PERSONAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10659, 14 June 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL

A Melbourne cable states that Mr Gordon Sprigg has resigned the General Secretaryship of the Y.M'.C.A. Mr H. E. : Huston, who has been

employed on the dbrieal..staff at the tMasteirton Oonirthouso for the 'last four and a half years, has been transferred to the Supreme Court at Wel- .. lington. He will be succeeded by Mr Tressider, of Auckland.

Mr P. A. Walker, chemist, of Patea, died at Hawera on Tuesday morning, after a few days' illness. He leaves a widow and a family of three young chiildren. The death is reported at Hamilton of Mr Samuel Jenkinson, as the result of a shock vfolloUiing an accident at Rotoi'uia. The deceased arrived :u

r . New Zealand 1 in 1860 with a detachof. his regiment (the 65th), and 'shortly afterwards entered the service of Major Marshall, then paymaster of the regiment.

The death occurred in Hastings on Wednesday morning of Mr J. C. Legg, who recently started in business in that township as a baker. Mr T. M. Wilford, M.P., is to be ■entertained at a social at Petone on Wednesday evening next. Miss A. Murray lias taknup her duties at the Masteiton District THigli Softool. Miss E. Bland will retire.from the staff at the end of the present month. /. Messrs T. R. Fleming and F. G. " Stuckey, Inspectors of the Wellington Education Board, visited, the Masterton District High School this week. At last evening's meeting of the Masterton School Committee, it was decided on the motion of the Chairman to place on record the Committee's appreciation of the excellent work done by Mr C. N. Haslam during the seven years he ha sheen connected with the Masterton school. Mr C. Thomas, who lias been first assistant at the Belvedere cheese factory for .several seasons past, has been * appointed nmnager of a factory just; \ started between Martinborough and ' Lake Perry. Mr E. E. Greathead, manager of the Rexdale cheese factory, Mangamai're, has resigned his position in order to take over the managership of a factory at Manakau, ixnder the New Zealand Dairy Union. A London cable states that Viscount Northland, only son of Lord and Lady Ranfurly, has been married to Miss Hilda Cooper, youngest, daughter of .'the late Sir Davd dCooper.