Personal

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 98, 27 April 1937, Page 2

Personal

Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Dick and family have returned to Waipawa after spending a holiday in Taranaki. Dr. Alexander Gillies, Wellington, who has been on a visit to England, returned to. New Zealand by tho Awatea yesterday.

Major-General Sir Andrew Russell, of Hastings, visited Whangarei to take part in the Anzac Day commemoration. The Rev. and Mrs. S. 13. R. Corbin, Ormondville, have returned from Wei lington, whore they have been visiting Miss A. M. Webb in hospital. lion. W. E. Barnard, Bpeaker of the House of Representatives, was a weekend visitor to* Christchurch where he delivered au address at tho citizens’ gathering in Christchurch ou Anzac Day.

Mr. E. L. Cullen, M.P., has left Hastings lor Wellington, whero ho vrili attend tho national conference of tho Five Millions Club as the delegate of tho Hastings branch of that organisation.

Mr. Baron do Castro, of the Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., has received notification of his transfer to tho Marlborough district, with headquarters at Blenheim. Mr. and Mrs. do Castro will leave Hastings in about a fortnight, ilia successor will be Mr. R. H. Clouston, of Dannevirke, who, with Mrs. Clouston, will soon take up their residence ju Hastings. Mr. and Mrs. E. N. U. (Stewart, Napier, leave to-day by the Awatea ou a holiday trip to (Sydney. Miss R. (Skews, of Auckland, w ho has been visiting Hastings, ha» returned home. Miss G. Marwood, an Australian visitor to Napier, has left to visit friends in Auckland. Mrs. A. 1\ (Spackman, Napier, has left on a short visit to Wanganui. Mrs. H. D. Crisp, Harris street, Gisborne, was a visitor to Napier Ibr the week-end. Mrs. J. Webster, Wliakatu, has left to spend a holiday in ChristchuroL. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Buchanan, Herbert street, left Waipukurau yesterday eu route for Japan, where they will spend the winter months. Miss Norah Wilson, Hinemoa Terrace, Waipukurau, has left for Gwavas Station to join her brother, Mr. C. Wilson, who is managing the station during Mr. and Mrs. E. T. R. Carlyon’s absence in England. Mr. H. T. Limbrick has returned to Waipawa from a holiday visit to the (South Island. Mr, F. C. Wallis, of Waipawa, has left on a holiday visit to Auckland. At the Waipawa bowlers’ social Mr. V. i’atterson was presented with a set of three silver vases in of his work in connection with lhe bathing belle contest and in organising vanou.» competitions. Mr. N. J. McKay paid warm tribute to the service given by both Mr. and Mrs. Patterson. The death is reported from Auckland of Captain Hamuel Jones, formerly well-known in the coastal shipping trade between Nupier and Auckland. Employed for a great number of years by Messrs. Richardson and Company, Limited, of Napier, he had latterly been living in retirement in Auckland. Captain Jones, who was predeceased by his wife, was master of the coastal vessel Mako, which traded for many years bctiveen Napier, Auckland and intermediate ports. When the Pukeko was built in 3927 to replace tho Mako he took charge of tho new vessel, the Mako being laid-up at Auckland. A brother cf Captain Jones is Mr. David Jones, who is an engineer in the Richardson vessel Tu Atu.