PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 224, 21 August 1945, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr A. D. Crookenden, of Wellington, has been appointed an engineering assistant on the Palmerston iS T orth City Council's staff. Lieutenant G. D. Stuart has returned from overseas after five years' service and will be resuming his duties as assistant-accountant of the Palmerston North Hospital Board during September. Mr J. B. Wainscott, of Hastings, has been appointed to the position of cheese instructor, Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture, for the Manawatu and Hawke's Bay district, consequent on the impending transfer of Mr J. J. Walker to a similar position with headquarters at New Plymouth. Mr Walker has held the post for about eight years. Mr Frank Johnstone, a figure prominent in Wellington musical circles some years ago, died suddenly on August 5 in Melbourne. Mr Johnstone visited Palmerston North on several occasions for concerts given by the Palmerston North Orchestral Society, being a foremost 'cello player. He was married to a daughter of the late Mrs Montague, a prominent Dunedin and Wellington musician. Reference to the death in the last month of two former members of the City Council, Messrs A. Seifert and T. B. Hodder, was made by the Mayor (Mr Mansford) at the monthly meeting of the council last evening. The Mayor referred to the services to the community of both gentlemen and to their commercial interests in the district. Mr Seifert had been a member of the council in 1912-13, and Mr Hodder had served for only a few months, retiring because his firm was dealing with the council. The council placed a motion on record expressing appreciation of . their services and extending sympathy to the bereaved relatives. Feeling reference to tjie death of Mr E. W. Collins, a director and a former chairman of the Newbury Dairy Company, was passed at the annual meeting of the company yesterday. The chairman (Mr M. G. Hansen) said that Mr Collins had been a director since the inception of the company 34 years ago and during the first 20 years had been chairman. He had thus given excellent service, and his presence at the annual meetings would be greatly missed. Mr J. Linklater, a member of the directorate, said that Mr Collins was a familiar figure and his presence would be missed. He had always had his heart and his interest in the company. Those present stood in silence as a mark of respect. Following a statement by the chairman (Mr J. A. Nash) at a meeting of the Palmerston North Hospital Board, yesterday, it was decided to erect a memorial tablet in the Hospital in memory of the late Mr and Mrs G. M. Snelson for the great amount of work they had done for tin. Hospital. The chairman paid a tribute to the manner in which Mr Sue'lson had carried out his duties while chairman of the board ai*l also to the efforts of Mrs Snelson. He recalled that they conducted a public stall in the Square many years ago to raise funds for specific hospital purposes. The hospital had also benefited from the Snelson Estate", which had now/been wound up.