PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 2 June 1928, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Air. C. E. Alorrissey, of the Hawera staff of Newton King, Ltd., has been appointed to the position of manager ot the firm’s Kapbnga branch, and takes up his new duties immediately. Mr A 1 Sutherland, a member of Hansard staff, is visiting THuranaki and will be the guest of Air and Mrs A. E. Laurence, fariki, over the week-end. . Air G.' Woods, of Ngaene, Dominion president of the New Zealand Dairy . act ones Managers’ Association, and Mr A. F. Neil son, of Pi'hama, Dominion secretary, who have been in Hamilton -■a o Trivial. busness in connection with the Waikato Show, have returned heme from the North.

, The. Hon. A. D. AlcLeod arrived at Dunedin, last night (states a Press Association message). He will open the winter show to-day, and will spend; the week-end in Dunedin, returning north on Tuesday. The Hon. Downie Stewart will probably leave Dunedin on Wednesday for Wellington.

The death occurred on Thursday last of Mrs. C. AT. Lillee, whose husband is chairman of the Wellington Hospital Board. Mrs. Luke was a daughter of the late Air. Samuel Pinny, of Motueka. She married Air. Luke in 1880. When Air. Luke was Alayor of Wellington Airs. Luke took a great interest in civic work, and has always assisted in the activities of the Plunket and other similar societies.

Air Bon Bushin, of Otakeho, who Iras been in the Hawera Hospital for some two weeks, is progressing well and showing marked improvement in health since on operation was performed. At the gathering of farmers tor the com■i. t.oiis at Otakeho yesterday, Air Deem referred to his illness, and added tha t he was one of the keenest, advoeatos of the contests in root-growing, and hoped that he would soon be back once more amongst his friends.

A Greymouth message reports the death of Air. William Greens Lade, 80 years of age, a pioneer of the Grey district. He arrived ,in the ’sixties, and carried on a tannery business in the early days at- South Beach, later conducting a general store till his retirement 15 years ago. He was a native of Devon, England. Air. J. W. Greenslade, Alayor of Greymouth, is aJ son of deceased, another son being the Rev. W. Greenslade, a Alethodist minister at St. Albans, Christchurch. There are also three daughters.

The early departure for the north of Mr James Dickers, of Kau-potkonua, was 1 e.. r-eu- to by Mr Edwin Burke at the root-growing competitions yesterday, air Bakers, lie .said, had been one of the originators of the competitions, and to mm Che district owed -a great deal. He wished him, on behalf of hits) friends, the greatest good luck, and said that ,f the -peo;pe up north co-uld teach hi-mi anything in root-growing they were /reefy good. The good wishes were

■jc. oed by Air Deem, who said that Air Dakers had always been consistently in the forefront and now that he was going he hoped to see Air Walker and others; take his place. Acknowledging the !,;•• id remarks of his friends. Air Dakers said that he had many 7 regrets at leaving, and one of the keenest was the beiiicr out of the competitions, and the association’s work. What he knew about root-growing he had undoubtedly learnt from the congests and from the ■t-ruction given by Atessrs Deem and Glanson. In the district to which he wa,s gains 7 where he heard the farmers bent this district in butter-fat returns, he booed that if he could not teach he would he able to learn still more from the'ir methods. He thanked them all for their expressions of appreciation.