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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 September 1938, Page 4

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The Governor-General of Australia, Lord Gowrie, who has been on a holiday visit to England, arrived at Auckland from Vancouver, by the Niagara and is the guest of the GovernorGeneral of New Zealand, Viscount Galway, at Government House until his departure for Sydney to-night. Lord Galway made a special trip to Auckland to meet him, arriving by train yesterday and will leave again for Wellington to-night. The Hon. P. C. Webb, Minister of Mines, left Wellington last night for the West Coast.

The Hon. R. Semple, Minister of Public Works, left Wellington yesterday for Taranaki. The Rev. A. Lawrence Silcock, pastor of the Island Bay Baptist Church, has accepted a unanimous call to the Timaru Baptist Church. At Hawera the death took place of Mr Malcolm Niccol, formerly Clerk of the Court at Pahiatua, at the age of 34 years. Of late years he had practised as a solicitor at Hawera. He is survived by a widow and one son. The annual report of the Lansdowne Cricket Club states: —-“It is with feelings of deep regret that the committee record the death of Mr E. Welch. Mr Welch was a keen supporter of our club and until a year ago took an active part in the game as an umpire, and his control of the games made them both pleasant and enjoyable.” The death has occurred at Pahiatua of Mr T. Egan, at the age of 68 years. He was engaged for several years farming at Nikau, later retiring to Pahiatua. He was noted for liberal contributions to charities and his willingness to assist with carnivals. Mr Egan, who was a bachelor, is survived by two sisters, Mrs H. Holder (Marton) and Miss J. A. Egan (Hastings), late of Pahiatua also by one brother, Mr J. Egan (Masterton). Mr. Donald R. Currie, M.Sc., a former student of Victoria University College, has taken a position with Imperial Chemical Industries (Australia and New Zealand) Ltd., at their Bil-lington-on-Tees works. Since leaving New Zealand he has travelled extensively in the United States, and has visited the universities of Columbia and Harvard. He has also toured in Belgium and Germany, and hopes, before leaving fur Australia in 1940, to make further visits to the Continent. I