PERSONAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 37, 6 November 1937, Page 4

PERSONAL

Their Excellencies the Governor-Gen-eral and Lady Gahvay, accompanied by Major and Mrs Arthur Purvis, Lieutenant Sir Standish Eocihe, Bart., Captain E. Stuart-French, and Mr D. E. Foughy (official secretary), left Wellington last night for Christchurch, where their Excellencies are to undertake a number of engagements. On Thursday, November 11, the GovernorGeneral is to motor from Christchurch to Oamaru in company with the Hotn. R. Semple and is to inspect a number of public works undertakings en route. Mr. Ron Dickson, of Gisborne, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. lton Davis, of Caxnell street, Napier. , Messrs. H. Thompson, G. Peake, E. Stevenson and J. Hili, the well-known Napier quartette, left this morning for Wellington to lulfil a broadcasting engagement. Dr. William Young and Misses Edith Penelope Tennant and jean Trotter have been appointed members of the Nurses' _ and Midwives' Registration Board. Captain H. M. Foster, formerly of Whangarei, has arrived in Christchurch to take over the duties of area staff officer of Area No, 10, Southern Coromand. ... Mr Eamsay MacDonald, accompanied by his daughter Sheila, left London for Livefp'oOl bn ' Thursday *to embark on a eruise to South Ameriea. — Official Wireless. ■ • • It is announced that tLe Earl of Athlone has conseUted to act as. chair-ir.-.n of committee to in^ai; j into the status and reeruitment of nurses. — Official Wireless. ; Mr C. E. C. Gardinet, ' inanager of the New Zealand Insuranee Company, Bombay, arrived at Wellington yesterday on furlough and is- to vdsit his people at Napier. Mr F. G. Hogg, Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, . University of New Zealand, son of .Mr E, G. Hogg, Cashmere Hills, Christchurch, has been appointed assistant engineer to the State . Electricity CommissiOn of Victoria. Mr tJ. O'Hrien, M.P. for Westlan. , was elected by the New Zealand b anch of the Empire Parliamentary Association to represent the atsociation at the •celebrations t • be hcl.V - New SoV.th Wales in January to commemorate the 150th .-nniversary . >f Australia. Sir Howard d'Egville, secretary of the United Kingdom branch of the Empire Parliamentary Assoeiation will visit New Zealand after attehding the eelebrations to be held eaxly next year to commemorate thev150th anniversary of Australia. He expects to -arrive at Auckland on February 14 and to be at Wellington from February 15 to February 20. 5 Mr N. S. Falla, chairman and manhging director of the Union Sieam Ship Company of New Zealand, Ltd., who has been in the United Kingdom during the last few aionihs, left on Wednesday for New Zealand vja Canada and the_ United States, where lijo will visit the company 's organisations. Mf Falla will arrive at Auckland in the Niagara on December 13. Mr H. W. Dent has resigned from the position of general manager of ^he New Zealand National Creditmen's Assoeiation, Auckland. ■ For many years he was secretary of tho New Zealand Dany Assoeiation, later being appointed first secretary of tlie New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company. Mr H. W. Bullock has been appointed 'his cessor.Mr A. T. Donnclly, of Christchurch, who is retiring from th; chairmansliip of the management committee of the New Zealand Cricket Associa tion, was the recijAext of expressiohs of goodwill from delegat^s at the conference of f e Cricket Couneil. The Wellington delegate, Mr C. Beli, reported that Wellington had circularised +he othi asSoci:. .ions, and it had bei . unanimously and spontaneously decided to give Mr Donnelly a present from the ericketers of New Zealand as a tokex of respect and ael owledgment of his services to cricket in the Dominion. the gift being a .tall standing clock.