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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 May 1938, Page 6

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Mr Alex McCalmont left today on an extended tour of the North Island. The Hon F. Jones. Minister of Defence, left Wellington for Auckland by the Limited express last night. The Hon P. Fraser, Minister of Education, is visiting Christchurch and Ashburton. He expects to return to Wellington tomorrow. The death occurred at her residence, Rawhiti Street, Dannevirke, yesterday, of Mrs Catherine Power, after a short illness. Mrs Power was born in County Meath. Ireland, and settled with her parents at Palmerston North. She had been a resident of Dannevirke for the past forty years. A wide circle of friends wil regret the death of Mrs Susan Mackenzie, yesterday morning, at her home in Oriental Bay, Wellington. Mrs MacKenzie had been a resident of Wellington for over 50 years. As a. young Scots bride she settled there with her husband, the late Dr. Wallace Mackenzie.

Having completed 40 years' service with the New Zealand Railways, Mr E. J. Guthrie, stationmaster at Wellington since the new station was opened on June 19 of last year, retires on superannuation today. An official always popular with the public and his staff, Mi' Guthrie was formerly stationmaster at Thorndon, and before that was in charge of several North Island station. He was stationed for a period at Featherston as a cadet. He retires with a long and creditable record of service.

The death occurred in Auckland on Wednesday of Mr Alexander Cruickshank, formerly superintendent of police and commissioner of police at Samoa, in his 82nd year. Born in Banffshire, Scotland, in 1856, he spent his boyhood days with the herring fishing fleet. At the age of 18 he joined the City of Glasgow police, resigning after a few years’ service. Mr Cruickshank came to New Zealand in 1878 in the sailing ship Waitara, landing at Bluff, and subsequently joined the New Zealand police force. The New Zealand Educational Institute, at its annual conference in Wellington yesterday, elected the following officers:—President, Mr T. Kane (Foxton); vice-president, Mr D. C. Pryor (Martinborough, at present acting secretary); treasurer, Mr J. Barnett (Wellington); local executive, Misses J. W. Combs, M. E. Magill, Messrs C. L. Bailey, W. H. Burgess and W. Martin; executive members outside Wellington, Miss F. J. Taylor (Auckland), Messrs D. Forsyth (Port Chalmers), F. A. Garry (Northcote) and C. W. Boswell (Kawa Kawa).

Members of the Masterton Optimist Club met last evening to farewell their president, Mr Alex McCormack, who is leaving to take up a position in Hawera. The general secretary of the Masterton Y.M.C.A., Mr A. E. Bate, referred to Mr McCormack’s services to the club as president, during the last two years, and expressed regret at his departure. On -behalf of the club, he presented Mr McCormack with a cigarette casket. In reply, Mr McCormack, thanked the members for their gift and expressions of goodwill, and referred to the many pleasant associations he had had with the club. Mr McCormack commences duties in Hawera on Monday.