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Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 181, 3 July 1931, Page 6

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Colonel Svmons (Wellingtoni Colonel Bowels (Bulls) are visit Palmerston North to-day in orffi r ■ attend the annual mess dinner m ■ Officers’ Club. Mr T. H. Evans, who for the las- . years has been attached to the - of different Ministers at Par,hi - Buildings, Wellington, has reins ; superannuation. Rev. F. C. Lawrence, who has i - senior curate of St. Mary's, Tim;,, for the past three years lias been pointed vicar of the parish at Mm ototo, Central Otago. Air L. E. D. Campbell, of P.listen North, was successful in pa. section B of the examinations -. ducted by the Pharmacy Board , New Zealand at Wellington in Mi.;. Dr. Arnold Gilray, hire of Nan.has been appointed Super intention: the Mav Day Hospital, at i hor. Heath, 'Surrey, England. Ho i previously been there tor some ye as house surgeon. Word has been received from international headquarters of t. Salvation Armv in London that it 1 now been definitely arranged lor Go eral and Mrs Higgins_ to pay the;, long-deferred visit to New Zealand March next year. Mr Justice Ostler, who is recovering slowly from his recent operatm: leaves AVellington next week tor Am-k----land en route to Samoa, where he m. , Mrs Ostler will be the guests of tU Administrator, Brigadier-General Hum for a month or two. The death occurred at T? Rapa. Waikato, on AVednesday, of Mr Ralph Scholes at the age of 78 years. M: Scholes was born in Burniey. Lugland, and came to New Zealand wm six vears of age. He lived with kparents in the Wellington district aim then for many years farmed in ib. Manawatu. He went to the Waiin 1922. He is survived by iiis wide a and 11 children. There are mam. grandchildren and 10 great-grauu-children. Air Alfred Nathan, whose death at the age of 81 occurred at Auckland m, Wednesday night, was layhead oi the New Zealand Jewry. Air Nathan, who was the oldest surviving New Zealandborn Hebrew, was a son of the hit. Air David Nathan, and was born in Auckland. Air Nathan was one of inmost enterprising and public-spiritvi citizens of Auckland. He was connected with numerous public companies. During the war years Al: Nathan threw himself wholeheartedly into various patriotic activities. Hwas a member of the Patriotic Association, and was its first treasurer. He was a trustee of the Auckland Savings Bank for many years, and waa member of the council of the Chamber of Commerce, and later served a term as president. The Jubilee Institute of the Blind was another institution that benefited considerably from Air Nathan’s interest, and he was chairman of the governing body for some years. Some years ago Mr Nathan was presented with a silver model of the Auckland Synagogue in recognition of liis services to Jewry. Mr Nathan is survived by a widow: one son, Air Harold Nathan, of London: and four daughters—Airs Brian Hewitt, of Auckland; Lady Tuck, of T/ondon; Airs Lumley Frank, of London; and Airs Noel Aladison, of Los Angeles.