PERSONALITIES

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7013, 12 September 1929, Page 6

PERSONALITIES

ALL BRITISH. How many people who profess to he loyal Britishers are actually sc when it comes to a matter of £ s d ? There is ooe man at least in Palmerston North who as an ardent Imperialist practices what he preaches. He is Ernest B. Jennings, secretary of the Whakarongo Co-op. Dairy Coy. and Manawatu Jersey Breeders’ Club. E. B. J. will tell you that if he were in Parliament he would move for a start to prohibit the importation of all things foreign. Tor him everything as far as possible must be Empire made and he not only says this. Ho acts on his contentions. No foreign parcels lie on his desk; they were made in Britain. It is not right, he says, that we should patronise others when the Mother Country wants our trade and we can give it to her.

Mr. A. J. Palmer, of Palmerston North, is at present on a • visit to Auckland. Mr. Jas. Wallace, whose indisposition necessitated his entering hospital, is making rapid progress toward recovery. Mr. L. J. Miller, of tho literary staff of tho Auckland Herald, formerly chief reporter of the Manawatu Standard, has been appointed chief of staff of the Christchurch Press. Doctor George H. Uttley, at present principal of the Wairarapa High School has been appointed rector of the Southland Boys’ High School and will commence his duties in February next year. There were 20 applicants for the position. Mr and Mrs H. N. Watson and Miss S. Watson, returned to Palmerston North yesterday from Hawke's Bay, where they have been spending a- few days. Mr Watson, his many friends will be pleased to learn, has greatly bonefifcted by his 1 oalth-rec/raiting trip to England.