Personal

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 244, 15 October 1931, Page 6

Personal

Air. A. B. Charters, C.Af.G., D. 5.0., has resigned from the position of principal of the Whangarei High School * r health reasons.

Air. and Airs. H. G. Goring, who have been attending the Baptist Union conference at Wellington, returned to Wanganui yesterday.

Air. J. H. Parr, son of Sir James Parr, was admitted .. barrister of the Supreme Court last week by Mr. Justice Herdman, on the motion of Air. E. C. Blomficld.

Afajor-General Sir Newton Afoore, AI.P., Lady Aloore, and their daughter, are the guests of Their Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Bledisloc at Government House, Wellington.

Rev. A. G. Dawson, curate of All Saints’ Church, Ponsonby, has been appointed vicar of Thames, in place of Rev. R. B. Davison, who has been appointed to (Devonport.

At last night’s annual meeting of the Wanganui Automobile Association, the president, Air. D. AlcFarlane, extended a welcome to Dr. E. E. Porritt on his recent return from England.

General Sir Charles Fergusson, Bt., of Kilkerran, has been elected to a seat on the Board of the Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society to fill the place of the late Sir Robert Aloncrieffe of Moncricffe, Bt.

Guests registered at Foster’s Hotel last night were:—Airs, and Aliss O’Donoghue, Afessrs. H. H. Robinson, P. H. Sinclair, L. Al. Taylor (Wellington), Mr. and Airs. K. R. Buchanan (Auckland), Air. A. AL Finley (Chicago), Mr. R. B. Tingey (Christchurch).

Air. C. D. Dickie, of Hawera, chairman of the Patea Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Freezing Company, Ltd., landed at New Plymouth jn Monday by the Zealandic on his return to New Zealand from England after an absence of five months. He was met by his brother, Mr. H. G. Dickie, AI.P.

Probably the most impressive toast at the Jubilee dinner at Patea on Tuesday night was that to “Patea’s Benefactor ” the late Mr. Hunter Shaw. It was honoured in silence, the big gathering paying tribute to a man under whose will the towns of Patea and Waverley had benefitted very considerably. In his reply Air. T. E. Roberts said that he took the toast to include other benefactors of Patea as well. He paid tribute to the scholarly qualities of the late Air. Hunter Shaw, and to his carefulness. It was due to his care that he became wealthy and it was from his wealth that Patea had benefitted. The speaker also reminded his hearers of the generosity displayed towards Patea by Air. Warren, of Auckland, Air. Shaw’s executor.