PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 22069, 1 July 1935, Page 9

PERSONAL

It was stated at a meeting held iii Opotiki last week that Mr K. S. Williams did not intend to seek re-elec-tion for the Bay of Plenty seat. , At a gathering of the staff of Messrs Arthur Barnett Ltd. a presentation of stainless cutlery and table silver was made to Mr W. Corbet, who has severed his connection with the firm. Mr A. E. Davy, dominion organiser of the Democratic Party, arrived, on Saturday night from the north. Tomorrow evening he will leave for In? vefcargill. and will return to. Dunedin on Thursday'. He intends to visit other South Island centres on his way back to Wellington towards the end of the week.

Mr" T. Forsyth has been .'appointed one of the Government representatives on the Victoria College Council,■ ■in place of Mr A. R. Atkinson. Mr Forsyth, who was chairman of the WeL lingtou Education Boardfor 16 years,has been the representative of the governing bodies of.secondary.schools oil the Victoria College Council for the last .16 years. - A Christchurch Press Association telegram records the death of Mr W.i R. Leeder, aged 73, engineer to the Wairewa County Council, and formerly, ■of Kaikoura and' South Otago.. : Representatives of the farming district round Allanton and also personal friends met in. the, local hall recently to bid farewell to Mr J. Patterson and family who are leaving the district, Mr G. Stevenson expressed the regret of those present: at the projected departure of their guest, and made presentations of a case of pipes, a lady’s handbag, and a camera to Mr J. Patterson,sen., Miss O. and Mr J. Patterson, jun. Mr P. Costello and Mr W. Lindsay endorsed the previous speaker’s remarks, and wished them prosperity ir| the future. Mr J. Patterson suitably replied. An excellent musical programme was-supplied by Mrs J. Yule,Miss G. Smith, and Messrs J. Kennedy and L. Dunbar. Dancing concluded the ' evening’s entertainment,. Mr W. Irving supplying the music. A memorial tablet to Dr Robert Erwin, who was minister of Knox Church, Christchurch, from 1885 to 1922, and Mrs Erwin, was unveiled at the church yesterday morning at a special service conducted by the Rev. T. W. Armour.. Grand Hotel guests: Mr C. Fraser (Melbourne), Mr and Mrs H. O. and Mr J. A. Toogood (Masterton), Miss M. MacDonald (Wanganui), Messrs H. Le Pine, G. lizuka, E. A-. Sevier, and R. H. Cate (Wellington), and Mr RDosser (Timaru).