PERSONAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 May 1938, Page 6

PERSONAL

Mrs J. W. Curtis, who has been on a visit to Mrs F. Whyte, Renall Street, Masterton, has returned to Westport. Mr J. C. Bolton, Woodville, has been elected president of the Southern Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Union. The retiring president, Mr J. Livingstone, did not accept nomination. Mr H. C. Gregory, manager of the Newmarket branch of the Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited, for the past foui - years, has received advice of his promotion to the management of the Napier branch of the bank. Mr Magnus Lennie, who was in charge of the office staff of the Texas Oil Company in Masterton, left at the week-end to take up a position in Taranaki, and has been succeeded by Mr J. Martindale, of Wellington. Mr Lennie had a large circle of friends in Masterton, who will regret his departure and wish him the best of luck in his new position. The many friends of the Mayor, Mr T. Jordan, will regret to learn of the death of his sister, Miss Margaret Jordan, which occurred suddenly in a Wellington private hospital last night. The late Miss Jordan, who resided at Lyall Bay, was a fairly frequent visitor to Masterton, where her charming personality and many fine personal qualities won for her a host of friends, who will deeply regret her death and extend very sincere sympathy to Mr Jordan in his bereavement. Reference to the valuable services rendered by Councillor’' F. W. Parry during his term of office as a councillor and as a member of the Wairarapa Hospital Board, was made by councillors at the monthly meeting of the Mauriceville County Council on Saturday. The chairman, Mr E. W. Cheetham, stated that the loss of Councillor Parry’s services would be sincerely regretted by the Council and the ratepayers. All councillors endorsed the chairman’s remarks and joined in paying a tribute to the excellence of Councillor Parry’s work on the Council. The death at the age of 68 of Mr Reginald Alexander, editor of the “Bay of Plenty Press,” is reported in a Press Association message from Whakatane. Mr Alexander was a veteran newspaper man, well known to many journalists throughout the Dominion. He had spent practically the whole of his life in the service of city and provincial newspapers in New Zealand. He commenced his journalistic career after some years spent in gold mining, as a youth on the West Coast of the South Island. His first newspaper venture was the establishment of a paper in Murchison. He was at one time Parliamentary reporter for the Press Association. Three years ago he was appointed editor of the “Bay of Plenty Press.” i