PERSONAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 May 1941, Page 4

PERSONAL

[ r The Hon A. H. Nordmeyer. Minister of Health, left Wellington for the ]1 South Island last night. i- Dr. G. B. A. Cowie, of Masterton. is t. to report at Trentham Camp on June i- 10 to take up an appointment for overe seas service. r ’ Mr Mervyn Wells, Cambridge, has e _ been re-elected chairman of the Camr bridge Electric Power Board for the k 21st term. !- 1 News has been received by Mrs Pec tors, of Masterion, from her son, Pri- ■_ vate Percy (“Pop”) Peters, who is on g service overseas, that he is fit and well. The Hon H. G. R. Mason, Minister d of Education, left Wellington yester- - day on a visit to the East Coast and - North Auckland districts. Mr K. Donovan, of the staff of Booth ; MacDonald, Ltd., Masterton, who has ’• been spending his annual leave in the Auckland district, has resumed his y duties, s The Hon F. Jones, Minister of e Defence, will leave Wellington tonight a for the South Island. He expects to _ be away from Wellington for several days.

t Mr and Mrs A. Reynolds, of 47 Bentz’ ley Street, Masterton, have received - cable advice that their son, Corporal E. . A. Reynolds, is back in Egypt safe and 1 well. , „ Pilot Officer S. C. Niven, reported missing on an operational flight, was well known to the youth of Wellington, j as before his enlistment he was boys' work secretary of the Wellington ’ Y.M.C.A. i Mr T. B. H. Priest, the retiring . President of the Hawke’s Bay Provincial Executive of the Farmers’ Union, was elected a life member of the union at the annual conference held at Hastings. f Mr Dave O'Connor, of Masterton, who i is reported missing in connection with ■ the fighting in Greece, was formerly a I member of the Red Star Football Club, having played foi' the senior team for several years, and also the Wairarapa . representatives. Mr and Mrs S. B. Maclennan, of Mas- ' terton, are exhibitors at the New Zea- ' land Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition ' now being held in Wellington. Advice has been received that a five-colour lithograph by S. B. Maclennan has been sold. Because of the difficulty of sending an examiner from London, Dr W. A. Orchard, who for the past 11 years has been director of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, arrived at Auckland by the Monterey to begin an examining tour for Trinity College of Music. Dr Orchard, who was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1924 for his services to music, holds a doctorate of music from Durham University. Miss Alison Morice, daughter of Mr and Mrs G. W. Morice, Masterton. who played for Canterbury College in the recent University hockey tournament in Auckland, gained a place in the University representative team which played Auckland and qualified for a ’Varsity "Blue." Miss Elaine Hanley, also of Masterton. played well for Otago University, scoring four goals out of five for her team against the Auckland University College. The principal officers elected at the annual Dominion conference of the , N.Z.R.S.A.. which concluded in Wellington vesterdav. were: —President. I Mr W. Perry. M.L.C.: vice-president. ■ Mr B. J. Jacobs (Palmerston North); ' district vice-presidents. Messrs J. W. ; Kendall (Auckland). W. 11. Cniiniiii ( (Wellington-Nelson-Marl borough >. D. W. Russell (Canterbury-Westland). J. . M. White (Otago-Southland): Dornin- ' ion honorary treasurer, Mr J. D. Har- j. per (Wellington): Dominion executive commitlee. Messrs A. T. Duncan. A. ~ Cowles. 11. B. Burdekin, W. E. Leadley (Wellington). E. C. Hale (OtagoSouthland). G. A. Havden (Canter-bury-Westland). C. O. Bell (Welling-lon-Nelson-Mariborough), C. W. Batten (Auckland).