PERSONAL.

Otaki Mail, 12 February 1923, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Air "Bob 7 ' Aldrich, well-known in Otaki, has joined the staff of Messrs Buz a, i'hilp. and Co., Wellington.

.Mr Frank L). Whibley, of Foxtou, bus been appointed manager ol Uie Grey Hiver Argus, New Zealand s •jiily Laboui daily paper, lie was tije. Labour candidate lor Manawatu at Hie general elections.

Among those present at the funeral of the Jale Air W. Burn:, imith on Friday were Br. Paterson, of Pahiatua, and .Mi W. H. Bennett, of Wellington, both of whom have known deceased for many years. .Mr Hurnbeno Bidone, who has been appointed Consul-General lor Argentine m New Zealand, arrived by the Athenic. Mr Bidone, who was las', in Home, win establish offices in Wellington. A Melbourne exchange says; —'•Defeated, but still smiling. That is how

Miss Orate Holder has returned from the .New Zealand Prohibition. Campaign. The plight of the starving children in Burope and hutf struck a sympathetic chord, and she has decided to use her platform eloquence on behalf of the e the Children fund. Miss Holdei left for ."Sydney on -Saturday to join up with the movement, .\'ews that a million women and children refugees in Asia Minor were crying in distress induced her to give up prohibition propaganda for a time to help another cause." It will be remembeed that Mis- Holder, known as the "roiilon

. J horse-power wowser" gave a stirrinj i address a: Otaki prior to the election The funeral of the late Mr W. Bun. Smith took place on Friday afternoon when the body was laid tj rest in thi public cemetery. Prior to the cortegf leaving his parents' residence a brie; but touching service was conducted bj the Kev. R. P. Keall and G. F. Petrie, IT.A. The procession, a lengthy and very representative one. vras headed by a nring panv, followed py_ the Otaki Brass Band which discoursed suitabi* j music. Then followed the coffin, eoverj ed by tie X.Z. Ensign, mounted on a | gua carriage. This was followed by I the chief mourners, returned soldiers, I teachers of the State School, committee. I and children, and finally the general public. At the graveside the Bevs. Keall and Petrie conducted an impressive service, the firing party fired three, volleys, and then ITr B. Fielding sounded the "Last Post." The whole -cere-' mony was a most impressive one, and genuine regret was expressed on all sides for the loss of a comrade and friead, ilany beautiful floral tributes wait tslaced on the coffin, including wreaths from "the school teachers, committee aad «ftiWr»u,