PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 20 February 1935, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr. S. Dailey, Waipawa, and formerly a well-known resident of Okato, is on a visit to Taranaki.

Mr. Douglas Campbell, branch manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Pongaroa, is visiting New Plymouth. The resignation of Sister E. Baily from the New Plymouth public hospital staff was accepted at the board meeting yesterday. Mr. Frank Farrell, New Plymouth, who was operated on in a private hospital at Wellington, is progressing favourably towards recovery. Tire executive of the Taranaki Boxing Association last night passed a motion of sympathy with Mr. Alan Maxwell in the bereavement he sustained in the death of his mother.

Flying-Officer lan Keith, instructor for the Western Federated Flying Club, left New Plymouth yesterday by car for Wanganui, where he will spend a fortnight carrying out flying instruction. Messrs. J. J. Carey, Okato, A. Richardson, Tataraimaka, A. Jordan and L. Kavanagh, Hawera, have left on a motor tour to the Bay of Plenty district, where they intend to spend a fortnight’s holiday.

Professor H. B. Kirk, of Victoria University College, returned to Wellington on Monday by the Makura after an absence of five weeks. It was professor Kirk’s intention to attend the science congress at Melbourne, but because of the illness of a relative he remained at Sydney. The death of Mr. Charles Francis Joseph Goulter, doyen of New Zealand' sheepbreeders, aged 81, is reported in a Blenheim Press Association message. He was bom in Nelson, the son of Mr. Cyrus Goulter, who married Miss Anne Redwood, sister of the late archbishop. With his partner he crossed the famous Hawkesbury, Murray and Tasmanian Merino strains and evolved the equally famous Bulldog Merino strain. In 1890 Mr. Goulter established the Hawkesbury Jersey breed of dairy cattle, importing the famous Soumise Lady and Soumise Majesty. He also bred Shetland ponies, thoroughbred horses, Clydesdales, English Setter dogs and English Game fowl. He is survived by his wife, four sons and seven daughters.