PERSONAL

Waikato Times, Volume 95, Issue 14929, 27 April 1922, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr George George, for 20 years director of the Seddon Memorial College, Auckland, on Monday resigned his position owing to ill-health.

Mr W. A. Beeston, accompanied by Mrs Beeston, will leave Hamilton next week on a trip to Australia.

At the annual meeting of the Hamilton Beautifying Society, held at the Council Chambers on Monday evening, the retiring president, Mr W. 11. Worsley, was elected a life member of the Society, members expressing deep regret nl Mr Worsley’s departure from the district.

Very sincere and general regret was expressed at Te Aroha on Saturday when the sad intelligence readied there of the death of one of the oldest and most highly reputed resident of th c district in the person of Mr John Lennard, who passed peacefully away early on that morning in Auckland. The late Mr Lennard took a very deep interest in the general progress of tlie district. He w'as particularly interested in the breeding of horses, and on two occasions he bred and owned the winner of the Auckland Cup. For some years past Mr Lennard-had been in retirement.

At the meeting of the Auckland Education Board yesterday, thc following appointments were authorised: —Mis* M. F. Mann, pupil teacher, Whitioraf Miss L. Warren, assistant, Alexandra! Miss A. W. M. Torkington, assistant, Huntly; Miss M. R. Manning,, assistant, Whatawhata; Mrs M. C. Watt, assistant, Okauia. Committees are to be consulted regarding the following:—• Te Rapa, headmaster, Mr A. E. Laing; Lichfield, teacher, Miss S. A. McCaiToll; Tokoroa, teacher, Mrs M. E. Dyer; Huntly, assistant, Mrs E. B. Sykes; Te Aroha, assistant, Miss M. I. Buclcridge; Horotiu, assistant, Miss S. McCarroll; Whitiora, assistant, Miss E. E. Burnett.

A tribute to the memory of the late Sapper Moore-Jones was paid at the annual meeting of the Auckland Returnd Soldiers’ Association last evening. A reference to deceased comrades in the annual report stated that during the year the Association had lost through death 56 members, among whom was Sapper H. Moore-Jones, whose heroic death at Hamilton in endeavouring to save the lives of others was worthy of the recognition of every soldier. The president, Mr E. W. Inder, said he w-anted to refer particularly to the death of Sapper Moore-Jones, whose death was such as they would all expect a returned soldier to meet. At the president’s suggestion, those present stood in silence in honour of the memory of all those members who had died since the last annual meeting.