PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 82, 5 March 1938, Page 8

PERSONAL.

A British Official Wireless message states that it is officially announced that the King will inspect the Home Fleet on June 21 and 22. A New Fork cable message says that the death has occurred of Mr John Waddel, the bridge builder. Mr AV. P. ltusssell, of Palmerston North, officiated at the Napier Park race meeting as judge to-day. owing to Mr A. X. O’Brien being engaged at the Rangitikei Racing Club’s meeting at Bulls.

Mr J. AV. Coddington, who lias been stationed for 14 months at Palmerston North as a Transport Department inspector, is to exchange posts with Mr J. H. Semple, who occupies a similar position at Napier. Hon. AV. Moffat, M.L.C., of Palmerston North, who recently met with an accident in the AVhakatane district, has now completely recovered from the injuries sustained and is out and about again. Mr W. A. Waters, chief engineer of the Manawatu-Oroua Power Board, has returned from a holiday visit to Australia, where he took the opportunity of making investigations Into the ironbark power pole industry. Mr AV. O’Connor, headmaster of the Christchurch Normal fcchool since 1935, has been appointed an Inspector of Native Schools in the Education Department, stationed at Wellington. He will leave Christchurch next month.

Mr and Mrs H. P. Horne, Mayor and Mayoress of Woodville, were visitors to Palmerston North last night, staying overnight on their return from New Plymouth, where Air Horne lias been attending the Municipal Association’s conference.

Mr J. Hill, a well-known building contractor, passed awaji at the AVaipuknrau Hospital on AVednesday after a brief illness. Mr Hill was born in AVoodville in 1889. The outbreak of the War found him at Oliura, in the King Country, and after enlisting ill 1914, he was on active service im the-. Balkans, on Gallipoli, in Egypt and in Western Europe. Air Hill was field in the highest esteem throughout Hawke’s Bay.

Air H. C. Petcliell, postmaster at Onehunga, will retire on Alonday on superannuation after serving for 40 ye ais in the Postal Department, the last eight of which have been spent at Onehunga. Air Petcliell entered his first position as a cadet at Riverton, in Southland, in 1898. Then he was transferred to AVaverley, and after, that to Tauranga for 10 years. Ftom there lie became supervisor , at Ala'sterton. He was promoted to a similar position in the Telegraph Department at Auckland, which lie held for eight years before taking charge at Onehunga.