PERSONAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 16 December 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL

iMr Lester Mini Fie occupied th© puT—pit in the 'Methodist Church ai Masterton yesterday. 1 Mr Sullivan,.: clerk at the Pahiatua i railway station, : is being transferred! tto Napier. [ Mr W. T. Wood ex-M.P., who is leaving Palmerston North, is to hj» I tendered a public send-off. \ Miss Mallabarr, assistant mistress at the Tvaitawa school, is being transferred to South Wellington. The Rev. S. J. Serpell. of Masterton, occupied the pulpit at the Eketahuna Methodist Church yesterday. Mr S. R. Lancaster, the well knows. stockbreeder of the Manawatu, was a visitor to Masterton on Saturday. Mr G. !R. Sykes, M.P. .will present the school prizes at a concert t*> be held at Putara on Wednesday evening. Cr. T. Moss took his seat at th«v meeting of the Eketahuna County Council on Saturday last, and wasi welcomed by the acting-chairman (Ct. Pitcaithly.) A Sydney cable states that the j steamer Malwa sailed on Saturday for ■ Auckland, with' Lord and Lady Liverpool, Lady Stout, Miss Stout, and Captain Collins aboard. Mr M. J. Heard on, one time of the-Forty-Mile Bush, has been appointed secretary of the Wellington District Council of the"United Labour Party, vice Mr F. Reyling, deceased. Mr J. W. Card, chairman of th u Featherston Town Board, and Mr A. 0. Considine, chairman of the Mar-. tinborough Town Board, left for Adelaide ("South Australia) on a holidayvisit on Friday. The Wellington papers state tlmt Mr A. Caselberg left on Friday, en. route for England. Mr Caselberjjj was enjoying a plunge at the baths int Masterton yesterday morning, so that it must be his double who has gone to England. An active church and temperance, worker has passed away, in the person of Mrs 'Collins, relict, of the late Mr Henry Collins, of Palmerston North, at the age of 77 years. Mrs Collins had lately been staying at Te Aroha r where her death occurred on Thursday. The. following new members were* elected to the Masterton A. and P. Association om Saturday last: —Messrs James Henderson (Masterton), F. J. Winton (Lansdowne), P. C. Luxford, A. S. Collyer, G. R. Wilton, A. P. Smith (Wellington), H. Crass, R. J> Leach (Mastertar), S Poison (Greytown), W. G. Whiteman. Mr J. Grimmond. who was recently elected chairman, of the Westland County Council, was.elected to the same important post just 32 years ago, when he had four opponents, among whom was the- late Mr Seddon. Ho is all but an ocioofenarian, but those who heard Mr Grimmond speak at Clyde a fortnight ago (states the 'bunedin Star), will readily acknowledge that there's plenty of life "in. the old warliorse," Miss Dora Taylor,' dauunter of Mr G. G. Taylor, of Pahiat'ua has been distinguishing herself ht the Wellington Girls' College. At the distribution of prizes on Thursday evoking, Miss Taylor received first prizes for geometry and Latin, and also secured the special prize awarded for debate and speech. Miss Taylor also obtained second prizes for French and mathematics. Miss A. McCardle, of Pahintua, was also successful in obsecond prize in mathematics. The pupil* cf the secondary _ de'mrtment' of the Eketahuna. District T-Wor>i S"hool 'vtfertained their teacher (M-- o"Vriday evening, and i)r"s«ntei him v.-i+h n silver-mounted tobacco nevh and silver match box