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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 June 1939, Page 6

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The Governor-General, Lord Galway, who returned to Auckland from a weekend trout-fishing visit to Taupo, visited the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting yesterday. His Excellency will attend a service to commemorate the birthday of the King in St. Matthew’s Church on Sunday. The Hon. F. Jones, Minister of Defence, left Wellington for Dunedin last night. He expects to return to Wellington on Tuesday. Dr Wyvern Cook, son of Mrs Cook and the late Dr P. R. Cook, Masterton, has passed his final medical examination and is now senior house surgeon at the Wanganui Public Hospital. Guests at the Prince of Wales Hotel are Messrs. George Drummond (Education Department), D. F. Pennington, John McKelvie, Colin Wright and R. C. Venter, all of Wellington. Word was received by Mr George Scrivener, of South Road, Masterton, that his father had died in Dunedin this morning. Mr Scrivener has left for the south. Seconded for service with the Royal New Zealand Air Force for two years, Flight-Lieutenant J. T. Brown, an engineer officer of the Royal Air Force, arrived from England by the Rimutaka. He will be stationed at Wigram. The Hon. R. Semple, Minister of Public Works, will leave Wellington for Blenheim tomorrow afternoon to inspect the construction work on the South Island main trunk railway line. He will return to Wellington on Tuesday morning. Appointments approved by the King, a cablegram states, include those of General Sir Walter Kirke as InspectorGeneral of Oversea Forces, of Lieuten • ant-General Sir Robert Gordon Finlayson as Adjutant-General to the Forces, and of Major-General H. M. Wilson as General Officer-commanding in chief the British troops in Egypt.

At the annual Mother and Son Tea held by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Masterion Y.M.C.A. last evening, opportunity was taken to farewell Mr. C. Greagor, the popular assistant-secre-tary of the Y.M.C.A. Mrs. G. Beecroft extended the best wishes of the auxiliary to Mr. Greagor and wished him a successful and happy future. Mr. Greagor suitably replied and was accorded musical honours. Things are improving—people are taking their bills out of the envelopes.