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Taranaki Daily News, 27 April 1931, Page 6

PERSONAL

The Rev. J. Adams, vicar of Okato, left Wellington by the Rangitgne on Saturday and a visit to Engl..nd. The Rev., H. Sinclair, who went to Wellington to see him off, returned to Okato on Saturday.

The death of Mr. G- W. S. Rowe, secretary of the Roseliill Racing Club, and of Mr. A. J. Hopkins, the former International cricketer, is announced by a Press Association cablegram from Sydney. Mr. Charles Gordon Ross, who was until Igst year manager of the Wanganui branch of Messrs. Wright, Stephenson .and Co., died at Wanganui on Thursday. Mr. Ross was born at Turakina, and farmed in the Wanganui district for many years, later becoming manager of Medsrs. Wright,. Stephenson’s business there, a position which he relinguished last year. Mr. W. H. Atkin?, late of T. H. Green and Co., Christchurch, has been appointed manager of the Inglewood Bacon Company in succession to the late Mr. J. Allan. Mr. Atkins has been associated with Hutton Bros., Wellington, and. the N.Z. Bacon Coy., for which firm he prepared the exhibits which took first prize at the Londoh dairy show and also it the St. Louis exhibition.

Mr. F. W. Martin, headmaster of the Masterton Technical School, has been appointed principal of the new Otahiihu Junior High School. Mr. Martin is 45 years of age and possesses M.A. and M.Sc. degrees. One of the principal reasons for his selection for z the Otahuliu post was his experience in technical school work. It is considered that the school will develop largely iiito a technical institution. Mr., Martin has been in charge of tlic Masterton school for over seven years. Prior to that he was senior instructor at the Wellington Technical School.' He has also had primary school and district high school experience in the Taranaki district.

Professor T. A. Hunter, who, with Professor Hight, Canterbury College, is to represent the New Zealand University at the Universities’ Congress at Edinburgh in July, tendered his re- - signatioh as a member of the Victoria College Council on Thursday evening. The chairmaii, Mr. P. Levi, said the council could ill afford to lose the advice of Professor Hunter, who had for some years rendered, signal service to the college. Other members paid tribute to the work Which Professor Hunter had done. The resignation was accepted, and members expressed the hope that he would enjoy the holiday which lie had so well earned, and would •return to give the coqqcil _ aqd the college the benefit of his aflvipe.