PERSONAL.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 405, 12 April 1937, Page 4

PERSONAL.

I —- 1 j Mr K. F. Walkei, of New Fly | jmouh, is acting as Clerk of ithe I ; Stratford Magistrate’s Court during | ! the absence of Mr T. M. Brookt, Who | j is on annual leave. ! i Mr. J. Coupe, of Dunedin, has been ' appointed manager of the Stratford ; branch of Messrs. R. Hannah and Co., j Ltd. Mr. Coupe has been in the eni- ■ ploy of the firm for 14 years, and has ! J held positions at Hamilton. Hawera, j • Falmerston North, and Wellington. ■ Mr H. S. Moss, the retiring secre- ! tary of the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club ; was the recipient recently of a pre- • sentation from the members of the ; i club, as well as of one from the j ; stewards and members of the man- i ; agoment committee. Mr Moss has ; ; been the club secretary for 21 years. I I j Mr W. E. Anderson secretary of I ’ the Auckland Employe Association, ; i arrived at Wellington on Saturday | J He- will join the Wanganella on the | j first &tage of his jouri ey to Geneva to ! j at-ten dthe international Labour Con , ference. He Is accompanied hy Mrs j 1 Anderson. i ! j Mr Johannes C. Andersen, M.8.E., | j F.R.S.N .Z., has retired after a long! j and distinguished career a? librarian j ;of the Alexander Turnbul’ Library, 1 ’ Wellington. Mr Anu arsen has long i I been recognised boil i ait Home and | ! abroad as an author t.y on New Zea- ! • land bird songs and on Maori life an 1 I | music. Born at Ju.land Denmark, ini ■ 1573, he came to New Zealand at ‘ • age of .three years.. ‘ Mr T. W. A. Morath, of the staff of the Napier Post Office Savings Bank, i who has been promoted to the position of supervisor in the Post Office J at Stratford, was met by his fellow- ■ officers at Napier prior to his de- ; parture and was the recipient of a I presentation. tn presenting him ’ with a travelling-rug from his fellow- ! officers, the Chief Postmaster, Mr A. I Fellow, eulogised Mr Morath’s many ! good qualities and wished him every I success in his new sphere in Strat- > ford. ! The death occurred recently of Rev •John A.ruobl Ke’mpthoi'ne, vi | r of iSL John s Anglican Church, Mil.on. ; Born at ReeSoh in 1879, Mr Kemp ; lorne was the eldest son of ithe late Archdeacon and Miv Kempthorne. He ; was ducated at Nelson College and j at. St. John’s College, Auckland. He i-was ordained as a deocan in 1903 and I as a priest of the Anglican Church in i 1905. His first appointment was as I curate of St. Mark’s Anglican Church, I Remuera, Auckland. From 1907 to ■ 1910 he •' 'as curate at Ileckmondi wike, Yorkshire, England. Latter ap- ! pointmen’s included that of assistant j cura e at New Plymouth, vicar ait In. j glewood, Taumarunui, Morrintvilie, . i and Te Kuiti, and assistant curate at j Feilding prior to his appointment as j vicar of St. John’s Anglican Church, ■ Mil.on, in 1931.