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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 February 1940, Page 4

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Messrs C. Davies (Wanganui). Bretherton (Palmerston North), and W. Percival (Wellington) are at the Hotel Midland, Masterton.

The Hon Adam Hamilton, Leader of the Opposition arrived in Wellington from the South Island this morning. He is visiting Palmerston North today and will return to Wellington tomorrow.

Mr James Dakin, a former Otago Rhodes Scholar, and now a member of the British Civil Service in East Africa, is leaving Auckland shortly en route to Africa, after a visit to friends and relatives in the Dominion.

Messrs C. B. Ivory, G. O. Johnson, J. Gault (Wellington), R. Blinkhorn. G. Bull (Palmerston North), Bushby (Hastings), A. C. Foddy and Pearce were guests yesterday at the Prince of Wales Hotel, Masterton.

Having completed 42 years service with the New Zealand Police Force. Superintendent F. L. Lewin, who has been stationed in Wellington for the last two years, is to retire on March 19. During his long association with the force throughout New Zealand. Superintendent Lewin has made many friends. He is best known in Canterbury. He will live in Christchurch after his retirement.

Mr William Charles Gilbert, proprietor of Maypole Stores, Ltd.. Wanganui, is dead. He received a head injury on Sunday when, while he was viewing the flood in the Wanganui River a motor-car in which he was a passenger collided with another car near the Dublin Street Bridge. Mr Gilbert was thrown against the windscreen, Mr Gilbert was in business in Hawera before he came to Wanganui about 14 years ago, and established a grocery business in the Avenue. He was aged 69.