PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 111, 11 April 1931, Page 8

PERSONAL

Amongst the passengers in the Ulimaroa, which left Sydney for Wellington yesterday, is Lieutenant Spraddon, of the Auckland yacht ltangi. Rev. E. T. Olds, late of the Methodist Central Mission, Auckland, passed through Palmerston North to-day en route to Napier where he will assume his ministry to-morrow.

Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Bell was granted three days’ leave of absence by the Legislative Council yesterday on account of illness. Sir Francis is suffering from a slight attack of influenza.

Rev. C. H. Kendon and family, of the Sanson-Rongotea circuit of the Methodist Church, left to-day for Milton, Otago, to which place Mr Ivendon was appointed by the conference. Mr W. J. Hodges, of London, who is in New Zealand on a business and pleasure trip, was a recent visitor to Palmerston North. Mr Hodges is a well-known Rotarian and a member of the London Rotary Club. Mr Cassils and Mr Owen, accompanied by Squadron-Leader Isitt, of Wellington, arrived by ’plane to-day en route to ’Wanganui, when they, will be in attendance at the air pageant. They continued their flight later in the day.

Canon H. Watson, M.A., of Marton, Wellington diocesan missionary, formerly of St. Peter’s, Wellington, will visit Palmerston North during the week-end, and will conduct the service at All Saints’ Church to-morrow evening.

Brigadier-General H. E. Hart, who will leave for Apia on Monday to take up his duties as Administrator of Western Samoa, was fa re welled by the Masterton Rotaiy Club. General Hart, who was the foundation president of the club, was presented with a clock, engraved with the Rotary emblem.

Mr C. Lind, supervisor of the Telegraph Engineer's office at Palmerston North, has been transferred to Napier and will leave in about a week’s time to take up his new duties. Mr Lind has been in Palmerston North for six years, having come to this centre from Auckland. He is a member of the Palmerston North Golf Club and has taken a keen interest in tennis, being a senior player and member of the Palmerston North Tennis Club.

Feeling reference was made at last night’s meeting of the Manawhenua Rugby Union by the retiring president, Mr J. McGill, to the loss football had sustained in the Horowhenua district by the demise of Mr R. George, a former captain of the Hui Mai team. The success which had attended that club had, stated the speaker, been largely due to the untiring efforts of Mr George. A motion of sympathy was extended to the bereaved family. One of the most well-known figures associated with cricket and football in Wellington, Mr W. S. Hood, died last evening. Over a long period he did a great deal of work in the interest of noth games, and his death will be widely regretted. The late Mr Hood was perhaps best known as the scorer of the Midland Cricket Club’s senior team. He was also one of the scorers in every big cricket match which has been played in Wellington for a very long time. For the past 12 years he had been secretary of the Wellington Cricket Umpires’ Association. Recently he had conferred upon him the honour of life membership by the Wellington Cricket Association. An authority upon all matters connected with cricket and cricketers, Mr Hood’s ruling upon any of the finer points of the game always carried a great deal of weight. His keenness for Rugby football was equal to his enthusiasm for cricket. He was one of the foundation members of the Poneke Football Club.