PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 284, 1 November 1926, Page 7

PERSONAL

Mr Junes Searle, who died at Wellington yesterday, aged 65 years, was well-known in musical circles in the Empire pity. After being an inmate of the Dannevirke Hospital for some weeks, Mr K. B. Gothard was operated on last week and is now reported to he making satisfactory progress towards complete recovery.

Sir James Allen, who has been in Palmerston North since Friday evening for the purpose of inspecting Flock House, Bulls, and the Awapuni hostel of the New Zealand Sheepowners’ Fund, returned io Wellington this morning. Mr H. H. Hunt, chairman of the Manawatu County Council, has' been forced to resign owing to ill-health. He succeeded Sir James Wilson last May. He has been a member of the council since October, 1910, and has always taken an activo interest in county affairs. His resignation, which is much regretted, will be dealt with at the nexf, meeting of the County Council. Having served the Dunedin Jockey Club as secretary for well _ over 40 years, Mr H. L. James has intimated to the committee Ilia desire to retire. Mr James went into office straight from school to help his father (Mr Sydney James), who was the club’s first secretary. A similar intimation ha 9 also been sent by Mr James to the Forbury Trotting Club. .

Mr David S. Thompson, actingmanager of the Wellington branch of the Bank of New Zealand for the past two years, has been appointed manager of the Sydney branch of the bank, and will leave Wellington to take up his new position in about three weeks. His place at Wellington is being filled by Mr D. F. Reid, formerly manager of the Palmerston North branch of the hank.

Nurse Kearns, who was m charge of the Palmerston North branch of the Plunket Society for some considerable time and left two years ago for Dunedin to relieve Miss Patrick while the latter further advanced her nursing studies, since when she had been granted further leave of absence to take charge of the Plunket work at the Dunedin Exhibition, returned to Palmerston North last evening and resumed her duties in charge of the local branch to-day. Nursje N ichoison, who has been relieving in Palmerston North for the past three months ,left to-day for Auckland, where she is to take up similar work.