Who’s Whoand Why

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 206, 19 November 1927, Page 8

Who’s Whoand Why

6IH PHILIP GIBBS. The Empire', mott distinguished p ret „ man. He began life humbly enough m Fleet Street, hut i n dags before the war he teas associated urith many sentutional netespaper coups. Latterly he has been writing novels with masterly ville-west In winning the Hawthomdon prise for her poem, "The Land,” she takes now. a distinguished place i„ modern literature. The daughter of a peer, she has been content to go her guiet, dreaming way. rather than enter the turmoil of social life. JUDGE C. E. MACCORMICK. Eor the past 20 years he has been a Judge of the Xative Land Court. Although born in Sydney, he was educated at Auckland Grammar School Interested in all sport, hr exoeUH at cricket, representing Auckland in ISSo and ISOS. MR. LI KWAXG HOXG, Consul in Xew Zealand for the Chinese Republic. He has served his country in maty parts of the world, and from 1904 111 1911 he was codirector of the Bu- —— reau of Foreign Affairs at Tientsin. He came from Japan to Xeto Zealand in 1921. C APT AIX R. J GIBBOXS. Harbourmaster at Onehunga and, before taking that position, a wellknown coastal mister. Some years ago, with Captain H. H. Sargent, be made a compute survey of the Manukau, and is now familiar with every shoal in the harbour.