ABOUT PEOPLE.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 7 May 1928, Page 5

ABOUT PEOPLE.

Miss Borrie, Marinate, is staying in Tirnaru.. Miss E. Burns, of Gore, who has been the guest of Mrs .1 C. Winning, has returned home. The -death is announced at Christ church of Mr Robert Bowman Lowden, manager of the Railway Workshops at Addington. The many friends of Sergt. Kidd will be glad to know that he is making a good recovery from his recent illness, and is now out and about on swnny 'days.

A Wellington message announces: the death of New Zealand’s first Rhodes Scholar, Dr. J. A. Thomson, Director of the Dominion Museum, at the age of 47 years. A Nelson telegram announces the death of Mr George Malcolm Rout, at the age of 65 years. He was for many years one of Nelson’s leading business men. Miss Smith, the head of the showroom at Graham and Clear’s Ltd., leaves shortly to take up her position with Arthur Barnett Ltd., Dunedin. At a ballpt by the Napier branch of the Labour Party, Mr W. E. Barnard, barrister, of Helensville, was chosen as the Labour representative to contest the Napier seat at the next general election. A motion of sympathy with the relatives of the. late Mr J- B. Har-

court, who has been president of the Wellington Racing Club for many years, was passed at the meet in" of the 'Committee of the Marmate Hunt Club on Saturday night.

The Theatre Guild for promoting dramatic art in British Columbia has engaged Mr Richard Sellars, an Australian, as -director. He is a native of Kyneton (Victoria) and is webknown in New Zealand. He served in the war with the Anzacs in Palestine csh! Egypt.

New Band Conductor, Mr C. T. Morgan, solo cornet for the Kaikorai Band (Dunedin) and also professional solo cornet tor the Dunedin City Tramway Band, has been .appointed Conductor o the Waimate Silver Band. Mr Morgan was .a member of the famous Newcastle Steel Works Band and toured England, South Africa and Australasia with it. He also played at every concert and all three English contests with the Band. For two vears lie was deputy-condue-

I tor to the Merewethei Municipal Band ,4New South Wales), during which time he often acted as conductor. Mr H. E. Kerry, the Conductor, gave Mr Morgan special training for coaching and conductmg during that period. Later, Mr Morgan was conductor to the Royal Australian Naval Reserve Band (Newcastle Deport) for six months, having to prepare it - f° r P™' grammes, parades, ceremonial duties, etc. Mr Morgan came to New Zealand two years ago to play solo cornet for the Kaikorai Band a the Dunedin Exhibition Contest, ami five months ago lie formed a boys ' band for the Dunedin City Tramways Band. He commenced with 59 raw recruits (boys of 14 years and upwards) and on February 1 I last the Band made its public appearance playing two hymns > and an exercise on the programme , of the adult Tramway Band.