PERSONAL

Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 6440, 19 January 1924, Page 1

PERSONAL

Mrs E. G. Simmons is on a holiday visit to Auckland.

Mrs A. D. Wallace and family are spending a holiday at Bayswater.

Mr and Mrs D. McL. Wallace are spending a few weeks at Dominion Road, Auckland.

Mr and Mrs T. Stanley, who have been spending a three weeks’ holiday in Auckland returned home on Thursday.

Dr E. D. Mackellar, of Auckland, died at his residence, on Wednesday evening, at the age of 76 years.

The Elstow school committee is to be consulted by the Auckland Education Board regarding the appointment of Miss E. J. Hosking.

The Mayor, Mr R. Coulter, did not reach Te Aroha on Thursday as originally intended. His Worship is expected to arrive here to-day.

The Auckland Education Board on Wednesday confirmed the proposed appointment of Mr F. R. S. Bullen as headmaster of Waihou School.

The Mangaiti school committee is to be consulted by the Auckland Education Board regarding the appointment of Miss H. Sprague to Mangaiti.

The Prime Minister, the Hon. W. F. Massey, is expected to reach Auckland on Thursday. A large number of . Ministers are coming North to welcome him.

Mrs W. Everitt and family, of Somerstown, who have been, spending a month’s holiday at Devonport, are expected to return to Te Aroha today.

Mr A. Ball, manager of the transport department of the Waitoa Dried Milk Factory, ’ha S ‘feturned from a very pleasant motoring tour of the East Coast.

A social evening was tendered to Mrs Powell by the residents of Waitoa on Thursday evening. Mr and Mrs Powell are shortly leaving for their new home. <

The death occurred in Wellington on Tuesday of Colonel James Robert Purdy, who was Director of Medical Services to the New Zealand Defence Forces during the war.

Lady Jellicoe, who has been absent from the Dominion for the past four months, during which she visited China, accompanied by the Hon. Lucy Jellicoe, returned by the Maheno, which arrived at Auckland from Sydney on Tuesday.

Mr W. E. Reynolds, of Dunedin, has been chosen as the second Government representative on the Dairy Control Board. Mr Hawken, M.P., of Egmont, Taranaki, was the first. Mr Reynolds is said to possess a thor-r ough knowledge of the business side of the industry. His appointment, it is considered, will prove a marked addition to the strength of the Board.