SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 25, Issue 3757, 18 May 1936, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

.Mr and Mrs J. Sellars, of Aria (King Country), were renewing old friendships in Te Awamutu on Saturday last.

Miss F. Kitchener, of the teaching staff at Pirongia school, is spending the holidays with her parents in Auckland.

Mr and Mrs C. S. Wood, of the Pirongia school, have left by car to spend the school vacation at Gisborne.

Rev. G. T. Robson (former vicar of Te Awamutu), with Mrs Robson and their daughter, Patricia, were visitors to Te Awamutu on Saturday,

Mr and Mrs S. Sifleet, of Te Rore, leave to day for the Stratford district, where they intend being present at the Cardiff school jubilee celebrations.

Mr Spenceley Walkqr, formerly headmaster./at the Te Awamutu District High School, was a visitor to Te Awamutu on Friday.

Mr and Mrs J. McGruther, who have been spending a six months’ holiday with their relatives in New Zealand, left Ngutunui on Sunday last for Wellington. With their one daughter and two ’sons to wave them good-bye, Mr and Mrs McGruther sailed by the Makura on Tuesday for Mangaia Island, in the Cook Group, where Mr McGruther will take up duty as Resident Commissioner for another term of three years.

Mr D. S. Neilson, a prominent Te Puke business man and sportsman, was a visitor to Te Awamutu on Saturday to see his horses, Wiinlona and Kanapa compete at the local Club’s special race meeting.

Mr and Mrs E. Findsen, of Te Puke, were visitors to Te Awamutu during the week-end.

Mr J. G. W'ynyard, secretary of the Waipa Racing Club, was still too indisposed to, attend the Club’s special winter race meeting last Saturday, but his two assistant secretaries, Messrs L. A. Johnston and “ Pat ” Goldsbro, carried out the duties, with Mr “Jim” Wynyard assisting, in first-class style.

Mr W. Morrice, deputy-Mayor of Morrinsvilla, has been selected to fill the vacancy on the Waikato Hospital Board caused by the death last month of Mr H. Allan Bell, who represented the combined boroughs of Cambridge, Morrinsville and Te Aroha. This decision was made a|t a conference of representatives of the three boroughs (held at Morrinsville a few days ago. We understand Mr Geo. Hedge, deputy-Mayor of Te Aroha, was also nominated, but there was a preponderating vote for Mt Morrice.

A painful and distressing accident ‘befel the infant son of Mr and Mrs H. P. Ensor this morning. The child was playing with his elder brother, and by some means unknown to their parents they had obtained possession of a lawnmower, which was being trundled around the yard. By some unaccountable means the child’s left hand became entangled in the blades, one of Which completely severed the small finger.

Many local and district sportsmen were very pleased to see present at the Waipa Racing Club’s meeting on Saturday their old friend, Mr W. G. Kay, who has been invalided for several, months past. The club made special provision for Mr Kay to be accommodated ilj. a motor-car in a good position to see the racing, and many of the patrons present made a point of spending a few minutes with him. All hope that he will be able to attend many more race’ meetings, for he has been prominently identified with sport in the’ Waikato for very many years.

Mr J. D. Shea, who has disposed of, his lease of the Te Awamutu Hotel to Mr E. H. Cucksey, and intends leaving the district, has been a very popular figure here for the pask-six years or so, and he will take away with" him the good wishes of a verylarge circle of friends. He has proved himself a good sportsman and friend, and especially did he interest himself in the Waipa Racing Club (he is a considerable debenture-hold-er at present, and generously contributed for race trophies, etc.), and the Returned Soldiers’ Association, of which he was a vice-president, and declined elevation to the presidency. Mr Shea mentioned on Saturdayevening that his plans for the future were quite indefinite, but he expected to have a rest from the responsibilities of hotel keeping for some time, a plan that will be recognised as wise by his intimates, who realise that Mr Shea has not enjoyed the best of health for some months.