PERSONAL.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4591, 17 May 1922, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr G. C. Keeble has been elected to tho General Committee of the Manawatu and West Coast Association, in succession to Mr A. Conway, who has been promoted to the vicepresidency. Lord Clifford, of Chudleigli, President of the Evolution Society, who leaves England shortly for Australia and Now r Zealand to. give a series of lectures, resided in New Zealand, from 1876 until 1890, gaining farming experience. Announcing the fact that Mr F. M. B. Fisher was to speak at Christchurch in support of Mr E. G. Pretyman, M.P., the East Anglian Daily Times refers to the New Zealander as “sportsman, soldier, and athlete.” It is stated that the Prime Minister, or failing him, the Minister of Public Works, will probably be invited to delivor a political address in Foxton at an early dato. Dr. Boxer, C.M.G., returned to the Dominion by the lonic yesterday from England, after an absence of nearly a year. Mr AY. H. Gaisford lias been elected Master of the Dannevirke Hunt to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr R. Roake.

Mr Alfred Allard, who passed away at Christchurch last week, aged 73 years, had been a vestryman of St. Luke’s Church for the last 50 years. The Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) left Wellington to-day for Palmerston North to finish the Supreme Court civil sittings here. He will afterwards go on to Wanganui. Bishop Steward, of Melanesia, was a passenger by the Ulimaroa froir Auckland on Monday for Sydney, cn route for England. He will return to his diocese in about 12 months’ tine. Messrs It. D. Knight and J. Knight were, at yesterday’s meeting of the committee of tho Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association, appointed local delegates to the annual conference of the New Zealand Tvdesdalo Horse Association, to be held at Dunedin on May 31. A social gathering called for the purposo of bidding farewell to Rev. and Mrs Halliday. took place in the Glen Oroua hall last evening. A long and varied programme of musical items was presented and later a dance was held, at which Mr V. Bilderbcck acted as M.C. Mr and Mrs H. Tolley loft Feilding this morning on a trip to Sydney aud the South Sea Islands. DVIr O. C. Sporle has been appointed Superintendent of the Feilding Fire Brigade and caretaker of the Fire Station, to assume office on July 1. Mr Sporle joined tho Brigade as a messenger, and has seen 11 years’ service, for six of which lie was foreman.