Personal

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 189, 13 August 1940, Page 4

Personal

Sergeant A. B. Ward, of Burnham Military Camp, formerly of Wangaehu, is visiting Wanganui.

The Rev. G. S. King, has resigned from his charge of Strath-Taieri, Otago, and is shortly to take over a charge at Motueka.

Mr. A. R. Laird, Westmere, has been re-elected chairman of directors of the Westmere Co-operative DairyCompany, Ltd.

Messrs. E. C. Morgan and G. H. Murray have been re-elected to the directorate of the Westmere Cooperative Dairy Company, Ltd.

Flying-Officer and Mrs. A. M. Harvie, of Auckland, are visitors to Wanganui and are staying at the Rutland Hotel.

Second-Lieutenant T. H. Jarvie, of the Third Echelon of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, has returned to Burnham Military Camp after visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Jarvie, St. John’s Hill.

Mr. R. A. Morgan, who has n°en attached lo the National Bank cl N.ew Zealand in Christ* .‘nurch for the last 25 years, has been appointed manager of the bank’s branch in Milton and will leave for Milton at the end of this week.

Mr. and Mrs. R. Watson, Grant Road, Wellington, have received cable advice that their son, Mr. C. R. Watson, formerly of Lever Bros., Ltd., Petone, who left for England 18 months ago to gain further experience with the Uni-Lever concern, London, has enlisted in the R.A.F. as a wireless operator.

Mr. L. E. B. Edwards, who has been stationmaster at Bluff for the last eight years, is to retire soon on superannuation. Mr. Edwards joined the Railways Department as a cadet at Addington in 1900, and served in various capacities, including that of clerk at Timaru and stationmaster at St. Andrews, Omakau, Ranfurly and Waikari.

Lieutenant-Colonel A. D. Stitt, D. 5.0., M.C., who went overseas with the New Zealand Main Body in the Great War, is now in charge of a military district in Kenya. LieutenantColonel Stitt left with the Canterbury Regiment, and commanded the Ist. Battalion at the end of the war. He emigrated to Kenya in 1920, and joined up there under General Dickinson at the outbreak of the present war.

Mr. H. P. O'Brien, who has been accountant of the Christchurch branch of the Bank of Australasia for the last three years, left yesterday for Invercargill, wh’ere he will be branch manager. Customers of the bank and members of the staff both made presentations. Mr. O’Brien was sub-ac-countant in Wellington before he went to Christchurch, and his place will now be taken by Mr. R. W. M. Thompson, the present sub-accountant in Wellington.

Sergeant Gordon Barns was farewelled by the Wanganui taxi proprietors at the Yellow Cabs office, Ridgway Street, during the week-end. After supper had been served and the usual toasts were honoured, Sergeant Barns was presented with a well-filled envelope, cheers being given for the guest and Mrs. Barns, who was also present. Sergeant Barns made feeling acknowledgment of the gift and the good wishes of his former colleagues.