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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 218, 15 August 1931, Page 6

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The Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, on Thursday was sufficiently improved in health to visit the ground floor of Government House and pass among the staff. He has to walk with the aid of two sticks and is making a gradual recovery after being incapacitated for the last few weeks. In tae afternoon His Excellency, accompanied by Lady Bledisloe, enjoyed a motor run to Island Bay. Mr W. G. Wardrop, of Woodville, who has been confined to the Dannevirke Hospital for several months, has recovered sufficiently to be able to return to his home. Mr J. B. Gerrand, who has occupied the office of president to the Manawatu Bowling, Croquet, and Ttennis Club for the past three years, was; rey elected at last night’s meeting of that body. Mr J. Reid, headmaster of the South Otago Boys’ High School, has resigned, and Mr T. D. Pearce, exheadmaster of the Southland Boys High School, has been appointed relieving principal. Friends of Mr and Mrs W. V. Kingsbeer, of Albert Street, will regret to learn of the death of their younger son, Raymond, who passed away last evening after a short illness, aged four years. Rev. W. Bower Black, of St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Christchurch, has received a call from the congregation of St. David’s Church, Auckland, air Black has been with St. Pauls congregation, Christchurch, six and a half years, having previously been at Carterton.

Among the 127 students of the Auckland University who received degrees yesterday was air J. D. Maguire, a blind graduate, who received a degree in law. He gained matriculation at the Blind Institute and then went to the University. He is the first blind student to gain a degree in law. The death occurred at Carterton yesterday morning of air John Peter Petersen, at the age of 89 years. Ihe late air Petersen was one of the early pioneers< of the district, going to Carterton from Wellington in 1875. He was born in Sweden in 1842. He leaves a wife and a grown-up family of two daughters and three sons. air L. A. Abraham returned to Palmerston North yesterday after a six weeks’ health recruiting trip to Honolulu, accompanied by air E. V. Riddiford and aiiss P. of Lower Hutt. air Abraham derived considerable benefit frim the voyage and change of climate. He returned to the Dominion on the Niagara to Auckland and then came south on the abonowai to Wellington. air Walter F. Larkin, for 18 years general manager of a firm of wholesale druggists, died suddenly at his home in Wellington, yesterday afternoon, at the age of 59. air Larkin retired six months ago. air Larkin as a young man played football for the Poneke Club, and was an excellent sprint runner. He was a muchrespected member of the Wellington Commercial Travellers’ Club, of which he was a member of the board of trustees. He leaves a widow and four children.

Reference was made at last night’s meeting of the aianawatu branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute to the loss scholastic circles had sustained by the demise of Mr C. H. Warden, of Wanganui. In moving that a letter of sympathy be forwarded to Mrs Warden and family, Mr A. W. Thompson paid a tribute to the many admirable qualities of the deceased and to the splendid work and the example he had set his fellow teachers during his long association with Palmerston North. The motion was carried »by members standing in silence

Sir George Richardson, who is to contest the Auckland East seat in the interests of the Reform Party, was born in England, and is well Known throughout New Zealand, where he has resided, except for several periods abroad, for over 40 years. He was appointed to the New Zealand defence torces as instructor in gunnery and subsequently-- held important offices, including Director of Artillery for the Dominion and General Officer in charge of Administration. He was New Zealand’s representative at the War Office in London in 1914, up to the outbreak of war, when he served with the Expeditionary Force in Franco and Belgium, where he took part in the siege of Antwerp. Later he proceeded to Egypt and Gallipoli, and was engaged in the landing and evacuation at Cape Helles, after which he was promoted to Brigadier-General and transferred to the Salonika Army, from whence he was recalled by the New Zealand Government to take command of the New Zealand Forces in England and to represent New Zealand at the War Office during the latter part of the war.