PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 23 March 1935, Page 6

PERSONAL

Miss D. Bates, assistant secretary of the New Plymouth Y.W.C.A., was last’ week welcomed by the clubs. She returned from annual leave on Thursday.

The resignation of Mr. W. C. Collee, headmaster of the Normal School, Christchurch, for ten years, was accepted with regret by the Canterbury Education Board yesterday, states a Press Association message from Christchurch.

Reference to the death of Mr. J. R. Corrigan, Hawera, was made by Mr. J. K. Law, president of the Whangamomona Dog Trial Club yesterday. He said all would deplorp the loss of Mr. Corrigan, who might well be called the father of the dog trial movement in Taranaki. AU would agree that no man in Taranaki or the North Island had done more than Mr. Corrigan to advance the interests of dog trials. The death occurred at Christchurch on Thursday of Mr. F. W. Court, aged about 63 years, formerly a well-known resident of the New Plymouth and Whangamomona districts. Mr. Court was formerly connected with the wholesale department of Messrs. Newton King Ltd. and was well known and highly respected in the farming communities of both North and South Taranaki. After-leav-ing New Plymouth Mr. Court resided for some time at Whangamomona. He owned large farm properties. He is survived by Mrs. Court and three sons, all resident in Taranaki —Messrs. S. Court, Inglewood, G. Court, Kaponga, and C. Court, Eltham.