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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 April 1939, Page 4

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Mr and Mrs N. F. Foreman, of Te Wharau, are on an extended motor tour of the North Island. Mr W. Ashworth, of Masterton, who has been on holiday in Christchurch, has returned home.

Mr Leon de Mauny, conductor of the Wellington Symphony Orchestra and the 2YA orchestra, was taken to Lewisham Hospital on Monday suffering from acute bronchial asthma.

Among the candidates who have been selected for short service commissions in the Royal Air Force, is Mr G. V. Donald of Masterton. He will sail for England on May 4. Archbishop O’Shea, Metropolitan of New Zealand, who has been on a visit to Europe, and is now on his way back to New Zealand, will reach Auckland on May 28. Mr M. M. '‘Simpson, Postmaster at Masterton, has resumed duties after his annual holiday. With Mrs Simpson, he made an extended caravan tour of the North Island. Mr Claude Goss, of Eketahuna, is still a patient in the Grey town Hospital as .the result of a motor accident in March. He received permission to go home but caught a chill and has to remain for a further period.

Mr R. Pollock, representing Stanley McKay’s Gaieties Vaudeville and Revue .Co. is in Masterton making arrangements for the Company's performances at the Opera House on Friday and Saturday, May 5 and 6. Mr J. Spring, of Nireaha, who had been in the Greytown Hospital for some weeks, as the result of a motor accident, has returned home. He received facial injuries, the trouble with which became deep-seated, but that has been completely overcome. Mr Walter Robert Sneddon, aged 67, a master mariner, and former amateur swimming champion of New Zealand, was found dead yesterday in the garage at his home in Brentwood, a London cablegram states. Death was due to natural causes. He commanded a New Zealand convoy during the war.

In furtherance of the Government’s campaign for stimulating secondary industries in New Zealand, the Prime Minister. Mr Savage, visited three Auckland factories on Monday. He was accompanied by members of his party, and representatives of the Auckland Manufacturers' Association. Mr Savage received enthusiastic receptions everywhere.