TEMUKA.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19363, 16 July 1928, Page 5

TEMUKA.

PERSONAL.

Miss May Poultncy, of the Christchurch Hospital staff, is spending a few ■weeks' convalescence with her parents in Temuka.

Mr B. Maddron, who has been in Invercargill has returned to Temuka.Mrs G. W. Armitage left for Dunedin on Saturday. Mr and Mrs James Guild, who have been visiting Temuka, have returned to Christchurch.

Miss Mary Twomey (Wellington), who has been on a tour of England and the Continent of Europe, has returned to the Dominion, and 1b spending a few days with her mother (Mrs J. Twomey, Temuka).

The Mayor (Mr T. E. Gunnion) and Councillors W. A. Buzan, E. B. Cooper, and J. Cook visited Oamaru on Thursday to attend a demonstration of a motor road-grading plant. A report will be presented to the Council at Wednesday's meeting.

Methodist Church. At the quarterly circuit meeting of the Temuka Methodist Church, held at the home of Mr G. B. Mathieson, Opihi terrace, on Friday morning, it was agreed to. release the minister, the Bev. A. Blakemore, from pastoral work as far as possible in order that he may devote time to the Prohibition campaign.

Obituary. It was with much surprise and regret that word was received on Friday evening that Mr E. Booth had passed away at Aria, near Te Kuiti, on Friday morning. Mr Booth came to Temuka as a police officer from Invercargill to take charge of the district, and in 1913 he resigned to accept a position on the staff of Messrs W. F. Evans and Co., land and estate agents, and auctioneers. When the head of that firm, Mr W. F. Evans, left in 1915 for active service, in the Great War, Mr Booth was entrusted with the management. Subsequently he was appointed Town Clerk to the Temuka Borough Council, which position he held until he resigned to accept the secretaryship of the Temuka Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd. Two years ago he resigned the latter position and removed to Christchurch, where he lived until removing to Aria as secretary to a dairy company. While in Temuka, Mr Booth was identified with nearly every local activity. He was secretary of the Temuka Caledonian Society and the Cycling and Athletic Club. During the influenza epidemic he was untiring in his labour for all, especially in connexion with the two temporary hospitals —the Presbyterian Sunday School and the Parish Hall. He is survived by a widow? one son (Noel) in Christchurch, and four daughters, all of whom are single. Two are engaged in the nursing profession, one in Invercargill and one in Christchurch. Miss Enid is a school teacher in Auckland. , Great sympathy is felt with the bereaved family.