SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4522, 12 January 1942, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs J. Farrell, of Mangapeehi, is at present the guest of Mr and Mrs George Farrell, of Kihikihi Road. Mrs C. Rutland and daughter, of Otorohanga, are the guests of Mrs Goile, Morrinsville. Dr J.. B. W. Roberton to-day left Te Awamutu to go into camp on the mobilisation of the Territorial Field Ambulance. Mr and Mrs H. P. Ensor and family, who have been spending a holiday at Tapu, Thames Coast, returned to Te Awamutu on Saturday. Mr K. Cresswell, o' Christchurch, is spending a short holiday in Te Awamutu as the guest of his sister, Mrs G. D.' Warring, of Bank Street. Mr and Mrs H. E. Beable, of Hangatiki, have received a cablegram dated 15th December fom their son, Sert-geant-Pilot E. H. Beable, stating that he was safe and well. Miss Rhoda Brown has been appointed Commandant of Cambridge V.A. Detachment in place of Miss E. Swayne, who has resigned her position to take up military duties. Mr and Mrs J. E. Pepperell, Edgecumbe, Bay of Plenty, announce the engagement of their younger daughter, Joy Lillian, to Maurice Edgar, only son of Mr and Mrs H. J. Webber, of Paterangi Road. Mr and Mrs E. W. Sage, Ohaupo, announce the engagement of their second daughter, Elva Aline Maude, to Albeit' William Maxwell, only son of Mr and Mrs W. A. Godfrey, of Te Rore. Captain E. Newton, adjutant to the local Home Guard area, and Warrant Officers J. Alexander and G. L. Martin arrived in Te Awamutu to-day, and will spend a week in town instructing the Waipa Battalion. In a long list of awards of Military Decorations, released last night, it is announced that a bar to the D.S.O. has been awarded to Brigadier J. Hargest, M.P. (prisoner of war) and the D.S.O. to Lieutenant-Colonel G. Dittmer (Maori Battalion).

Dr C. A. Corban, assistant medical officer at Hokitika Mental Hospital and formerly of Tokanui, has been appointed Medical Officer in South Westland. He will take up his new duties at Wataroa about the end of this month. Copstable L. Gordon arrived from Eltham on Saturday morning, and has taken up duties with the local Police Force, in place of Constable H. J. Carseldine, now in charge at Eketahuna. Constable Gordon was accompanied by his wife any two young sons. Advice that her youngest son, E. F. Montgomery, has been commissioned a sub-lieutenant in the Fleet Air Arm, has been received by Mrs M. E. Montgomery, of Te Puke. SubLieutenant Montgomery is 25 years of age and was educated at Cambridge and Te Puke High Schools. Major Graham Mills, of Ngahinepouri, has relinquished command of the Waipa Battalion of the Home Guard, having joined the National Military Reserve. Captain H. A. Swarbrick, second in command, has also resigned having joined the National Military Reserve. Captain ■ Charles Howcroft is to take command of the local Home Guard Battalion. Mrs Kingi Tahiwi, a prominent member of the Independent Order of Oddfellows and an enthusiastic worker for Maori missions, died in Wellington on Saturday. She was a daughter of Mr and Mrs John Armstrong, of Otaki, and was fifty-six years old. Her only son, now a pilot officer in England, was the first Maori to receive a commission in the Air Force. Mr J. Ireton, traffic inspector, who just before Christmas met with a very serious accident when chasing an erring motorist on the Hamilton Road, has so far recovered from his illness as to be able to come into town on Saturday last. Mr Ireton has resigned his position with the Transport Department in order to conduct a motor transport service to the State Coal Mine at Mangapeehi. Among the names of a number of Maoris who are gazetted as officers in Home Guard units is that of George Nepia, celebrated New Zealand Rugby and Rugby League fullback, now a temporary lieutenant in the Tairawhiti Battalion. He is stated to have been an enthusiastic member of the Home Guard for some time, but, like all other officers, it is only since the Army took over control of the Guard that he has been officially appointed to officer’s rank. Mr Nepia has been farming for a number of years in the area from which his battalion has been recruited.