PERSONAL ITEMS

Waikato Independent, Volume XXI, Issue 2458, 18 October 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

.Mr Richard Reynolds, of Pukokura, Cambridge, loft by the Wellington express last: night, for Hastings, where he will act as .judge at the A. and P. Show.

It is reported that Mr G. R. Sykes, the member for Master ton, intends retiring from politics at the expiry of the present Parliament.

Mr James Glendrnuing, of To Aroha, has been appointed by the Cambridge Borough Council to the joint, position of baths caretaker and traffic inspector. There were -1 applicants. Mr J."B. Wilson has arrived in Cambridge from Whnkatane to take over the local branch of the New Zealand Loan ami Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.

The. Wairarapa Presbytery has nominated the liCV. James Aitken (Gisborue) as Moderator of the General Assembly for 1922.

' Mr E. B. Hoywood, manager of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Lid., at Hamilton, has received word of his promotion to the managership of the Wanganui. branch of the. linn.

.Messrs C. H. Bycroft and R. J. Melville have been appointed to represent the Cambridge circuit at the Methodist Synod, to be held at Thames next month. Messrs J. Webber and E. J. Easter are substitute representatives.

Mr. H. J. D. McMahon, 8.A., has written to Auckland Grammar Schools' Board, expressing regret that owing to ill-health he is unable to accept the appointment of headmaster of the newboys' school at Ml. Albert. It has now been decided to offer the headmastership to the candidate who stood second on the list of 10 applicants. . At St. Paul's Methodist Church on Sunday morning last, the Rev. J. D. Mc.Arth.ur made feeling reference to the sad death of Mrs C. S. Tyson, which had occurred at an early hour that morning, and also to the loss recently sustained by Mr M. Butler, through the death of his brother. A resolution, expressing sympathy with the bereaved, was passed by the congregation in silence.

His Excellency the Governor-General and Lady Jcllicoe will leave Wellington on October 25 for Wanganui. On October 27 Their Excellencies will motor to New Plymouth, and on the afternoon of Friday, October 28, Lady Jellicoe will perform the official opening of the Clarke Memorial Hostel. While in Ta ran aid Their Excellencies propose to visit Inglewood, Waitara and Mount Egmont, and they will leave New Plymouth for Wellington on October 31. Mr Massey will shortly be installed as Worshipful Master of the Renown Lodge of Freemasons in Wellington. Mr Massey formerly held the office of senior warden in an Auckland lodge. On becoming Prime Minister he had to give up the more active side of freemasonry, but he has now consented to take the highest office in the new Wellington lodge. The present master is the R-cv. Br J. T. Pinfold, now of.Masterton.

The deaths have occurred of Mr Thomas Cole, a former resident of Woodville, aged 75) years; Mrs Elizabeth Wizzcl, of Wanganui, aged 74 years; Mr James Harcourt Green, at the Old People's Home, Awapuni, in Iris 96th year; Mr William Gardner, sour., an Oama.ru farmer, at the age of 76; Mrs T. J. Corin, wife of the chairman of the Manurewa Town Board, at tho early age of 32 years; Mr Alexander Thome, of Ponsonby, Auckland, at the age of 72 years; Mrs James Campbell, an old Thames identity, at Auckland, in her 89th year; Mr Allan Steele "Ramsay, aged 45 years, who expired suddenly in the Te Aro baths, Wellington, on Sunday; and Mr William Moore, a Maori war ■veteran, at the Veterans' Home, Auckland.

At last night's quarterly meeting ol the Cambridge Methodist circuit —attended by 21 representative officials —a cordial and unanimous invitation was extended to the Rev. J. D. McArthur to remain a fourth year in the circuit. A considerable number of those present spoke of the splendid work being done by Mr McArthur, more particularly among the young people, and referred to the cordial relations that existed between the minister and members of the congregation. Appreciation was also expressed of Mrs McArthur 's hearty co-operation with the ladies in all phases of churehwork. The invitation was accepted by Mr McArthur, who expressed his great pleasure at the appreciation of his work, and said he and Mrs McArthur were very happy in Cambridge.