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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 99, 30 April 1935, Page 4

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, Mr. F. C. Brown, chief poultry instructor of the Department of Agriculture. is retiring to-day after .33 years’ 'service. He will be succeeded by Mr. C. Cussen. I Mr. H. E. Gard, Wanganui, an old I noy of St. Patrick’s College, Wellington. returned to Wanganui on Saturdayafter at.tending the jubilee celebrations. Mr. Card attended the college in 1890. Mr. [). McFarlane, chairman of the Wanganui Girls’ College Board of Governors, was welcomed at yesterday’s meeting after his four of New South Wales and Tasmania, where he attended several important Masonic functions. The appointment of Sir .lames Gunson as acting-chairman of the Government Railways Board during Mr. Sterling's absence, was announced last, night by the Acting-Minister ot’ Railways, Hon. R. Masters. Detective-Sergeant J. Robertson, or Whangarei, arrived in Wanganui yesterday and took over the duties recently handled by Detective-Sergeant J. Walsh, who is now in Auckland. Detective Robertson, was for some years connected with the detective branch at Auckland. Some years ago he was associated with ex-Detective Gourlay in successfully investigating the theft of a large quantity of sugar from the Sugar Refinery, at Chelsea. Auckland, for which the company offered a substantial reward, which was shared by the investigating officers.

The Mayor of Wanganui (Mr. N. G. Armstrong; was thanked by the members of the Mayor’s Relief Committee yesterday, who held their last meeting during his term of office. Speakers paid tribute to Mr. Armstrong’s valued services and to the time and attention he had devoted to the work of the committee. Mr. Armstrong thanked the members for their valuable assistance, and particularly mentioned Nurse Bartlett. Miss Dexter, Mr. A. E. Halligan Mr. J. D. Crowley, and Mr. E. W. F. Gohns. The work of the ladies had been very efficiently conducted, he 1 said, and they were fortunate in hav- ■ ing the assistance of the secretary of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. The help of the committee had been in- > valuable, formed as it was at a critical time when distress was probably the most acute experienced in the history of Wanganui. Special thanks were due . to four ladies who had served witfi • Miss Dexter and had given up a great deal of their time to wrap parcels of clothing and generally conduct the ' business of the clothing depot —Mesdames Lee, Burr, Bevege and Wans- ' borough. ball committee, the decorations, which were designed by Mr. Kelly, having been carried out by Mr. W. J. Conroy and assistants. The supper committee . comprised Mesdames Al. Goodson, B. F. Kelly. M. O'Connor and helpers. The chief guests of the Old Boys were his Grace Archbishop T. O'Shea, i Metropolitan of New Zealand, Mr. Bernard McCarthy, K.S.G. (Hawera) and Mrs. McCarthy (the latter wear- ■! ing a gown of mushroom pink flat | crepe). I Among Wanganui visitors were Mesi dames E. Manley and P. Doolan, Misses Doo-lan and Johnston, Messrs, i G. Cleary, A. Dear and E. Crutchley.