PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 83, 14 March 1916, Page 8

PERSONAL.

At last night's meeting of the Borough Council, Mi- \V. H. Row-son, a returned soldier, was. elected to the position of Borough Inspector. Mr N T . P. Digliy, lain of Christchurch, lias taken up an appointment as chief auctioneer fov the Farmers' Co-operative Organisation Co., of Hawera. At Riverlea last Thursday, Private "Mick" Malone was entertained at a social and presented by Ins friends with a. wristlet watch with a radium dial. Police-Sergeant Quinn, of Palmerston North, v.-ao was recently relieving at Stratford for some weeks, has beor. appointed to the Wairoa station. Ho will bo succeeded by Sergeant Treahey, of Mount Cook Station, Wellington. | The death occurred in Wellington I last night of Mrs W. H. Koisberry, lof Pungarehu. The deceased lady and |her husband had been resident in the [district for over 20 year* The cause 'of death was pneumonia, supervening on an attack of influenza. - Adjutant Cook, wl:o has been to Inglewood this last week end, conducting the Salvation Army Harvest Festival there, returned to Stratford by the express this morning and is now bending his energies to make his own local event a sitcceSS. Adjutant and Mrs Hughson, of Wanganui, are advertised to conduct the festival services on Saturday and Sunday next, and the Methodist Church choir are preparing for their programme to be given on Monday night. Besides the cantata to bo rendered by the choir, several glees, violin solos, recitations by Mr F. Ranford and others, form a very pleasing (programme.