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j Mr Percy Thomson is, at. present at J Tauranga on a business trip. ! Mr W. J. Polson, M.P., will officially ' open the Stratford Aerodrome on May 12. • Sir George Elliot, accompanied by I Lady Elliot, has left for Sydney on the first stage of an extended trip abroad. I Mr V. Grenning, director of forests in Queensland, who has been visiting State forests in New Zealand, returned to Sydney by the Wanganella yesterday. ] Mr A. E. Ansell, traffic inspector for the Main Highways Board in Taranaki, has resigned his position to take up a business appointment in Otago. I Mr F. IT. Leffler, factory represen- ; tative for Australia and New Zealand 'of Joseph Lucas, Limited, England, arrived at Auckland by the Wanganella j i Dr. J. W. Craven, Medical Superin- • tendent of the Auckland Hospital, re- , turned from Australia by the Wanga- • ella. He attended the Australian can- ; cer conference at Canberra and in- ! spected a number of hospitals in Syd- ' ney and Melbourne. ' Mr H. A. Millington, M.L.A., Min.

j ister for Works and Water Supplies l in the Western Australian GovernI ment, arrived in New Zealand this I week. Mr Millington, who is accom- ! panied by his wife, will spend about ! a fortnight in the Dominion. ■' Mr R. De B. Hill, of Wairoa, has ; been appointed Stock Inspector at ! Stratford, in succession to Mr W. ; Harris, who has been transferred to Wanganui. Passengers on the Awatea, which left Sydney last evening for Wellington, include Mr R. H. Nesbit, former Australian Trade Commissioner in New Zealand, and Dr T. Z. Koo, a Chinese cleric who has been touring Australia. Mr E. Salter Davies, C.8.E., M.A.. who will attend the New Zealand sessions of the New Education Fellow- | ship Conference, is one of the best- | known directors of education in the I world, and a prominent figure in the j library sphere, being president of the Library Association of England.