PERSONAL

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 88, 23 March 1931, Page 4

PERSONAL

The Hon. R. Masters, who has been n Stratford for the week-end, reurned to Wellington this morning.

Police Inspector Fraser was a passenger by the Whanga train this morning.

Mr. D. Kemp, J.P., occupied a. seat on the Bench with the Magistrate, Mr. R. W. Tate, at the Stratford Magistrate’s Court to-day.

inspectors N. R. McKenzie, J. A. Henry and J. P. Hawke, of the Taranaki Education Board staff, left by this morning’s train for Whangamamoua, and will visit the schools of (he district during the next three day's."

Captain H. M. Rushworth, M.P., Bay of Islands, and Mrs. Rushworth arrived at Eltham on Saturday and spent yesterday with Mr. C. A. Wilkltujan, ALP., at Mr. WiKtinson’s Country Home at Pukearune. They returned to Wellington to-day.

Mr. C. Grubb, of the National Bank, Stratford, who was injured in a motor-cycle accident near Te Kuiti some weks ago, and is still using crutches, lias been transferred to Wellington, and left Stratford on Saturday.

Mr. W. R. B. Oliver, Director of New r Zealand Museums, left for Wellington by the mail train this morning'. He has Been on a visit to IStratfofd in connection with investigations on the old Maori oven uncovered 17 months ago by workmen engaged on road development.

The death of Mr. Francis Keighley at Hamilton at tfie age of 76 removes a very old resident of the Beaconsfield Road, Midhirst, where the family resided 20 years ago, and the members of which were all very well known. The funeral cortege will leave the Methodist Church, Midhirst, to-morrow at 1.30 p.m., for the Midhirst Cemetery.

Tommy Fairhall, the successful boxer in Saturday night’s contest at Stratford with Reg. Trowern, is a brass worker by trade. He informed the Stratford “Post” that he would like to get a job in New Zealand. He was attracted to the Dominion from Australia and came over on a visit following a slack time in the trade in New South. Wales. He left yesterday by motor for Wellington, which is his present headquarters. Trowern, junior and senior, left by the mail train to-day for their home in Auckland,

The friends of Mr. R. Lloyd, caretaker of the Stratford racecourse, will learn with regret of the death of Mrs. Lloyd at the Stratford Hospital on Saturday last. Deceased had been In ill-health for many yeans, and her demise at the age o£ 47 was not unexpected. There is a family of six to mourn the loss of their mother. The funeral took place this afternoon, the pallbearers being Messrs. A. Stewart, R. King, S. Rowe and J. Wade. The Rev. Beala conducted the burial service at the graveside at Kopuatama Cemetery.