SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3796, 17 August 1936, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mr J. C. Montefiore, of Te Awamutu, returned on Friday ■ from a visit to Wellington.

Mr W. McGee, of Kihikihi, who represents Orakau riding, was granted leave of absence at to-day’s meeting of the Waipa County Council.

Mr J. F. Montague, of Auckland (who recently visited Te Awamutu) will leave for Australia by the Wanganella this afternoon to act as chief adjudicator in elocution at the Sydney Eisteddfod.

The fc Bowing second lieutenants of the Ist Battalion, Waikato Regiment, are gazetted as lieutenants: A. C. Turtill, F. H. Muller, A. G. Simms and R. B. McClymont. Lieut. S. E. West, has been transferred to the Reserve of Officers.

While playing hockey at Albert Park last Saturday afternoon, Mr Claude Bourne, of the Te Rahu Club, received injuries when a rising tall struck him in the mouth. Two teeth were knocked out, and several stitches were required to repair cuts on the lips. St. John Ambulance men rendered first aid, and then Mr Bourne was taken to a doctor for further treatment.

At to-day’s meeting of the Waipa County Council the chairman made feeling reference to the death last week of Mr Edward Allen, a very old settler in the Pukekura district, and for several years a member of the County Council, of which body he was chairman in 1914—after the retirement of the Hon. John Fisher and before Mr Robert Fisher took office. Mr Macky moved a resolution of sympathy with the relatives, and all the members stood in silence.

On leaving the staff of Wallace Supplies, Ltd., to take up a position with Craik Motors, Mr Elvyn (Bob) Quinlan was met by the manager and fellow members on Saturday afternoon and presented with a cigarette case, with all good wishes for his future success. Mr Savill voiced the opinion of all members of the staff in referring to the happy relationships that had prevailed throughout Mr Quinlan’s term of about four years with the firm and the oft-expressed goodwill of the customers.

An interested visitor to Otorohanga on Saturday last was the Hon. B. C. Robbins, M.L.C., Tauranga (writes our Otorohanga correspondent). An inerview with Mr Robbins disclosed some very interesting reminiscences of the early days in Taranaki, where he resided some fifty years ago. He was born in Nova Scotia 79 years ago, and in spite of the passage of time is still a very active man in both body and mind. Together with the late Mr Pierard, Mr Robbins established seven dairy factories in the the southern part of Taranaki nearly half a century ago. One of his life hobbies has been fire brigade work, and he claims to be the oldest firebrigadesman in New Zealand. Mr Robbins has ever taken an active part in local and national politics, and filled the mayoral chair of Hawera for ten years and that of Tauranga for several terms; he is also a strong advocate of temperance.