Around the City

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 44, 22 February 1936, Page 4

Around the City

Paragraphs About People and Events It was mentioned at a meeting of the West End Progressive Association that its membership now stood in the neighbourhood of 190. <s> <S> <s> <s> Messrs V. H. Pedersen and A. B, Abel, of the Manawatu Mounted Rifles, have been promoted to the rank ol Lieutenant. <s> <s> <S> <s> Regret will be felt that Mr W. A Swinbourn, headmaster of College Street School, is still seriously ill and will fie unable to resume his duties for some time. <s><s><s><£ Mr. W. E. Solomon, of the staff of Warner Bros. First National Films, is visiting Palmerston North and is the guest of Mr. G. Jardiue, manager of the Regent Theatre. <S> <s> <S> At tho meeting of tho Palmerston North Citizens’ Lunch Club yesterday, Mr J. B. Fleck accepted tho speaker’s chair at short notice, and delivered an interesting address on Samoan experiences. Several visitors were welcomed. <s><£❖ Mssrs B. J. Jacobs, A. Akers, L. G. Millward and N. D. Stubbs leave today on a fishing expedition in tho Queen Charlotte Sounds. The party of Palmcrstonians will link up with Mr Tracy Gough, of Christchurch, and a party of four, aud a fortnight will bo spent cruising along this delightful coastline. ❖ <*> <*> Guests at Hotel Imperial include Mr E. Wilkinson, Mr Gilmour, Mrs North, Miss Schuster, and Mr Jacobson, all of Wellington; Squadron-Leader J. Seabrook and Wing-Commander K. C. Caldwell, both of Auckland. Members of tho Poverty Bay Hawke Cup challenge team are also guests. <s> <S> <e> <t> “If Palmerston North concentrates on reasonable expansion and the provision of good facilities by the municipal authorities, 1 see no reason why this city should not become one of the most important of the whole country,’’ remarked Mr Hartley .W. Whyte, an industrialist from Glasgow, when on a visit to this centre this week. Great stress was laid on the importance of a good airport for such a centre by Mr Whyte, who also remurked that good roads leading to it had a big effect on the growth of such a town. Because of its central position and the fact that it was not a great distance from a good port, Mr Whyte thought that Palmerston North might one day rival Wellington or Auckland.