PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 121, 22 April 1932, Page 6

PERSONAL

Mrs L. A. Abraham is in the Wairarapa visiting her daughter, Mrs Ashworth. The death is announced from Sydney of Mr W. P. McElhone, former Lord Mayor and president of the New South Wales Cricket Association tor eleven years. Mr F. W. Christian, city librarian, left last night for Hamilton, where he will be the guest of Mr F. W. Platts, C.M.G., S.M. Later, he will proceed to Auckland. Advice has been received by Mr S. W. R. Evans, of Terrace End, of tho death in Sydney of Mr R. Davidson, aged 57, formerly a well-known resident of Te Awe Awe Street, Palmerston North. His numerous friends will deeply regret to. learn of his death. A cable message states that Sir Basil Blackett, tho noted authority on finance, and a director of the Bank or England who has been selected as ono of the candidates for the Parliamentary by-election at Marylebone, has resigned the chairmanship of Imperial and International Communications, Ltd., and the directorship of Cables and Wireless, to devote himself to other public interests. Mr J. A. Adams, manager of the Mangawliata Dairy Company, Rangiotu, has received the appointment of manager of tho Lowgarth Dairy Company, Stratford, out of a large number of applicants, and will take up his duties in Juno. Mr Adams is well known to dairymen in the Manawatu district, for though he has been manager of the Mangawliata factory for only four years he is chairman of the Manawatu Dairy Factory Managers Association and one of the examiners in dairy factory work at Massey College. Mr Adams came to this district from tho Collingwood Company, Nelson.

Mr Ivan Free, aged 18i years, only, son of Mr and Mrs H. B. Free, of Palmerston North, met with a serious accident at Masterton yesterday afternoon, when he fell 30 feet to the ground floor through a skylight in Messrs Hugo and Shearer’s building. Ho received a broken wrist, concussion and cuts, and after being given first-aid attention was removed to the Masterton Hospital in a somewhat serious condition. The accident occurred when he. was working on the roof and lost Ills balance, toppling through the skylight. Immediately after being informed of the unfortunate occurrence, Mr and Mrs Free motored to Masterton to bo with their son. Every sympathy will be extended to them by their numerous friends, who will wish their son a speedy recovery.

Tho services of Mr H. G. Bagnall as people’s warden were warmly eulogised by Canon G. Y. Woodward at the annual meeting of parishioners of All Saints’ Church, and a tribute was paid to Iris ability in producing a credit balance in the finances after a difficult year. The vicar stated that Mr Bagnall had their deepest gratitude, and his labours on behalf of the parish were appreciated to the very fullest extent. . “I do not profess to explain his genius,” the Canon said, “and especially in finance, but what I do know is, that we are most fortunate in having Mr Bagnall as people’s warden. I feel that lam voicing the unanimous opinion of the whole parish when I tell him that he has our deepest and heartfelt gratitude for his splendid achievement on our behalf, and that we appreciate to the fullest his many hours of labour for the temporal needs of tlris parish.” The death occurred this week at Paengaroa, Bay of Plenty, of Mr Charles Bailey, a prominent farmer in the district. Mr Bailey, who was in his G9th year, was born at Le Don’s Bay, Banks Peninsula, and was a son ot Mr Henry Bailey, who arrived in New Zealand by the ship Roman in 1872. Mr Bailey was engaged in farming at Le Ron’s Bay, and was also Government valuer. He subsequently moved to Mangatara, near Dannevirke, and later to Pohangina Valley, where ho was engaged in sheepfarming. In 1918 Mr Bailey acquired a property at Paengaroa, which lie farmed until the time of his death. Mr Bailey took a keen interest in local body work and at different times was a member of several road boards and county councils. Mr Bailey is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Ferguson, of Patutahi, and nine children, Mesdames A. Chatfield and T. Learning, of Palmerston North, Mrs W. Bunny, of Midhurst, Mrs E. Hansel, of Wanganui, and Messrs E. and V. Bailey, of Karaka, G. Bailey, of Ashhurst, L. Bailey, of Wanganui, and IV. Bailey, of Mount Albert.