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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 24, 28 May 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The death of the Countess of Cardigan is announced from London. I ' To mark the centenary of Sir Henry Parkes’ birth, Air Holman '(Premier of New South Wales), presented to the Sydney Art Gallery the bust of Sir Henrv Parkes.—Press Association.

Archdeacon Harper, vicar of St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Wellington, is resigning for domestic reasons and leaves for England with his family in August.

Air R. S. F. Craig, of Alanaia, who is going to the front in his professional capacity as a dentist, has passed the necessary preliminary medical examination and expects to leave Alanaia in the course of a few weeks.

Mi tV. R. Foden, on the occasion of his departure for Trentham Camp, was the recipient of a dressing case from the Swimming Club, in which body he had always taken a lively interest.

Mr R. Peppered has been appointed secretary of the Waitoitoi Co-operative Dairy Company of North Taranaki, a new company that intends erecting a cheese and butter factory beyond Urenin. He lias also been appointed secretary of another new cheese company, to be known as the Oxford Cooperative Company, in the Okato district.

Dr. Barnett, who left Dunedin with his family at the beginning of March, and volunteered for service, has boon appointed a surgeon at the military hospital established at Colchester, England. His second son, Mr Ralph Barnett, has received a commission in the Lancashire Fusiliers. Air (leotfrey Barnett, the eldest son, is with the New Zealand main expeditionary force.

Air F. Copestake, on the eve of severing his connection with the Stratford Abattoirs, of which staff ho has been a valued member for some years, was the recipient of two small presents from the staff as a token of esteem. The Manager (Mr Spilman) in handing Air Copestake a jewel ease for Mrs Copestake and a ease of pipes for himself, referred to the regret of all hands in losing Air Copestake’s services, their feelings being summed up in the words of the poet Shakespeare, they would ne’er look,upon his like again. Air Copestake briefly feelingly replied, thanking his coworkers for their kind appreciation.