator in the clc partment of natural philosophy at the University of Melbourne. Mr Abrahaiii is well-known at Vietoria University College, Wellington, where he gradttated M.Sc. with second-class honoili'S ili physics in January, 1937. He was a college uominee for a Rhodes Scholatshlp in 1935. While at the college he was ao piitstanding track athlete and hockey playef, aiid he also took a prominent part in the college defence rifle club activitieS. Oolonel A« J. M. Manson 'e resignation from ,the Hastings committee of the Hawke's Bay War Relief Association was accepted with rcgx-et at tho meeting last night. The ehairman, Mr W Hart, while congl'atulatittg ColoiioJ xManson on his appomtment as Sei'geant-at-Arma to the Honse of Bepteseatatives, commented on the very great serviee he had rondered to the War Relief Association and 6n the definite loss to returned soldiers in this district by his transfer to Wellington. Mr F. J. Hull and Mr L. J. Mackersey fully endorsed these remark's and tendered to Colonel Manson the committee 's best wishes for the future. Oolonel Manson thauked the speakers for their geucrous ren.arks and said that Ixo \rould alwttys do his utmost in the interests of re» turued sblditvfi