PERSONAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 15 June 1936, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr E. Hammond, manager of John Burns and Company, Ltd., Christchurch, is at present on a visit to 1 Nelson.'. The Nelson Education Board, on the 1 motion of Mr E. J. Scantlebury, toil day passed a vote of sympathy to Mr W. B. Auld, chairman of the Reefton Committee, in his illness and expres- • sed the hope that he would have a speedy recovery. Mr Scantlebury paid a tribute to Mr Auld’s work for the Reefton school. * Mr J. H. Harkness was to-day reappointed by the Nelson Education Board to the position of board rep--3 resentative on the Westport Tech- » nical ■ High School Board of Man--3 agers. 2 Mr E. J. Scantlebury was to-day appointed to represent the Nelson Edu- ’ cation Board at the annual conference of the New Zealand Technical Educational Association to be held in Wellington on the 22nd and 23rd Sept tember. ; Mr and Mrs A. H. Finnie, Dunedin, r have been the guests of Mr and Mrs | H. M. Finnie, Waimea road, for the , past live weeks, and leave by tonight’s boat for Wellington and Auck- ‘ land to complete a three months’ ! business and health-restoring holiday. ' Ivlr Finnie, who attended the annual 1 conference of the Dominion Cordial i Manufacturers’ Association at Grey- . mouth, speaks in glowing terms of the . hospitality received from the cordial manufacturers of Westland and Nelson. They did everything in their power to make the visit a pleasant one. In Greymouth the Mayor and councillors gave them a civic reception followed by a banquet. After the conference they were taken in private cars 150 miles through some of the most beautiful scenery in New Zealand, arriving at tne Fox Glacier Hostel at dusk. Next day after being fitted with ice boots and axes they left for the Glacier, which is only a short distance from the hostel. This river of ice which moves at the rate of three feet per annum is wonderful and cannot, be adequately described in words. At the foot the ice is fairly• smooth but higher up it becomes very rough and harder to climb, and great care is necessary. Nelson (said the visitors) is well named when it is known as Sunny Nelson. During the last live weeks the sun has been shining continuously except on one day, which is a great novelty for residents in the south. “Nelson is the perfect town to spend the remaining days of life.” Last month Mr and Mrs F. C. Pettit oi Nelson celebrated their golden wedding at the residence of their son, Mr H. Pettit, of Seatoun, Wellington. There was a large family gathering, together with grandchildren and frienas. Mr and Mrs Pettit were married at Nelson. The marriage notice was as follows: On Ist May, 1883, at. the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev. W. H. Beck. Frederick Charles, youngest son of Mr C. Pettit, Neison. to Mary Louisa, second daughter of Mr .Tames Henry Richards, of Nelson. Mr and Mrs Pettit have been the recipients of large numbers of congratulatory messages and good wishes.