PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 13 April 1929, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Speedy and Miss Speedy, fo Daimevirke, are guests at the Central Hotel. Mrs Haynes and Mrs Vass, of Wellington, are the guests of Mrs C. Brown, Wilson Street. At the annual meeting of the Te Roti Hall Society last night appreciation was expressed with the excellent work of the secretary, Mr Ron Cockerton, to wko.se untiring efforts muck, to the success of the committee was due. Regret was expressed ait his early departure from the district for Ma.t-a.mata, where he will reside in the future.

At a meeting of the band and orchestra committee of tlie main school in Hawera it was arranged that tlie work would be carried on, after the conductor (Mr. Eox) left for England, by Mr. Herbert Webb, who is organist at St. Mary’s Church. Mr. J. D. Campbell, a member or the Invercargill Borough Council, has consented to nomination for the mayoralty and will oppose the sitting Mayor, Mr. John Miller.

Prior to his departure to take up the position of telegraphist at Cambridge, Mr O. H. Miller was entertained by iiis follow members of the Eltham Fire Brigade and made the recipient of a presentation and trophies won by* himself in competition. The staff of the Eltham Post Office also expressed appreciation of Mr Miller’s good fellowship and presented him with an inscribed wristlet watch. Mr Miller left for Cambridge yesterday. 1

At tlie meeting of tlie Opunake Power Board yesterday the chairman (Mr. Goodwin) congratulated Mr. E. A. Collins on his being reappointed to the board as representative of the Egmont County Council. He said the board was very pleased to have the benelit of the experience and ability possessed by Mr. Collins, who had been one of the most useful members they had. Mr. Collins suitably replied. Mr R. P. J. Ray, whose death occurred at Bristol, England, as announced by an Auckland Press Association message yesterday, was a brother of Mrs J. Y. Hall, Collins Street., Hawera. He had .recently retired from the position of assistant secretary to the Auckland Education Board after 40 years spent in the board’s service, and was visiting England on holiday. He arrived in the Old Country ait the time England was experiencing extremely cold weather, and lie contracted bronchial pneumonia while staying with relatives in Bristol. His death occurred! at a private nursing home, after a brief illness. The late Mr Ray was a widower, and left no family. On this visit to tlie Old Country Mr Ray took with him ;3; portrait of the Duke of Wellington which was thought to be the original of the painting which hangs in the National Gallery.