PERSONAL

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 61, 2 April 1943, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mrs Savage, of Duncdin, is now visiting her daughter vfho is on the staff of the T'e Teko Native School. Mrs Savage is staying at the Te Teko Hotel. Earlier in the week the staff entertained her at morning tea. She was very impressed with children's singing. An advertisement in to-day's issue notifies Mr Dennis E. Pearse's appointment to this district as agent for the Farmers* Auctioneering Co., Ltd. in succession to Mr R. Osborne who has been transferred to Roto-« rua. Mr Pearse will be remembered as a popular businessman formerly attached to another local stockagency. Those of our readers who read with pleasure a cablegram from the Middle East announcing that the 8.8.C. had purchased the broadcasting rights to a new song 'Fightn ing For Our Homeland' composed by a New Zealander on the El Alamcin sector prior to the 'big push.' will be interested to learn that the composer Sgt A. G. Dawson, is a brother to Mrs Frank Darvill of Lovelock Street, Whakatane. Ihi extending our congratulations Ave have to admit that like many others who have heard the news, we are im< patiently awaiting the broadcast of the song, which will constitute, yet another link with our boys in the Middle East.