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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 February 1939, Page 4

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The Hon D. G. Sullivan, Minister of Industries and Commerce, who is visiting Auckland, expects to return to Wellington tomorrow. The Hon P. Fraser, Minister of Education, left Wellington at the weekend for Rotorua to attend a refresher course for Native school teachers. He expects to return to Wellington today week. Mr Gordon Milne, of Masterton, was successful in passing the Sanitary Science examination as applied to building and public works, conducted by the Royal Sanitary Institute in December last. New Zealand and Empire Games half-mile running champion and record holder, V. P. Boot returned to Wellington yesterday by the Awatea. During his stay in Australia he competed in a number of athletic contests. He won the New South Wales State championships in the mile and half-mile events. The death has occurred in Wellington of Mr John Kelly, a well-known Rugby footballer. An Aucklander, Mr Kelly went to Wellington as a young man and joined the Poneke Football Club. He proved himself such a clever wing-forward that he soon gained a place in the Wellington representative team, and from 1891 to 1898 played in some 30 representative matches.

The funeral of the late Mr Caleb Arthur Ewington took place in Masterton yesterday and was largely attended by relatives and friends. There were many beautiful wreaths, including one from Mr J. C. Ewington’s staff and one from the Druids’ Lodge. The pall-bearers were Messrs P. King, C. Mills and A. Pickering (Druids’ Lodge) and Messrs B. Braggins, J. McLachlan and A. Fellingham (Borough staff). The death has occurred of one of Auckland’s leading citizens, Sir George Wilson. Born in Bradford in 1869, Sir George went to Canada when 21 years of age. He was in business in Toronto for 16 years before he came to New Zealand to arrange for the first shipment of wool, meat and other produce to Canada on behalf of his firm, Wilson and Canham. The trade was fostered by the Canadian Pacific Railways and the Union Steam Ship Com-, pany of New Zealand, consignments being carried at less than cost. Thirteen branches of the firm were established in New Zealand and in 1910 Sir George decided to live permanently in this country, first in Dunedin and later in Auckland.