PERSONAL.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 424, 4 May 1937, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr P. S. Finlayson, left by the ex- ' nress this morning for Wellington. i Mr J. E. Cowan, of Feilding, will i succeed Mr J. H. Cowan on the staff j of Stratford railway office. j Hon. F. Langstone, Minister of Lands, has returned to Wellington [ from the South Island. Hon. W. Lee Martin, Minister of ; Agriculture, returned to Wellington I from the Waikato yesterday. Hon. H. G. R. Mason, Attorney-Gen- j eral, returned to Wellington from Auckland 10-day. Hon. F. Jones, Postmaster-General, ' wi'l officially open the new post office i it Pahiatua on May 14. Fit. Hon. G. W. Forbes and Mrs ! Forbes, of Cheviot, left Wellington I for the South Island last evening. | | Sir Harry Lauder left Auckland . ye terday for the United States, en ’ route to England. I Sir Colin Fraser, a director of Broken Hill Proprietary, Limited, and t father mining interests in Australia. ! ariived by the Monterey from Sydney yesterday on a visit to New Zealand. Acting-Prime Minister of Australia at the end of the Great War and formerly Premier of Victoria, Rt. Hon. W. A. Watt, P C., arrived from Sydney by the Monterey on a short business visit to the Dominion. While in New Zealand for a short holiday Mr S. Ranganathan, a member of the Indian civil service who arrived at Wellington yesterday intends to study the operation of debt adjustment courts, because there is i proposal to introduce similar legislation in India. Accompanied by his wife and two sons, he will tour the North Island before returning to India through Australia. Mr John Tucker, Wellington, after 30 years in New Zealand, is to sail in May 5 on a visit to Great Britain. He has a number of important duties to fulfil abroad, but the aspect of the journey that is of greatest personal value to him is that he will be able to meet again his parents, now aged P-0 years. They are the oldest couple in Wales and have been married for nearly 70 years. During his stay in Britain, Mr Tucker will attend the British Trades Union Congress as a fraternal delegate from New Zealand. I T-i -g”;