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Dr. W. R. B. Oliver, director of the Dominion Museum, Wellington, has been -visiting the Wanganui Museum. ; Mr. A. Pellow, Chief Postmaster in j Wanganui, has returned from Auckland, where he spent his annual leave. IKe will resume his duties to-morrow. Mr. C. R. Edmond, general manager ,of Todd Motors. Ltd., accompanied by i Mrs. Edmond, has returned to Well- • ington after a trip to England and Australia. Mr. D. J. Cummings, Commissioner iof Police, will leave Wellington to-day I for Wanganui, where he will attend a farewell by members of the Police Force in lhe Wanganui district, to I Superintendent J. Lander, who retires : this wee!-:. Mr. A. Varney, formerly of Wanganui, who has for fourteen years been live Wellington Cricket Association’s honorary secretary, leaves today lor Dunedin, where he is taking up residence. Mr. J. A. Carrad, who has been prominently connected with University cricket, has taken up the W.C.A. secretarial duties. Mr. P. James, manager of (he Grand Hotel, was made a presentation by the staff this week on his retirement after eight years’ service. In presenting Mr. James with a leather suitcase as a token of respect and esteem, Mr. E. Vincent referred to the cordial relations which had always existed between the manager and staff. In reply, Mr. James paid tribute io the way the staff had worked with him during his term as manager.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 258, 1 November 1939, Page 6
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