PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume LVIII, Issue 92, 24 September 1926, Page 4

PERSONAL.

a mistress at the Stratford Primary School, was sent for urgently yesterday. Her mother ia very ill and was taken to the hospitalyesterday to undergo an operation.

Miv-E. F. Hollands, Wellington, has been* liHected by the Timaru Borough';€ouncil as general manager of the electrical department There w«*re 27 applications. The salary is £7OO per annum.

Miss W. A. Valentine, supervisor of special classes in Wellington, is paying- a short visit to the Stratford Primary Sehool, making an investigation into retardation with a view to establishing a special class for retardates,

A Press Association message from Waipujcurau . states that the. Minister for .Health is making good progress from-Jiiie minor indisposition. He expects)Ji to leave the* Waipulcurau ,ri Hospital in ia few dlajls B*,nd tlieiK r for a day of two.'

Tli© .appointment is announced, of Mr It. B. Hammond, to Wm. Planning,, .consultant, of Auckland; ' as Director of Town Planning under the Town Planning- Act, passed last.session. The appointment is for iod of twelve months.—Press Association. ' '■:'. ■

The death has occurred at Christ church of Mr William Garrard, aged 90 years. He v«s well known to sportsmen. He came to New;, Zealand 60 years ago, settling at Nelson until 1874, when he removed to Christchurch, where he remained aiM the time of his death. His sons are Mr W. G. Garrard, of Christchurch; Mr Joseph Garrard, Lyttelton, manager of Kinsey and Co.; M C. A. Garrard, chief Inspector of schools, at Auckland; and Mr H. P. Garrard, of Christchurch.