Around, the City

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 141, 17 June 1936, Page 6

Around, the City

Paragraphs About People and Events Mr. M. H. Oram was elected chairman of tho Palmerston North High Schools Board of Governors at the annual meeting of that body last night. <S> «> <J> <s> A motion of sympathy with the relatives of the late Mr. P. Owtram was passed at the annual meeting of the All Saints’ Children's Home Committee. <*> <«> ❖ <S> Missing from the Old People’s Home, Awapuiu, from which he wandered away on Monday, Mr. T. Brown, agen 79 years, was found in Main street, Terrace End, yesterday. <S> <S> <S> <s> Passengers by the Union Airways yesterday for Christchurch included Miss Biss; for Blenheim, Mr. J. Boden; arriving from Dunedin, Miss M. Taylor; from Christchurch, Mr. H.- L, Pancrcd. «>«><s>«> Among the Manawatu delegates who are attending the annual conference ot tho National Dairy Association ut Hast ings this week arc Messrs. J. Devine, ,J. Kyle and C. A. Hyde, from the lvainmga Dairy Company; N. Campbell and E. 0. Bond, Awahuri Company; .J. A. Woodley, New Zealand Farmers’ Dairy Union; L. Dampney, Tiakitahuua Company; L. Wilton, Tokomaru Company; and R. White, Mangawhata Company. <s■ <s> >s> The resignation of Mr. A. C. Zohrab, of the teaching staff of the Palmerston North Boys’ High School, who has been appointed as senior English master to a B grade position at tho Whangarei High .School, eamo before the High Schools Board of Governors last night, being accepted with regret. Tribute was paid to what Mr. Zohrab had done tor the school, and it was decided to write to him expressing appreciation of his services. • <s> <i> ❖ <s> Mr. C, M. Turner, of Palmerston North, received advice yesterday from the Ractihi Borough Council that he has been selected to till the position of Town Clerk, rendered vacant by the appointment of the present clerk to be clerk of the Egmont County Council. Mr. Turner is a son of Mr. and Sirs. Walter Turner and is an old pupil of the Palmerston North Boys’ High School. For the past ten years he lias been on the staff of the Palmerston North City Council. Mr. Turner was a popular member of the Manawatu Golf Club, United Football Club and also a member of the City Council Cricket Club. <s> <s’>s' <s> “An attempt is being made to deal with tho problem of tho late arrival ol train ami bus pupils,” stated Miss S. J. Robinson (acting-principal of the Palmerston North Girls’ High School) in her report to the monthly meeting of the High Schools Board of Governors last night. “There arc some fifty pupils who miss, some of them, as much as an hour every day, through late arrival. The tradio manager has been approached, and has offered to go into the question of bus services from the train and from the Square. An improvement here would be of very great benefit to the work of the country pupils.” The board decided to await the result of the traffic manager’s investigation.