PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2124, 16 May 1922, Page 4

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS

Mr T. M. Wilford, M.P., was again a visitor to Palmer3ton North yesterday. Mr A. J. G. Schmitt has been appointed organiser and secretary of the Waikato sub-provincial branch of the Farmers' Union. Mr E. W. Cave has been appointed registrar of electors for the Palmerston North electorate, in succession to the late Mr C. E. Shortt. Tho Hon. C. J. Parr, Minister of Education, who lias been on a visit i.o Auckland, passed through Palmerston North yesterday on his return to Wellington. Mr Curtis, of Palmerston North, has agreed to act as secretary of the Wairarapa Farmers Union lor the Taranaki, Palmerston North and Hawke's Bay districts. Mr .1. Purvis has been elected business secretary and .Mr H. E. Bennett minute secretary of the Manawatu Boxing Association. vice Mr C. Cronin. resigned. Mrs Sarah Boas, who was wellknown in Palmerston North and Feildingr, died in the public hospital yesterday, after a lengthy illness. She leaves a grown-up family. It is expected that their Excellencies Viscount and Bady Jellicoe will remain in residence at Auckland until towards the end of June, when Parliament, will probably meet. The Earl of Biverpool, late Gov-ernor-General of New Zealand, has been appointed a. Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Lincoln (states the "Post's" London correspondent). Mr Hugh Morrison, of Masterton, who will preside at the provisional conference of the Farmers' Union at Wanganui to-day, passed through Palmerston North yesterday afternoon. The Rev. J. Napier Milne has been appointed editor of the "Methodist Times," in succession to the Rev. W. J. Williams, who has now relinquished the editorship after a long period of service. The death is reported of Mr Edward Kirby at .Southampton, JBnglaiul, at the age. of fifty-four years, after a brief illness. For some years he was farming at Shannon, where he was one of the pioneers. Mr W. Morant Bayly has been appointed secretary of the Poverty Bay A. and P. Association. Prior to taking up his residence in Gisborne, Mr Bayiyj was a member of the executive of the; Stratford A. and P. Association. Mr George Clarke, of Palmerston North, sustained a broken collar-bone as the resuit of a fall from his motorcycle, near Sanson. Mr Clarke was on his way to New Plymouth, but after having first aid rendered, he was brought to Palmerston North, where he received skilled attention. Members of the Tararua Power Board have been elected as follow: Eketahuna County: Messrs J. B. Carruthers, Purves, Hay, and T. M. Page; Pahiatua County, Messrs S. Bolton, H. Cornelius, J. G. Brechin, and T. Hodgins; Pahiatua Borough, Mr J. D. Wiison. Mauriceville returns are not yet available. Messrs Collinson and Cunninghame Ltd. are running a Coupon Week until Saturday, during which period they are issuing It) coupons in their i current advertisements to test the ' relative values of different media. We j advise readers to peruse the firm's}: page 6 advertisement and clip the ; coupons that interest them most.*