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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 187, 10 August 1931, Page 6

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M r A. Leigh Hunt lias been appointed chairman of the Wellington branch of the English-Speaking Union for the seventh time. Rev. A. Greig, of Portobello, neai Dunedin, is the oldest minister of the' New Zealand Presbyterian Church. He will be 93 years of age this week. Among the guests at Foster’s Hotel last evening were: Mr and Mrs L. Ros siter, Mr A. McFarlane, Mr H. R. \Vak< and M r J. F. Riches (Wellington), Miss i M. Macaulay and Miss A. Nicholson (Dunedin). The resignation of Mr J. M. Baxter secretary of the Waikato Agricultural and Pastoral Association for the past thirteen years, was accepted with regret at the meeting of the executive of the association last week. The annual meeting of the Wanganui Orphanage was held on Saturday after noon. Those elected to the committee were: Mrs Dexter, Mrs Henry Collie-, Mr J. B. Mae Bean, Mr C. W Poynter, Mrs T. C. Taylor and Mrs Hair. At the annual meeting of the Whenuakura Dairy Factory Company last Saturday a vote of appreciation of the work done by Mr W. Chatterton during his office as a director of the company, was carried with acclamation. Mr Chatterton had resigned owing to his leaving the district. The judges at the Wellington Competitions will be: —Elocution, Mr C. N. Baeyertz, Sydney; vocal, Air H. Dixon, Christchurch; dancing, Miss Cecil Hall. Auckland; national dancing. Mrs Braid (nee Miss Jean MacLach land, Wellington'!; pianoforte, Mr Ern est Jenner; violin, Air Frank Crowther; impromptu speech, Mr 0. G. Mazen garb. Mr and Mrs Hugh C. Jenkins re ‘nrned to Wanganui yesterday. A busy week-end was spent in Taranaki. Besides Mr Jenkins addressing a public meeting on Friday night and delivering the sermon in Stratford Presbyterian Church, on Sunday morning, the couple were escort* ' up Mount Egmont on Saturday by a party organised by Mr Thompson, the Mayor of Stratford. The partv went well above the snowline and were favoured with excellent views, both of the. mountain and the surrounding country. The snow was frozen ami in consequence it was deemed inadvisable to venture up steep slopes. Mr W. A. Wellings, first assistant in the staff division at the head office. Railway Department. Wellington, will retire on superannuation on August 30 He joined the service in Januarv. 189(5 as a cadet in the workshop foreman s office at Pet one. and in the following rear was appointed to the office of the locomotive suporint'"" l ''nt. nt Wellington. In October, 1898, Mr Welling? mas transferred to the locomotive engineer’s office at East Town. Wanganui and two rears later ho returned to the locomotive offices at Wellington. Promotion and transfer to the General Manager’s office followed in 1901. and from that time up to the present Mr Wellings has served continuously in the head office. Pot the past five years he has been first assistant in the stall division. His father. Mr G. Wellings, is also an 01. l railway servant, having boon for mnnv rears prior to his retirement an officer in the locomotive branch. Mr Wellings is one of the loading bowlers in Wellington, being a member of the Hataitai Bowling Club and a first-class skin. Ho has nlnyo' a. prominent part, in the activities of his elub, and has skipped the. winning rink at the. Wellington Bowling Centre's ton moment.