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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 795, 16 October 1929, Page 9

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>ir. B. B. Wood, of Christchurch, arrived by the Limited this morning. Sir Alexander Herdman returned from ■Wellington by train last evening. yir. B. L. Dallard. Assistant-Public Service Commissioner, left for Wellington last evening. Sir Frederic Lunu' and the lion. C. .T. Carrington, M.L.C.’s, left by train for Wellington last evening. Mr. R. E. Hollands, formerly manager of the Timaru Municipal Electricity Department, has been appointed engineer-manager to the Hutt Valley Power Board. —P.A. Mr. C. F. Gardner. Mayor of New Lynn, left for Wellington last evening to giv© evidence on the Transport Law Amendment Bill, before the select committee of the House of Representatives. Mr. J. R. Watson, mine manager of the Waro Collieries, Whangarei, and a son of Mr. John Watson, general manager of the Taupiri Coal Company, has been appointed manager of the Wilton Collieries, Glen Massey. Mr. L. A. Falsh, British Trade Commissioner in New Zealand, left by train for Wellington last evening with Mrs. Paish. Ho has been attending the annual conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce. Mr. J. B. Foster, American Trade Commissioner, and Mrs. Foster are expected to return to New Zealand by the Aorangi, duo at Auckland on November 3. On the same boat will be Mr. M. L. Black, who will take up the position of second Assistant-Trade Commissioner. Mr. J. IE Murdoch. M.A., principal of Scots College. Wellington, has resigned his position as from the end of the present year. Mr. and Mrs. Murdoch will leave then for England, where after a few months’ holiday Mr. Murdoch will take a post-graduate course of study at a British University. Mr. C. P. Agar, of Christchurch, president of the New Zealand Associated Chambers of Commerce. Mr. Norton Francis, president of the Canterbury Chamber, and Mr. A. H. Allen, president of the Dunedin Chamber, who have been attending the annual conference in Auckland, left for "Wellington by train last evening. HOTEL REGISTER Grand. —Mr. A. V. Shorter, Mr. J. \V. Reid. Mr. Aldinger, Mr. A. HyUer, Mr. E. Rough (Wellington). Star.—Mr. 11. Stubberfield (Christchurch), Mr. R. C. Somerville (Wellington), Mr. W. Vosper (Cambridge), Mr. D. McKenzie (Palmerston North), Mr. D. Toole (Wanganui). « * • Central.—Mr. H. Mine (T© Kuiti). Mr. W. Hopkirk (Wellington), Mr. K. Bovin, Mr. J. Williams (Hamilton). * • *

Royal. —Mr. H. Brisco (Matamata), Mr. A. Miller (Wellington), Mr. G, Wans bon < Dan;; iv i lb-).