PERSONAL.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4593, 20 May 1922, Page 2

PERSONAL.

j Mr H. Bond. (Rangiotu), speaking ■ at the Farmers’ Conference in AVan- \ ganui, said to bis mind Mr AV. J, ' Poison was the Premier of the farmers of New Zealand to-day. He was ’ a very capable man, who could give j very clear-cut views on matters of vital importance to farmers. Mr E. J. C. Chaytor, son of MajorGeneral Sir E. AV. C. Chaytor, General Officer Commanding the Forces, will leave by the lonic for the purpose of undergoing a two years’ course of instruction at the Royal Military Academy, AVoolwich. He is taking the Royal Engineers’ course. ’ A visitor to AYellingtqn, who is well knbwn in the Manawatu district, Mr V. T. Hitchings, died suddenly on Wednesday afternoon, apparently from failure of the heart. He had been residing with Mrs Hitchings at “Cargen,” Auckland, for some time past, and lie came to AVellington a few days ago on business connected with the Public Trust Office. Ho lived at Levin for some' years, and loaves a widow aud grown-up family. He was 85 years of age, and yet appeared hale and hearty up to the day of his death. Mr C. J. Hewlett, who was at one time the very , capable Clerk of tho Court in Palmerston, was recently promoted to a higher grade in the Wellington office. He is related to the well known English novelist, Maurice Hewlett, and takes great interest in liis books. Mr AV. Amies, manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Motu (Poverty Bay), who has been promoted to a position at Rongotea, was entertained at a smoke concert by the settlers of the Motu and Matawai districts prior to his departure. Mr T. Quirk presided. The health of Mf Amies was drunk with enthusiasm, and lie was presented with a handsome tea and coffee service aud a case of pipes and tobacco pouch. AVliilo speaking on educational subjects at Timaru, the Labour leader, Mr H. E. Holland, M.P., said he had gone to school for but a short period. “AVoll, you’ve done very well, then,” came a voice from the hall. Mr Hol-

I land added that he had, however, burnt the midnight oil in later life in 5 studying. - . A AVhangarei telegram states that i Mr William Jones, chairman of the - AVhangarei County Council, has an- > nounced his candidature for the Marsden seat as an Independent Reformer. It is reported that Mr A. 0. Bitcli- . ler, headmaster of the AA r est End I School, Palmerston North, lias been , selected by the AVangnnui Education , Board lo succeed Mr F. Fairbrother i as headmaster of the Terraco End | School. The Rev. AV. Grigg, of AVangnnui, , ex-President of the Methodist Conference, will be the preacher at the Methodist Church, Grey street, tomorrow, the occasion being the Foreign Mission anniversary. Mr Grigg was at the front as a chaplain during tlie last war, and was wounded whilst on active service. Returning home, he was appointed to Christchurch, and last year was made President of the Conference. A genial brotherly man, ■he is a general favourite in Ins circuits and among liis brethren in the ministry. v Mail news just to hand announces the death in liis 78th year of the Rev. Archibald G. Brown, the well known Baptist preacher, of London. Mr Brown was the first minister of tlio East London Tabernacle, where he held a very successful pastorate for 25 years. He afterwards succeeded his old college president the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. Mr Brown took part in the Auckland Baptist Tabernaple diamond jubilee services when visiting the city in 1915. Mrs Brown predeceased her husband by only 10 days.