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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 March 1939, Page 4

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The Hon H. G. R. Mason Minister of Justice, will leave Wellington tonight for Timaru to open the conference of the Federation of Justices of the Peace.

Mr R. M. Chadwick, one of Napier’s most active citizens and secretary of the Automobile Association (Hawke’s Bay) died on Saturday night, says a Press Association message. Mr Chadwick was taken suddenly ill on Saturday afternoon while attending the national athletic championships, where his son. Mr Gordon Chadwick, Auckland, was competing. Later a stroke supervened and he died at 9.30 p.m. Well-known all over New Zealand for his personality and sportsmanship, Mr Chadwick once represented New Zealand and Otago at Association football and Otago at cricket. He was born in Dunedin 59 years ago.

The’death occurred on January 17 at Craiglea Drive, Edinburgh, of Mr George Rolland Irvine, third son of the late Rev Walter Irvine, of Arbroath, in his 76th year. The late Mr Irvine will be remembered by old residents of Masterton and ex-pupils as the very capable art instructor at the Masterton Technical School over thirty years ago. He left New Zealand many years ago, taking up his residence in Scotland. He was a particularly capable instructor and was held in high esteem by his pupils and his many old friends in Masterton, who will learn with deep regret of his death.

Mr W. J. Mountjoy, secretary of the Wellington Employers’ Association, who will attend the 1939 conference of the International Labour Office in Geneva as the representative of the employers of New Zealand,’will leave Wellington on April 13 by the Wanganella for Sydney, connecting there with the Orford, travelling via Suez to Naples and thence overland to Geneva. At the conclusion of the conference Mr Mountjoy intends to visit France, England, Canada and the United States of America, where he will make contact with industrial organisations. By special invitation he will also visit in England firms which have manufacturing plants in New Zealand as well as conferring with representatives of builders and butchers. Mr Mountjoy expects to be absent from New Zealand for six months, returning in October.