PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 316, 31 January 1922, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr Herbert bred, of the Land am •[i,r.l. Department, Wellington, has been transferred lo Auckland as lirsl clerk. 1 motion ol condolence was carried at hiii night's meeting of the Borough council with Cr. W. I!. ilopcrofi, a member o; )!,.. Kair.nca County ( 'onncil, in the death ~,! 'ii- mother.Mr E. Ingram, of the New Plymouth telegraph oi'ice, lias been transferred on pi .motion to Feilding, where he will lake up the duties oi line foreman at an eariv dale. A Press Association telegram from ( hriMchurch Ftates that Mr S. I',. McCarthy. S.M., who has reached the age ol retirement, "'tis farewelled this morning by members of the legal profession and pressmen. Mi-- lean Stevenson, national industrial secretary of the Y.W.C.A., is spending four months in New Zealand, and she will inspect the various Y.W.C.A, branches tliroiiij'hc.ul the Dominion, with a view lo establishing industrial departments. Mr Maurice Dodder, .son of Mr T. R. I [odder, who leaves shortly to take up a course of engineering at a big technical college in Boston, U.S.A., is one of Palmerston North's best known athletes. Mr Dodder ha.s been very successful in all f is of outdoor sports and. being a most popular figure, will be greatly missed by .sports circles in this town. Mr L. R. Freeman, secretary of the Foxton Racing Club, has been appointed secretary to the Manawatu and West Coast Licensed Victuallers' Association. lie informs us that the licensing election, as far as is known at present, will probably lake place about the first week in December next. Mr Freeman will shortly comtm■noe the work of organisation in connection with the i lection. At Waipukurau on Friday las! the death occurred of a well-known and respected resident in t?ie person of Mr Alexander Jones. Deceased, who was o'l years of age. arrived in Waipukurau from Scotland, with his. wife and family of four children, in May. 1865. having been engaged by the late Don. 11. R. Russell to take charge of a blacksmithing business in Waipukurau. As time wen on he acquired the business and enlarged the premises, and went in for manufacturing agricultural implements, and at thai time was the largesi manufacturer between Napier and Palmerston North, lie was a prominent and successful exhibitor at the llawke's |!ay Show, winning the 25guinea cup three years in succession for the best collection of implements, besides many silver medals and first-prize certificates. Mr Jones, with his two sous, carried on business in Waipukurau for inaiiv years. lie was at one time chairman of the Waipukurau Road Board. lie leaves a fanu.v of two son,', and live daughters.