PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 95, 22 March 1939, Page 8

PERSONAL.

At last- evening’s meeting of the Terrace Fnd School Committee, if was decided to send a letter of sympathy to Mr L. Morine expressing regret in his recent bereavement. Mr H. M. Smith, principal of the Palmerston North Technical School, has been appointed by the Minister of Education as a member of the PostPrimary Teachers’ Salary Revision Com mitteo. Tn a letter written from Adelaide to Mrs Hodgens. Mr J. Hodgens, M.P., states that lie has had the misfortune to sprain an ankle while in Australia but. while it was very painful at first, the foot- is now almost l>etter. Mr Hodgens does not know yet when he will be returning to New Zealand. Hon. A. Hamilton, Leader of the Opposition, arrived at Wellington from the South Island to-day, and will leave later for Gisborne, preparatory to an extended tour of the Auckland province, embracing visits to Whakatone. Rotorua. Hamilton, Morrinsville, Matamata. Tauranga, Paeroa, Te Awamutu, Otorolianga, and Taumarunui. Mr J. Murray, rector of the Palmerston North Boys’ High School, continues to make good progress at Dunedin in his convalescence after his serious illness. Gratification was expressed at the meeting, last evening, ol the High Schools Board of Governors, and it was decided to forward Mr Murray a letter conveying these sentiments. The resignation of Mr T. S. Little from the council of the New Zealand Sheep Breeders’ Association for health reasons was received at the annual meeting of the association in Christchurch. The resignation was accepted with deep regret and appreciation of Mr Little’s services to the association and sheep breeding in general over a long period was placed on record. Mr E. D. Grinstead, the newlyelected vice-president for tlie North Island of the youth department of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, is the grandson of Mr and Mrs H. Grinstead, of Palmerston North, the son of Mr and Mrs H. M. Grinstead, of Wanganui, and the great-grandson of Mr and Mrs J. J. Grinstead, of Great Britain, all keen workers in the temperance cause. Mr Grinstead is still in his ’teens, being a student at the Wellington University. On two occasions he has been awarded a gold medal for competitive work in connection with temperance examinations by the. W.C.T.U.

The Chief Postmaster in New Plymouth (Mr C. Clark) and the telegraph engineer (Mr D. Donaldson) have received notice of their transfers in the latest list of appointments and promotions. Mr Clark is to be Chief Postmaster in Hamilton and Mr Donaldson has been transferred to Auckland as telegraph engineer. The postmaster in Thames (Mr I). R. MeCowatt) will succeed Mr Clark as Chief Postmaster in New Plymouth, and Mr A. A. Rollons, telegraph engineer in Wanganui, will replace Air Donaldson. Mr R. G. May, who was Chief Postmaster in New Plymouth before Mr Clark, and who is now to be succeeded in Hamilton by Air Clark, lias been appointed Chief Postmaster in Auckland.

Mr and Mrs M. A. Eliott, who are spending a holiday in Australia, have been travelling extensively by car. They went from Sydney to Canberra, passing through Mittagong. where 36 houses were destroyed by bush fires. Next they proceeded to Alburv. finding the district beautifully green anti a picture after the rain, though two weeks earlier the whole countryside had just been bare ground. They have been to Bendigo, Ballarat and Mount Gambia and comment in a letter that first-class hotel service in Canberra is 25 per cent cheaper than third-class hotel service on the West Coast of New Zealand. At Canberra they met Sir Hubert Wilkins and Mr W. M. Hughes. 111-health has caused the. retirement of Rev. A. J. Seamer. who for 17 years has been general superintendent of the Home and Maori Missions of the Methodist Church of New Zealand. He will be succeeded by Rev. G. Laurenson. The worth of Mr Seamer's service to the church was referred to at a large gathering of members of the Home Mission Board recently. Presenting him with a cheque on behalf of the hoard. Rev. F. Copeland (chairman) stated that Mr Seamer, despite serious war injuries, had worked with great zeal. His leadership had been an inspiration. It was stated that Mr Seamer had promised to act in an advisory capacity and would give the benefit of his experience in Maori matters to the new suxrorintendent.