PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 126, 1 May 1925, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mr and Mrs F. W. Gowing, who have been on a holiday visit to Palerston North, returned to Wellington this morning.

Mr David Boyd, one of the party of naval architects who inado tho passage out from Homo ou the Aorangi’s maiden, voyage, left on hie ret..rn to England this week by the Makura.

Advice has been received in Palmerston North that Rev. H* 0. Blackbune, lofm* erly vicar of All Sai&ts r Church, who ojient the winter in Italy, has returned to England, whore he hopia to take over a small country pariah.

Fox ton correspondent writes that i 1 * . , J?* P «"eau, who was this week e.ected Mayor of For ton, will bo confined to his bed for a few days owing to having sustained three broken riba in an accident at Moutoa.

Mr H. M. Proud,'chief engineer to the ” estinghouse and iiaxby Signalling Company, London, arrived in the Dominion this week. He is to inspect the automatic signalling system on the New Zealand railways.

. Mr ft. V. Purton, who suffered severe injury in a motoring mishap at the Kelvin Orov i orossing nine days ago, still lies in a critical condition at the local hospital. Despite the parsing of* time, his condition has varied little, but, nevertheless, hopes are entertaned for bis recovery.

Mr ft. Stephens, of Wanganui, lias been invited by the international committee of the- Y.M.C.A, of North America to join the American Fleet at Honolulu for special religious work and lectures on Australia and New Zealand in preparation for the visit of the fleet in July to Australia and New Zealand.

Mr Harry N. Holmes, who during his term of ofhee as general secretary of Wellington Y.M.C.A. was responsible for tho erection of tho building in Willis street, arrived recently from Australia. During his visit to Wellington ho will speak at a New Zealand Club luncheon, of which ho was the founder.

Mr Walter Codings, second clerk assistant, House of Representatives, who was married at St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral on , Wednesday, was the recipient of a presentation of silver plate at a gathering held in Parliament Buildings on Tuesday afternoon, The presentation was made by Mr E. W. Kane, clerk of the House of Representatives.

A I/ondon cable reports the death of Sir Richard Butler, at the age of 75. Sir Richard went to South Australia in 1854 and entering politics was Minister of Education and Agriculture, 1698-99; Treasurer and Minister of Agricultufe, 1901-6, and Premier and Treasurer in 1905. Later, from 1912 to 1915, he was Commissioner of Public Works and Minister of Mines and Marine.

Mr G. J. E. Bickford, who has been manager of the Dannevirke branch of the Bank cxf New Zealand for 29 years, retired yesterday on superannuation, the occasion being marked by a representative gathering of the business community who paid eulogistic tributes to Mr Bickford us a banker and to his work os i public man and citizen. A citizens’ presentation is to be made later at Dannevirke.