Local and General

Chronicle (Levin), 15 December 1949, Page 2

Local and General

Personal. * Mrs. E. Cook, of Rangiuru, is a visitor to Auckland. Mrs. E. Pothan and Miss Rae Pothan have returned to their hofiie at Tasman Beach after a fewNdays in the Wairarapa. Mr. and Mrs. V. Nobler of Matene Street, ' leave today for Taita where they will spend' the Christmas holidays. Mr. and .Mrs. Oakerby, of Rotorua, have heen visiting Otaki as gues'ts of Mr. "and Mrs. Wallace D'Ath, Waerenga Road. 1 Mr. Alex Wilson, of Main Street, who is on holiday, hopes to leave for Gisborne at the beginning of next week. Mr. J. Mason, who is on a visit to the Old Country is reported to have arrived at his destination last we,ekend. I Rev. F. E. Fleury, of Tasman Beach, expects to be a passenger by the Monowai for Sydney on December '16, en route to Great Bri'tain, on a holiday visit. •Miss V. E. Richards, of Te Horo, an inmate of the 'Palmerston North Hospital, is -reported to be making speedy progress towards recovery. Misses Molly Wakefield and J. Goyinaur, formerly on the stalf of the Otaki Sanatorium, were among nurses from Palmerston North who passed the primary State nursing examination. Mrs. A. Jenkins, of Te Horo, underwent an operation on Monday following a fall, and is reported to be progressing satisfactorily UnfoTtunately 'her . stay in the Palmerston North Hospital. is not Iikely to be a short one. Bible Society Collection. The secretary of the Otaki' branch of the Bri'tish and Foreign Bible Society, Mrs. W. G. Tayior, r.eports that the sum of £80 has b'een colleeted, plus a fuither amount of £15 sent in direct, making a total coiitributioii of £95 from the branch shis year. v Rangiatea Celebrations. Discussions continue. to be hela leading up to the vast preparations necessary in connectioii with the visit of the Governor- Generai in March for the re-opening of the Maori Church. Rangiatea. On Tuesday Archdeacon Monaghan, of Palmerston North, was a visitor to Otaki and discussions were taken a step further. A sacred concert and a celebrations ball are expected to be included in the entertainmentsp rovided. .