Personal

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 149, 26 June 1931, Page 6

Personal

Mr N. Fulton, of the Dairy Divisioi staff. Wanganui, and formerly of Nev L’lymouth. is visiting New Plymouth.

Mr 11.I 1 . S. Crisp, formerly editor oi the Auckland Sun, has been appointed to the editorial staff of the Daily Ex press, London.

Guests registered at Foster’s Hotel last night were: Air O. S. Wilson (Westport): Mr Roland Hill (London, England). Mr B. Shiel (Melbourne); Mr IL 11. Sharp (Wellington); Air 11 ildre b r a n t (Sydney ).

Miss E. Paton, music mistress at th Girls’ College, applied for leave <j absence at. the meeting of the Board o Governors' meeting yesterday on a<

count of ill-health. She was granted leave for a month, and the matter will be reconsidered at the Board’s next meeting. Owing to Aliss Paton’s absence, it became necessary to appoint a relieving teacher. This was done by the Board yesterday, ami Miss Alay Chipperfield, L.R.A.M., was given the position. Miss Chipperfield comes to Wanganui with very high credentials from Mr J. B. McEwan, principal of the Royal Academy of Music, London and Professor Claude Pollard, under both of whom she has studied for the past seven years. She has also been a sub-professor of the Academy during that time.

The death occurred on Sunday, after a brief illness, of Air Gilbert Wilson, of St. Holier’s, Auckland. Born in England in 1850, Air Wilson acted for some time as secretary to his uncle, Air Edward Wilson, one of the proprietors of the Melbourne Argus. He attended the Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester in .1870, and in the following year took his diploma. Ho came to New Zealand in the sailing ship La Hogue in 1874, taking 90 days on the voyage. Mr Wilson first worked on a station at Castlepcint. and about 1879 went to Taranaki where, with his brother Walter, he took up land near Hawera. When the Waiinate Plains were opened up he took up virgin land there and made a home until 1906. Ho then went to Papakura, where he lived until 11 years ago, when he paid a threc-years ’ visit to England. Since then he had resided in Long Drive, St. Holier’s. He was a keen naturalist and gardener. He leaves a widow and two sons.