PERSONAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 February 1940, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr Ben Roberts, M.P.. has left for Auckland to attend the Waitangi celebrations. He will be away from 10 days to a fortnight.

Mr S. E. Slatter, of Masterton, an expupil of the Wairarapa College has received word that he has passed his final B.Sc. and first professional B.E.

Mr H. J. Brass, district manager of the A.M.P. Society, has returned from annual leave. Mr W. T. Marshall, who lias been relieving Mr Brass, lias returned to Wellington. Constable C. Reardon, of the Masterton Police Force, who with his wife and family, has been on three weeks' leave, which was spent in Wellington, returned to duty yesterday. Mr John Gieseking. a West Coast resident, who visited Wellington for the National Eucharistic Congress, has attended three previous congresses—in Ireland, Australia and at Auckland.

The Papal Legate, Archbishop Panico, will not return to Australia for several weeks. He will leave for the South Island this'week, accompanied by Monsignor King, of Sydney. Messrs F. Raven and G. H. Shepherdson (Napier), R. McDonald (Ashhurst), J. Gillies, H. Grundy, R. Shanahan, G. Stevens, J. Ronald, F. Lee and H. R. Carey (Wellington), were guests yesterday at the Hotel Midland (Masterton).

Empire Hotel (Masterton) guests, yesterday, were: —Messrs K. and L. Hammond (Dannevirke), Philpots (Christchurch), R. F. Johnston and McArthur (Auckland), Legge, Harton, Curd, Topp, and Jones (Palmerston North), Mowtell, 11. Herbert, Rasmussen. Martin. Russell and Beck (Wellington). W. Williams (Lower Hutt). The death occurred recently at Welligton. of Mr Charles Cording, a member of an old Wellington family. Mr Cording was educated at Mt Cook Boys’ School, and for some years was associated with his brother, Mr Percy Cording, in a book and stationery business in Courtenay Place. Another brother, Mr Fred Cording, recently died at Upper Hutt, after retirement from the Railways Department. Mr Cording was 66 years of age. Following a short illness, the death occurred in Wanganui on Saturday of Mr T. A. Blyth, headmaster of Ohakune District High School. Born in Wanganui in 1880, Mr Blyth was a son of the late Mr David Blyth, who arrived in New Zealand in the ship Martha Ridgway, in 1841. He was educated al Wanganui Boys’ High School, and was swimming champion there in 1893. In 1896 he became a pupil teacher at Aramoho School, and in 1900 he was appointed to the relieving staff. He was appointed assistant master at Hawera District High School in 1902. and in 1904 became headmaster at Harleyville. Four years later he was appointed headmaster at Ohakune, and had held that position ever since.