PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 26, 30 December 1925, Page 9

PERSONAL

Mr James Wallace of Palmerston North, is spending a holiday at Plimmerton. The Prime Minister. Hon. J. G. Coates, is spending the' holidays with Mrs Coates and family at the seaside near Dargaville. Mr S. W. Carter, of Shannon, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Joyce Carter, has left on a'holiday visit to Sydney. A telegram from Hamilton states that Mr Reuben Parr, father of Sir James Parr, died at Warhou last night after a prolonged illness. He went to the Waikato in 1865 and first settled in the Cambridge district and subsequently removed to Waihou, where he had resided for nearly half a century. Mr W. A. White, who for some years past has been connected with the parcels office of the local railway station, has been appointed stationmaster at Kai Iwi, and will take up his new duties at an early date. The vacancy will be filled by Mr Davis, of the Rotorua office. Mr F. T. Bluck, of the Stratford station staff, has been transferred to the locomotive department at Palmerston North. Commissioner Lamb, of the Ovation Army, with Mrs Lamb is arriving in New Zealand by the Niagara on January 4th, 1926, and will bo in the Dominion for four weeks. They will be at Wellington from 9th to 13th and from 21st to 25th; at Dunedin from 15th to 18th; Christchurch 19th and 20th; New Plymouth 26th; Hamilton 28th; and Auckland 29th to February 2nd. Commissioner Lamb will be addressing public bodies on all important subjects of immigration. The sudden death of Mr Richard Newton occurred on Monday evening at his home at Kelburn, Wellington. The late Mr Newton was a popular member of the Kelburn Bowling Club, and had been playing all through the present Wellington tournament. The news of his unexpected death came as a great shock to his rink mates and to competitors generally, and on all greens yesterday reference was made to the deceased gentleman, bowlers standing in silence for a few minutes out of respect to his memory. An old and highly respected settler of this district, in the person of Mr George Newton Wheeler, passed away at the residence of his daughter, Mrs C. Small, of Newbury, on Monday. Sixtv-eight years of age, the deceased' gentleman was born at Parewanui, Bulls, and lived all his life in the Rangitikei and Manawatu districts, being engaged in farming until recent years, when he retired from activo work. He is survived by his wife and a grown-up family consisting of Messrs N. and E. Wheeler (Auckland), Mesdames Bottomley (Manawatu), Fisher (Wanganui), Melville (Hawera), and Small Kangitikei line). The death occurred at the Napier hospital on Christmas Eve of Mr F. G. Howell, whose passing will be regretted by many in this district The deceased gentleman, who was well-known and highly respected in the scholastic world, was one of the first agricultural masters at the Palmerston North High School, and during his period at that institution coached the scholars in cricket, his English experience being of considerable value. The late Mr Howell was headmaster of the Apiti School for sometime, about a year ago .resigning the position. A widow and a son and daughter are left to mourn their loss. The interment took place on Boxing Day at the Park Island (Napier) cemetery.