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Taranaki Daily News, 13 December 1930, Page 6

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Mr. L. M. Moss, president of; the .Taranaki Chamber of Commerce, has returned to New Plymouth from'<Wellington. A London cable reports tho death, of Admiral Sir Richard Poore, aged 77. He was Commander-in-Ghief of the Australian station from 1908 to 1911. Messrs. N. A. Elliott (Palmerston North), T. R. Barter (Mastcrtdn), W. Wallis (Wellingtori) and H. Maultr (Wellington) are among, the guests at the Criterion, New Plymouth. Guest sat the Hotel Imperial, New Plymouth include Messrs. E. W. Holiiess (Wellington), G. McMillan, K. Black (Awakinoj, Rev. R./Hegarty (Patea), F. Pickering (Palmerston North) and W. Hislop (Wellington). A Reefton message reports that an old Coast pioneer, Mr. Henry S. Castle, aged 87 died on Thursday. He arrived at Hokitika in 1865 and was associated with Consolidated Goldfields, Regfton, until a few years ago., = • ; / An Auckland message states that from 46 applicants for the position of bandmaster of the Auckland Municipal Band the city council on Thursday night appointed Mr. G. Buckley (conductor of the Queen Alexandra Band, Wangantii), at a salary of £4OO. Mr. T. Ji. Godfrey, a member of the New Plymouth railway station clerical staff, who has been transferred, to Dfinnevirke, left on Thursday to take rip his nh\V duties. Before leaving he was met by the staff of the yards, and station, on whose behalf the stationmaster, Mr H. Larkin, presented him with a gold pencil'in recognition of his five years’ service at New Plymouth.