PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLII, Issue 1808, 5 May 1921, Page 5

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Miss Vera Walmsley has arrived at J'almerston North, and is stopping at the Club Hotel. Mr A. D. McLeod, M.P., of the Wairarapa, has gone on a health-recruiting trip to Auckland. Mr G. E. Allen has been elected president of the Wairarapa and East Coast P. and A. Society. Dr Cameron has been elected president of fhe Fcilding branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association. Mr J. Nairn has been elected president of the Manawatu Fruitgrowers'

Association for the ensuing year. Miss Webb Jones has been appointed secretary of the Wanganui sub-pro-vincial executive of the Farmers' Union.

Mr H. J. Middleton, president of the South Island Dairy Association, is leaving shortly on a holiday trip to the Old Country. Count van Lemburg Stirum, ex-

Governor-General of the Netherlands i East Indies, is at presnt on a visit to New Zeaalnd.

The death occurred at Wanganui on Monday of Mrs Caird, mother of Mr Geo. Caird, of Otalci. The latter is still very ill in the Otalu Hospital.

Mr O. W. Williams, a master at Wellington College, has resigned to take the post of principal at the Hikurangi Maori College, near Carterton.

Mr Gordon Pcttigrcw has been transferred from Waipukurau to take charge of the stock department of the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company at Dannevirke. Mr D. M. Wilson, District Surveyor, Kaitaia, is to be transferred to New Plymouth, where he will hold the office of Chief Draughtsman in the Lands ! Department. ' A cable from Hobart states that Joel' Darling, the famous ex-cricketer, who is now a successful farmer, has been elected a member of the Legislative Council. Mr hi S. F. Bell, who has been teller at the Ashburton branch of the Union Bank for nearly two years, has received notice of his transfer to the Auckland branch. The death occurred at Dannevirke yesterday of an old resident in the person of Mrs Ann M. Henderson, relict of the lato Mr John Henderson, at the advanced ago of 87 years. Advice has been received of tho death of Miss Phyllis Franklin, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs H. Franklin, formerly of Levin, and now of Napier, after a lotto and trying illnes3. Mr William White, an inmate of the Wellington Home for the Aged and Neqdy, will celebrate his 106th birthday on Juno .18th, he having been born on the day of the Battle of Waterloo; Mr F. J. Nathan, who recently opened a' large pew dried milk factory, at Port Fairy, Victoria, returned to Wellington on Monday, via Sydney. Ho y was accompanied by Mr Charles ; Nathan. I

Mr George Plummer, of the firm of Hill and Plummer, Ltd., who arrived in New Zealand with the Albertland settlers, died suddenly at Auckland on Monday evening, at the age of eightyone years. Mr H. B. Hughes, M.A.8.D., for. merly of the Baptist Church, Hastings, has reentry taken up his residence at Havelock North, and is organising-edu-cational classes in connection with New Zealand University examinations. The death occurred on Monday night

of Mr Honi Tawhiri, better known as

"Big Jack." 'Deceased, who was about 75 to 80 years of age, was wellknown on this Coast, he having re-

sided in Otaki for the past forty years. Mr and Mrs T. Hodgins, of Tane, intend to shortly take up their residence at Seatoun, Wellington, for about six months. It is also unlikely

they will return to Tane, and their sheep station will be managed by their son, Mr C. Hodgins.

Dr Ernest Boxer, C.M.G., of Hastings, who has been president of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association for the past two years, and has taken a very active part in the life of the Association since its inception, will not seek re-election at the annual Do-

miuion Conference to be held in Dunedin next month. He proposes visiting the Old Country, leaving Wellington about the end of June. The members of the Palmerston North Bowling Club on Tuesday afternoon presented Mr W. Crump, a very popular member of the Club, with a down quilt, on the occasion .of his approaching) marriage. Tho president (Mr J. A. Nash, M.P.), in making the presentation, referred to Mr Crump's long connection with the Club and his service in the war, and said it was joy to play a game with such a flno sportsman as Mr Crump had always proved himself to be. Mr J. H. StO' vens, in referring to Mr Crump's connection with the Post Office, said that while he (the speaker) was postmaster hoTC, it had been largely owing to Mr Crump's genial disposition, that a fine spirit of esprit do corps had K'en engendered among the staff. Mr Crump briefly responded.

You naturally expect down cjnilts to he all down —Collinson and Cunningharac's being all pure down positively free from kapoe filling. And they're down in their prices, too, as will he seen from advt. page 6 to-day. See also windows 7 and 14. Lower priced than blankets, warmer, lighter, more healthful and beautiful.*