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Taranaki Daily News, 16 May 1922, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mrs. G. Home has been appointed Commissioner for Taranaki of the Girl Peace Scouts.

At the meeting of the New Plymouth High Schools’ Board last night a vote of sympathy was passed with the relatives of the late Mr. S. Percy Smith, who was a former member of the board.

At the meeting of the New Plymouth High Schools’ Board the resignation of Miss J. McLeod, M.A., who has been on the staff of the Boys’ High School for the past seven years, was received, and accepted with regret. Miss McLeod has accepted the position of first assistant at the Waitaki Girls’ High School. The hoard decided to place on record its appreciation of her services. Mt. Douglas McDonald, who for the past five years has been on the Stratford staff of the Loan and Mercantile Company, has received notice of his transfer" to the company’s head office in Wellington. On Saturday evening, Mr. Hewitt, Stratford manager of the company, presented Mr. McDonald, on behalf of the staff, with a travelling bag. Mr. McDonald left yesterday morning for Wellington. Mr. Edward Kellett, M.P. for Dunedin North, who has been ailing for some months, and who underwent a serious operation for an internal complaint six weeks ago, died last night, aged 57. He is survived by his widow and six children, the youngest being five years. —Press Association.

The Rev. H. L. Goldthorpe has been appointed to succeed the Rev. J. G. Castle in charge of AU Saints Parish at Eltham. The new vicar has been organising secref&ry, in connection with church schools, for some time past. He is expected to arrive in Eltham from Dunedin to-day.

Rumor is still busy with suggestions concerning candidates for the Egmont seat (says the Argus). Attention is now being directed towards Mr. Andrew Lees, of Otakefao, secretary of the Joll Dairy Co. It is freely stated that he hae expressed his willingness te stand as a candidate in the Liberal interests. But there will be nothing definitely or officially known until after the 26th inst., when a meeting of Liberals is to be held in Eltham. There are quite a number, of people who, remembering the good fight that he put up at the last election, favor the bringing out again of Mr. D. L. A. Astbury. He has not made any definite statement on the matter himself, but it is understood that he is not desirous of standing. Mr. G. R. Goldsworthy leaves by the Rarawa to-night for Auckland en route to Australia, where he will reside, and his frontiersmen colleagues, scouts and others have arranged to give him a farewell at the boat. In addition to his activities as a frontiersman Mr. Goldsworthy has taken a prominent part in the scout movement, and last night he was farewelled at a meeting of the North Taranaki District Scouts’ Association. Major F. W. Sandford presided, and in making a presentation of a useful travelling gift he mentioned the splendid services rendered by Mr. Goldsworthy on behalf of the scouts. All the members of the committee added their thanks, and it was mentioned that Mr. Goldsworthy had been instrumental in starting the scout movement, and had kept it alive by splendid enthusiasm.