PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 223, 21 August 1931, Page 6

PERSONAL

In the House of Repressive 5 today, Mr Tan Henare was granted t days’ leave of absence on accouu illness. , Mr G. Woods, manager Rangiwalna dairy r? a itoitoi 0 itoi appointed manager of the Walton Dairv Company, Taranaki. The Board of Governors of, the ra - merston North High School la, ing passed a motion of an< j Mr J. W. Rutherfurd m his illness an wished him a speedy recovery. Mr Hugh Mclntyre, Feildmg. has been re-elected representative o Hawke’s Bav, Nelson,'Taranaki and Wanganui Education Boards o committee of advice of the Well gt Training College. At the animal conference of the New Zealand .Manufacturers’ Federation at Wellington, Mr J. I. Spears O' ton) was unanimously elected presi for the ensuing year,. Mr F Campbell was elected vice-president, Mr K. • M. Edmonds secretary, Mr E. Render treasurer, and Mr F. W.. \°. seler auditor. The executive will bo m Wellington for the ensuing year. At Wednesday’s meeting of the W anganui Education Board a motion or condolence with the widow and family of the late Mr C. H. Warden was carried in silence and members paid grea tributes to the deceased gentleman s capabilities as a teacher and charac builder. The speakers were the chairman (Mr W. A. Collins), Mr - Adams, Mr W. G. Biackie (Chief Lnspector) and Mr W . H. Swanger ( retarv). The chairman in his repo said the late Mr Warden was in the board’s service for many years, proved himself an efficient teacher, an organiser of outstanding a “j keen promoter of athletics and “P®. in all their branches, and an excellent citizen. “We can ill afford to lose men of the late Mr Warden's calibre. The close of the present term tias marked by the severance of a long association with the College » School by Miss J. King, who has accepted an appointment at the wetu School in the Hutt N alley. The occasion was taken at the morning r - cess to-day to bid farewell to Miss King when the headmaster Mr \V. ASwinbourn, on behalf of the teaching staff, referred to her long association with College Street School and to the mutual respect which lxad always existed between the staff members ano Miss King. The severance of that long association had brought in its tram many regrets for the school was losing a verv efficient teacher and one whom the children had grown to love. On behalf of the staff, Mr Swinbourn asked Miss King to accept a piece of crvstal ware as a memento of her days at College Street. Col. J. H. Whyte, chairman of the School Committee, who was also present, supported the headmaster in his remarks and, in handing Miss King a handsome leather handbag as a token of appreciation from the committee and parents of the children, wished the departing teacher a full measure of happiness in her future career.