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Taranaki Daily News, 24 June 1931, Page 4

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(Mr. F. W. Mothes, M.8.E., 8.A., recently London director of the Goldberg Advertising Agency Ltd., has been appointed general manager of the company’© organisation in New ZealandSir Walter and Lady Camcross left Eltham yesterday morning for Wellington to be present at th© opening of Parliament to-morrow. _ Mr. C. A- Wilkinson, M.P., leaves this morning. The death is reported from France of M. Armand Fallieres, aged 90 years. M. Fallieres was eight times re-elected ■President of the Senate and was President of the French Republic from 1906 to 1913. Dr. C. J. Reakes, Director-General of the Agricultural Department, and Mr. W. E. Gwillim, Assistant-Director of the Dairy Division, arrived at New Plymouth last night and are staying at the Criterion. The Hon. A. J. Murdoch, Minister of Agriculture, arrived in New Plymouth last night to attend the annual conference of the National Dairy Association, which will open to-day. He will leave New Plymouth this afternoon so as to be present in Wellington for the opening of Parliament to-morrow. The Hon. S. 0. Smith, Minister of Labour and member for the district, had intended being present at the opening of th© National Dairy Association conference .at New Plymouth to-day, but owing to pressure of business and fhe close proximity to the opening of Parliament he wag unable to leave Wellington. The death occurred suddenly at Wellington on Saturday of Mr. George Howell, of the staff of the New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltd. Mr. Howell, prior to the war, was in the service of the Bank of New South Wales, and was stationed in Patea for some time, afterwards being transferred to Manaia, and later to Wanganui, where he was when war broke out. Mr. Howell enlisted with the main body as. a member of the seventh company Wellington Infantry Regiment, and saw service in Egypt, Gallipoli and France. Mr, Howell leaves a widow and daughter.' Th© death occurred at Foxton on Sunday of an old and respected resident of the district, Mr. Edward John Martin aged 91 years. He was born in England and served with the French Foreign Legion in his youth, but deserted and joined the British after the Battle of Balaclava. He was on board one of the British ships when the bombardment of Sebastopol took place. Mr. Martin later came to New Zealand in the Accrington, which, after h© left it at Lyttelton, was never heard of again. He worked, on the Midland railway line, and later went to th© gold diggings on th© West Coast. Returning to Christchurch he married and settled down as a deep well sinker, sinking the first deep bore in Christchurch. He then removed to Palmerston North, where he wa© engaged in well boring and later farming. Twenty-five years ago he went to Foxton, and had resided there ever since. He leaves a wife and family of four sons and two daughters. Mr. Dynes Fulton was presented with a gold propelling pencil yesterday as a mark of appreciation of hi© work as president of the Dominion Group Herdtesting Federation. In making the presentation Mr. A. T. Carroll (Wairoa county association) referred eulogistically to Mr. Fulton’s encouragement of herd-testing throughout the Dominion. Mr. Fulton said he was taken somewhat by surprise. He appreciated the gift and the. remarks that accompanied it, but said that it had been a labour of love to him. He had always done his best for the movement. In .the beginning they had been faced with the difficulties common to new organisations, the success of which depended on th© basis on which they were established. The establishment of the movement on the .group system was an important development. Until they had decided they were working on the best lines and were getting the results they could not go to the National Dairy Association for support, but they now believed they had proved beyond doubt that herd testing was absolutely essential to the industry, and in that they had their reward.