PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 128, 30 April 1940, Page 6

PERSONAL

It is officially announced that His Majesty the King has been pleased to approve of the extension until February, 1941. of the term of office of Colonel Rt. Hon. Viscount Galway, P.G., G.C.M.G.. D. 5.0.. 0.8. E., as Governor-General of New Zealand.— Press Association. It is expected that Mr W. C. Prime, employers’ representative on the Court of Arbitration, will be able to resume his duties in a fortnight’s time alter his recent illness. First elected president of the Palmerston North branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association in 1918, Mr B. J. Jacobs was reappointed to the position at the annual meeting of the branch last evening, lie has thus entered his 23rd term of office. Dr J. Gibson Inkster, of Canada, who is temporarily occupying the pulpit at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, '.Vellington, is to visit Palmerston North this evening, lie will lie the guest overnight of Mr A M. Lascelles, of Albert Street, and will return to Wellington to-morrow. Mr Henry AA’alklcv died at his residence, AA’eraroa Road, Levin, last week after a long illness. Born in Brixton, England, in 1871, Mr Walk ley at an early age entered the drapery business, serving in some of the large London houses. In 1905, alter a brief period in Marton, he settled in Levin, opening a drapery business and continuing successfully till 1925, when he retired. He had wide Masonic interests over a quarter of a century, and was a past master, of many years’ standing of Lodge Horowhenua. He is survived by a widow, one son, Air 11. S. Walk ley, of AA’ellington, and one daughter. Miss C. AA’alkley, Levin. The death lias occurred at the age of 84 of Mr Charles R. Vickerman, who was for a number of years superintending engineer of the Public AAorks Department. He attended Nelson Col lege from 1867 to 1872. and then joined the Public Works Department, being attached to the party which located the Picton-Blenheim railway. Subsequently Mr A r ickerman located the Lawrence- Roxburgh railway, and was then transferred to the Auckland district, where he served for many years.

Air P. Murphy, of Gonville. Wanganui, lias died at tlie age of 99 years. Afr Murphy, who was born in Ireland, had lived 65 years in New Zealand.

The stationmaster at AA elllngton during the busiest period experienced by the Railway Department tor many years, Air A. Orton, retired on superannuation at the end of last week after completing 40 years’ service. He was appointed stationmaster at AA’elii.ngton on Alav IG, 1938, and was in charge of the station during the exceptionally busy months which tallowed the opening of the Centennial Exhibition last November. Special troop trains, intermingled with heavy holiday traffic, added to the responsibilities of the stationmaster and his staff. Air Orton’s successor, Air P. S. Allwriglit, formerly stationmaster at Wanganui, has taken up his new duties. —Press Association. Messrs J. W. Rutherfurd and AA 7 . G. Rutherfurd were appointed, at the annual meeting, last evening, of the Palmerston North branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association as delegates to the annual conference of the association, to he held in AA’ellington this week Mr -B. J. Jacobs (president of the Palmerston North branch) will also attend as the Dominion vice-president. Eulogistic reference was made at tlie meeting to the services given the branch by Mr J. AA 7 . Rutherfurd. a member of the executive and chairman of the unemployment sub-committee, who did not seek re-election. A motion was passed recording the members’ appreciation of his untiring services over a long period of years, his personal sacrifices for the association, and expressing the hope that lie would, in the near future, offer his services again. Sympathy with Air 11. I’. Lawry, S.M., and with AJrs Lawry, in the news that they have received that their son, Pilot-Officer It. O. Lawry, is reported to he missing on active service, was expressed to Air Lawry by Air A. J. Graham at a sitting of the Palmerston North Licensing Committee yesterday. _ Air Lawry is chairman of the committee. “I would like to express our very deep sympathy with you in the anxious time you are passing through at present,” said Air Graham. “The members of the committee sincerely trust that any hope, however slender, may yet be realised.” If they were called oil to bear the burden of the loss of their son Air and Airs Lawry would derive consolation from the fact that he had died for his King and country, and would also be sustained by the memories of happy times they had had with him. Air Graham asked that tlie deepest sympathy of tlie members be conveyed also to AHs Lawry. Air Lawry thanked the members of the committee for their expression.