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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 August 1940, Page 6

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The death occurred at Woodville yesterday of Mr Ernest Georg'e Percival Dowsett, at the age of 58 years.

Competing in lavo classes at the Ashburton Competitions this week, Mrs J. N. Leadley, of Masterton, gained first place in the recitation in character and second place in the story Avithout Avords.

Mr S. G. McDougall, North Otago, Avas elected president of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association at the

annual general meeting in Wellington last night. He succeeds Mr A. G. Henderson, Wellington, Avho has retired from the office. Dr F. J. Staton, conductor of the Sheffield Choir, and now adjudicating at the Wellington competitions, will leave New Zealand next month, Avith

Mrs Staton, for Australia. From there he will fly to Ceylon, where he will conduct the musical examinations for the Royal Colleges of Music. An official Expeditionary Force casualty list notifies that Gunner Ronald Watty. 4th Field Regiment, N.Z.A., was accidentally drowned on August 28. His father is Mr F. Y. Watty. 49 Thackeray Street, Napier. Gunner Watty was aged 22 and before joining the Army he was a member of the Napier staff of the Social Security Department. The Hon D. Wilson, M.L.C., Leader of the Legislative Council and Associate Minister of National Service, left Wellington last evening for Auckland. Today he will go to Whangarei, and on Monday to Paeroa to attend meetings of local body representatives in connection with the formation of the Home Guard, one of the three organisations of the Emergency Reserve Corps. At the annual conference of the North Island Motor Union yesterday’ officers were elected as follows: — President, Mr J. H. Edmundson (Hawke's Bay): vice-presidents, Messrs A. Grayson (Auckland) and E. A. Batt (Wellington); council. Messrs F. G. Farrell (Auckland), W. T. Guild (Taranaki), A. S. Burgess (Wanganui), W. H. Brown (Manawatu), R. W. Roydhouse (Wairarapa). E. S. Palliser (Wellington), and Dr W. D. Fitzgerald (Hawke’s Bay). Mr W. Phillips, the young Wanganui Rugby player who broke his leg in a representative match against the Trentham Army team on Saturday, had it amputated at Wanganui on Thursday night. His condition tonight was reported as satisfactory. After his injury, which occurred in the first five minutes of the match, Mr Phillips was taken to Wanganui Public Hospital. It is thought that the broken bone pierced an artery, and a blood transfusion was necessary’ on Sunday. For some time his condition was described as serious, but an improvement, was reported on Tuesday. Advice of the death in a flying accident of their son, Pilot Officer Henry Michael Hoadley. has been received from England by Mr and Mrs H. V. Hoadley. Pakowhai Road. Hastings. Pilot Officer Hoadley was 20 years of age and was born in Hastings. He was educated at St. George's School. Wanganui, and later at Wanganui Collegiate School. On returning to Hastings he entered the service of the Bank of New South Wales, and two and a half years later he was called up fori service with the Royal New Zealand j Air Force last November. He was sta- [ tinned at New Plymouth. Weraroa and Blenheim in turn, passing out from the air force school of instruction last May to depart for England.