MOUTOA NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1734, 5 July 1917, Page 3

MOUTOA NOTES.

(Own Correspondent). With more than a passing regret we note the retirement from business life In tin’s district of Mr H. Greig, managing director and member of the linn of Whitaunui Lid,, ’ I out o;i, for a period of 7 year-. 1 on * aunni lad., ever progressive, among the first with imc .ellermenl of Hie workers. The a>nt accommodation of silling, ling and (lining rooms at Mou- £ . estify to that, and that comhinith the excellent running of the 7 r mlcr the able management of ■’irlh, made it a very pleas- ■’ a.. ito work sit, and a home as well. Mr Greig’s position as managing director was no sinecure, Hiilicnlties had to he met and overcome, market depressions, strikes, Hoods, two disastrous I ires, besides the thousand and one unknown things to he faced that need a strong hand at the helm. However. Mr Greig has success Hilly guided his ship through turbulent seas, and now leaves Whitaunui in the full tide of prosperity. .Mr Greig is making his home at Haekakariki, near Wellington. Mr H. Hell, the well-known miller ■ of Hulls, and who bought out Mr Greig at Tu Mukanui Ltd., at Tokumaru, some lime ago, will he consulting manager for Whitaunui, Lt 1. Air C. .Firth will have full management of-the mill. The Ladies of Motiloa are giving an evening to Mrs Hall, late of Mention, and now on a visit to the district, in the school on Friday, July tilin' Ploughing is now in full .-wing in the district, and the milking community are gelling ready for (he new season, titling in machines and tiling generally.