PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 30 January 1934, Page 6

PERSONAL

Mr. P. J. Petersen, Britton, left last pjght for Te Aroha where he is to judge the Jersey section at the A. and P. show which opens to-day. Lord Baden-Powell passed a goad night and his condition showed a slight improvement on Sunday morning, states a British Official Wireless message. Mr. A. R. Standish, New Plymouth, who recently, underwent an operation in a private hospital, has sufficiently recovered to be able to return to his home. Messrs. L. H. Sampson, Waitara, and W. H. Skinner, New Plymouth, have been appointed by the Governor-General to be members of an assessment court for the purposes of the farm-lands list for the Borough of New Plymouth. s The following staff changes in the Public Trust Office are announced: E. Collins, supervising estates administration clerk, head office, to the position of district Publie Trustee, Nelson; transfer of A. Bell, district Public Trustee, Nelson, to the position of supervising estates administration clerk, head , office. The Rev. Andrew Johnson, who recently completed his training at Trinity Methodist Theological College, Auckland, is visiting New Plymouth. At Whiteley Memorial Church on Sunday he acted as supply for the Rev. F. Copeland, who is on holiday. Mr. Johnson will also supply on ope, Sunday next month, when Mr. Copeland will be attending the annual Methodist conference at Wellington. The death has occurred at Masterton of Major Frank Batchelor, manager of the Cecelia Whatman Home, a Salvation Army orphanage, since it? inception about ten years ago. Major Batchelor, who was a native of New Zealand, jived at Auckland prior to his entry into the Salvation Army as an officer. For a time he worked in Australia, and on his return to New Zealand he took charge of the Vivian Street (Wellington) men’s hostel for returned soldiers, being later manager of the People’s Palace, Christchurch. He was aged about 48 years, and is survived by his wife, Lieutenant Batchelor, There is no family.