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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 January 1940, Page 4

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Sir Francis Fraser, Wellington, is staying at the Hotel Midland, Masterton.

Superintendent T. B. Clark, of the Masterton Fire Brigade, has resumed duty after several weeks’ sick leave. Messrs Cotterell and Busby (2), Tokomaru Bay, are guests at the Hotel Midland, Masterton, today.

Mr I. D. Campbell, LL.M., has been appointed Lecturer in the Department of English and New Zealand I.,aw at Victoria University College. Mr Leo Du Chateau, representing J. C. Williamson’s "I Killed the Count” Dramatic Co, is at present in Masterton arranging for the performance cf this highly successful drama.

Mr Nelson Avison died in the Waipukurau Hospital on Saturday after a short illness'. Born in Waipawa in 1904, he was educated there and was later prominent in football circles.

Lieut. L. B. Ballantyne, of Pongaroa, and formerly a captain in the Wel-lington-East Coast Mounted Rifles, is a member of the advance party of the First Echelon which left New Zealand some weeks ago. Mr J. Sullivan, inspector of the Post and Telegraph Department, who has been stationed in Palmerston North for some years, will retire on superannuation on January 15 after completing 40 years’ service. Mr Charles David Bowen, Magistrate and Administrator, Malayan Service, eldest son of the late Sir Charles C. Bowen. K.C.M.G., of Christchurch, died at Titcomb Manor, Kentbury, England, on December 4, aged 77 years.

The many friends in Masterton of Mr H. M. Morton will regret to hear of the death of his brother, Mr H. F. Morton, which occurred in Timaru. The late Mr Morton was a prominent business man in Timaru, and well known in sporting circles. The Rev G. R. Barnett, formerly Dean of Hamilton, has been appointed vicar of St Luke's, Queen’s Park, Brighton, England. The parish has a population of 9000 and the church seats 800. Mr Barnett worked in the parish for two years after arriving in England seven years ago.

The death has occurred of Mr Roderick Arthur Mead, Waitetuna, Hamilton, aged 58. Mr Mead was a well-known competitor at sheepdog trials throughout New Zealand and also judged at a number of trials. He was born in Nelson and as a young man worked as a shepherd on several stations. Later he managed a number of stations, including the wellknown Matengareka and Cape Runaway holdings. The Hon Adam Hamilton, Leader of the Opposition, who has been visiting Wellington to take part in. the official farewell to the First Echelon of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, left for the south last night. Mr Hamilton was present at the "al. home” of the complement of H.M.S. Ramillies at the Exhibition on Tuesday night, and paid a call to the battleship yesterday morning, and was present at the official luncheon in honour of the Expeditionary Force and its escort. The funeral of the late Mrs Corran Perry, of Penrose, took place this morning. There was a representative attendance of district residents and many beautiful wreaths were in evidence, including those from the Ranfurly Club, of which Mrs Perry was a member, and the employees at Penrose. The Ven. Archdeacon Rich conducted a service at Penrose and also officiated at the cemetery. The pallbearers, relatives and friends of lite late Mrs Perry, were Messrs Richard, Roland, Robert and John Perry, G. W. Sellar and Neville Whiteman. The death occurred in hospital in Wellington on Sunday of Mr Robert John Frost Aldrich, a former secretary of the Wellington Returned Soldiers' Association. He was also well known for his work for the South African War Veterans’ Association and as a traveller for Levin and Company. Mr Aldrich, who was 59, was born in the south of England. He joined the 18th Hussars, and went with his regiment to India. At the outbreak of the South African War the regiment was ordered to South Africa. Mr Aldrich served throughout the campaign, being awarded the King’s Medal and the Queen’s Medal. After the war he left the army and remained for a while in South Africa, but later he came to New Zealand. Mr Aldrich served in the Great War with the Auckland Mounted Rifles.