PERSONAL

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 42, 8 February 1946, Page 4

PERSONAL

Selected from forty-seven applicants Mr J. Harland formerly of 5. 5 # Hamilton, has been appointed to the position of mechanic for the Whakatane County Council.

Flying Officer Ron Marsh, now of Putaruru formerly of Whakatane •> - » who will be well remembered by many residents of this town, returned to the Dominion with a recent draft of Air Force personnel.

Following the invitation extended by the Rev. W. Rangi and the people of the Ruatoki Anglican Maori Mission, the Very Rev. J. G, .Laughton, Superintendent of the Presbyterian Maori Mission, has given consent for the Rev. W. R. Fraser of the Presbyterian Maori Mission, to preach in the Ruatoki Maori Church on Sunday, February 10 at the 11 a.m. service. The Rev. Fraser will be returning to Rotorua on Tuesday.

Mr C. Pettit who has been the popular stationmaster at Taneatua for a period of five years has been; transferred to a similar position, at Hawera'. During his term at Taneatua Mr Pettit has always been most helpful and obliging to the travelling public and has made a host of friends. Prior to leaving the district Mr and Mrs Pettit \yere guests at farewell functions arranged by the various organisations and sports bodies of which they were members. Mr Pettit has been succeeded by Mr Hearle of Master ton.

Mr Oliver of Ongarue, has taken up the duties of headmaster at Taneatua in succession to Air Fox who- * retired last year and is now living at Devonport, Auckland.

Recent visitors to Whakatane were Air George Tancred and Mr Alaurice AlcCarten of Sydney. They were accompanied by Mr Owen AlcCarten of Hawera. Messrs McCarten and Tancred visited New Zealand primarily for the yearling sales at Trentham and were quite large purchasers at that fixture. They tlien proceeded to Whakatane in which town Mr Tancred was very interested. Twenty-five years ago he owned a farm at Edgecumbe and also the Edgecumbe butchery. While here he visited his old farm and the katane Paper Mills. Messrs McCarten and Tancred also visited the Tuhoe Stud at Waimana. They noticed great changes in both town and countryside but unfortunately owing to the hot dry weather prevailing did not see the Bay at) its best. Both gentlemen asserted that the heat experienced in Whakatane would seldom be exceeded in Sydney. Tancred Bros, own two large freezr. ing works on the Queensland border, and, a large chain of butchers simps, while Air AlcCarten is a very prof! minent trainer in Sydney. They leave this week by ’plane on their return to Sydney.