Personal
Captain R. W. Harding, M.M., ot the 21st Auckland Battalion, has been promoted major. He served in the last war, and gained his commission in the field. Lieut. J. L. Duigan, of the 5th Field Artillery Regiment, a son ‘of .MajorGeneral Duigan, Chief of Staff, has been promoted Captain. Lieut. J. R. S. Sealey has been appointed to the headquarters staff of the 5th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Echelon. He has specialised in foreign languages. The Rev. J. Hiddleston, of Auckland, and formerly of Canterbury, is with the units of the 2nd Echelon, with the rank of Major. The Rev. J. W. McKenzie, M.M. ot the Epsom Presbyterian Church, Auckland, has been appointed senior chaplain of the Presbyterian Church with the 2nd N.Z.E.F. overseas. He served in the last war as a stretcher bearer with the Field Ambulance, and won his Military Medal at Passchendaele.
Sir Hubert Winch, an ex-managing director of a Calcutta tea firm, controls Britain’s £120,000,000-a-year tea supplies. Colonel Francis Balfour has control of the sugar supplies. Four years ago he was appointed chairman of the International Sugar Commission. At the end of the last war he was Military Governor of Bagdad. All the controllers ate directly tesponsible to the Minister of Economic Warfare.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19400517.2.5.5
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 47, 17 May 1940, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
207Personal New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 47, 17 May 1940, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in