PERSONAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19507, 14 December 1937, Page 4

PERSONAL

Lord Bledisloe, formerly GovernorGeneral of New Zealand, has again accepted the office of patron to the New Zealand Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs.

Mr. D. W. Coleman, M.P., returned to Gisborne last evening, and will preside at to-night’s meeting of the Borough Council in his capacity as Mayor. The Rev. S. C. Read, who recently completed his training at Knox College, Dunedin, and was licensed by the Waikato presbytery, has received a unanimous call from the congregation of the East Taieri Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. A. Forsythe, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. Lysnar, Russell street, returned to Wellington this afternoon. Mr. Forsythe, who is the chief civil engineer of the Transport Department, visited Gisborne to inspect the No. 4 highways district Passengers who travelled to-day between 'Gisborne, Napier, and Palmerston North by the East Coast Airways’ service included Mrs. F. Newman; Dr. F. Kahlen’berg; Messrs. R. M. Grant and I. McSaveney; and Master G. Martin.

Brigadier-General J. Byron and Mrs. Byron are making the round voyage on the Mataroa, which is due at Auckland on December 30 from Southampton. Brigadier-General Byron saw service on the North West Front and in the South African War before he became deputy director of artillery in the War Office during the Great War. He was commanding divisional artillery in Italy in 1918 and 1919 and was afterwards with the Royal Artillery in Palestine and Egypt for four years. Notification has been received in Gisborne that Mr. F. V. Carpenter, until recently manager of the local branch of the Bank of New South Wales, has not accepted his transfer to Dunedin and that Mr. Carpenter will be returning to Gisborne shortly to resume the managership of the Gisborne branch. Mr. Carpenter arrived at Wellington yesterday by the Awatea from Sydney, and in a telephone communication last night with Mr. R. A. Philpotts, acting-manager, he stated that he had declined the appointment to Dunedin on medical advice.

His health having improved sufficiently to enable him to undertake the tour* Mr. G. J. Robertson, formerly of Gisborne and now of Dunedin, has been included in the Otago Plunket Shield team to play Canterbury, Auckland, and Wellington. Mr. Robertson, who was an outstanding figure in Poverty Bay Cricket for a number of seasons, and was particularly noted for his patient work at the crease when runs were hard to get, has done well in the game since his transfer to Dunedin, and seems likely to earn new laurels there. The town members of the Gisborne Police Force met yesterday afternoon to say farewell to Constable V. L. Bagge, who left to-day on transfer to the station at Ruatoria. In view of the fact that that section of the Coast was not reticulated, he was presented with a benzine iron, the inspector, Mr. G. B. Edwards, making the presentation on behalf of the force. Although Constable Bagge had not long been stationed in Gisborne it was evident from the tone of the remarks made by the speakers that he was held in high regard. The other speakers were Senior-Sergeant J. F. H. Macnamara, Sergeant L. T. Moore, Constables H. Hunter, W. R. Cooper, and G. A. McCurragh, and all extended their best wishes for the future.