Who’s Who on the lonic

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 588, 14 February 1929, Page 1

Who’s Who on the lonic

The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s liner lonic, with 247 passengers and over 7,000 tons of cargo on board, • arrived from Southampton this morning after an excellent voyage. She brought a party of 45 English public school boys who are to make an educational tour of New Zealand, 13 public school boys who are to take up farming in the Dominion, a number of teachers who will join private schools, and ii number of domestics, as well as her ordinary passenger list. There was. only one really rough day on the voyage, when seas broke over the decks and flooded the second class saloon. * * v Captain R. Foljambe. of the Royal Artillery, and Captain E. Foljambe, of the Rifle Brigade,, have come to New Zealand on a fishing and shooting expedition. They are cousins of Lord Liverpool, whom they will join in Wellington. The party will leave shortly lor-deer stalking in the South Island. . * Mr. R. J. Morgan, a mining engineer attached to the London Tin Syndicate, is returning after spending four years in London and abroad. He has recently been in Bolivia and Central Africa. Mr Morgan was confined in a Bolshevik prison after the war, but made his escape and tramped for many miles through Russia to gain his freedom. When last in Auckland he gave a lecture on his experiences. Three years ago Mr. R. Schoeller, of Zurich, Switzerland, visited the New Zealand court at the Wembley Exhibition. He was so impressed by the magnificent 'deer heads he saw there that he planned a trip to New Zealand. Mr. Schoeller arrived this morning and will leave for the South Island on a deer-stalking expedition, for which were made before he left Switzerland. "We hear a lot about New Zealand in Switzerland,” said Mr. Schoeller. Mr. C. Weigliton, of Edinburgh, has arrived to take up his duties as a vetinary officer under the Department of Agriculture. He will become an inspector at one or the other of the freezing works throughout the Dominion. Mr. E. Stephens lias also arrived to take up a similar position. Mr. Weighton has previously been in private practice in Scotland. He said he understood the department now wanted meh With post graduate courses and with the B.Sc. degree. Mr. G. Richards is representing Higgs Motors, England, and will spend some time in New Zealand on a business trip. # Major and Mrs. R. W. Hannah are returning to New Zealand after an absence of some years abroad. Mr. and Mrs. R. Hipkins are Napier artists who have returned from a tour of England and the Continent. Mr. Hipkins did a good deal of -work while he was abroad. Mr. TV. Oliver, chief officer of the cable ship Iris, has returned from a holiday in England. He is accompanied by his wife and two children. Major R. Teece has arrived to act as a judge at the band contest, which will be held at Wanganui. A number of teachers will take up various positions at private girls’ schools throughout the Dominion. They are Miss G. Barber, who -will teach domestic science. Miss A. Davies, who is going to Ma'rton,, Miss M. Moore, a teacher of French, Miss R. Betteley, teacher of dancing, Miss D. Greenaway, who is going to Amberley House, North Canterbury, Miss B. Gibbs, who is bound for Dunedin, and Miss V. Moule, who will take- up kindergarten work.