PROVINCIAL PERSONALS

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 35, 5 November 1928, Page 6

PROVINCIAL PERSONALS

Mr. K. S. Glendinning, of Palmerston North, has received advice that he was successful In securing a full pass at an examination held In September of the Australian Institute of Secretaries. The funeral of the late Mr. W. W. Bramwell took place at the Feilding cemetery on Saturday afternoon. The very wide esteem and affection in which 'the deceased was held in the Taranaki, Wanganui, and Rangitikei districts was manifest in the very lengthy cortege and large assemblage at the graveside. The medical and dental professions were well represented by members from Taranaki to Wellington. The pail-bearers were members of the dental profession and amateur athletic association and harriers. A short service was held at the residence of the deceased’s parents, and was conducted by the Rev. Stanford, of Feilding, assisted by the Rev. John Paterson, of St. Paul’s, Wanganui. The burial service was conducted by the Rev. Stanford. Worshipful Bro. Salt and a number of the brethren of St. Andrew Kilwinning Masonic Lodge, Wanganui, of which the 1 late. Mr. Bramwell was a member, attended, and by courtesy of W. Bro. Salt, M.M. of St. Andrew, .Worshipful Bro. Mackay, J.P.M., conducted the Masonic service, assisted by Bro. the Rev. Paterson, chaplain; H. Keesing, S.W., and Worshipful. Bro. Pearce, of Lodge Feilding, A graceful token of the love rind affection in which the late Mr. Bramwell was held by members of the Wanganui Amateur Athletic Association was demonstrated at the conclusion of the service, when the members of that body filed past the head of the grave and then dropped therein their association colours, Mr. H. Fry, president, and a large number of the members being present. There was a very large number of floral, tributes, many of those from the clubs being arranged in the club’s colours.

A Rangitikei pioneer, Mr. Otto Neumann, who set foot in Marton in 1863, has died. He had seen the town grow from a few houses situated among toi toi and scrub to the prosperous business' centre of a fertile district. He was born in Australia and came to the Dominion with his parents when he was four years of , age. From Wellington the family travelled by boat to Wanganui, thence by bullock wagon to Marton. Following the troublesome times with the Maoris, the late Mr. Neumann went to the Manawatu, where, for 20 years, he successfully farmed. In 1903 he returned to Marton and took over “Greenfields,” which today stands as a memorial to his industry and ability as a farmer. Following his retirement, his son Louis took over the farm. A widow, two daughters and one son are left. BLANDFORD’S SALE. Ladies are given an excellent opportunity to secure their furs for Christmas at Blandford’s, expert furriers, Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North. The firm’s annual stocktaking sale of fur coats, fur necklets, etc., is now proceeding, and an early visit is desirable. While prices are reduced considerably, every article carries the usudl Blandford quality.—Advt.