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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 October 1941, Page 4

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The Hon. J. G. Barclay, Minister of Marketing, returned to Wellington today from the north. Sir Charles Norwood was elected an honorary life member of the Wellington Manufacturers’ Association at the association’s annual meeting last night. Among passengers from the United States in the south-bound Clipper, which is expected at Auckland on Friday, is Mrs R. G. Kain, Wellington, mother of the celebrated New Zealand flying ace, the late “Cobber” Kain. The Clipper arrived at Honolulu from San Francisco at 5.25 yesterday morning. Dr. Allwyn Charles Keys, of Victoria University College, Wellington, has been .appointed Professor of Modern Languages at Auckland University College in succession to the late Professor Maxwell Walker. Dr. Keys was appointed lecturer in modern languages at Victoria University College in November, 1933. He was born in Featherston and was educated at Wellington College and Victoria University College. He is a son of Mr “Loo” Keys, now of Island Bay, who was, nearly 40 years ago a well known Wairarapa representative cricketer, and who played in the Featherston senior team in the days when that eleven contained the late Messrs W. Frith (New Zealand representative) and L. Cobcroft (New South Wales and New Zealand representative). The death has occurred of a wellknown figure on the Bay of Plenty side of the coast, Mr Andrew Jacobs, an African pigmy, who was reputed to be not far short of 100 years of age. He lived at Waihau Bay, where he entertained visitors with accounts of his experiences and exploits in his native country and in New Zealand. Mr Jacobs and his parents were brought to New Zealand in the ’sixties by a German entrepreneur, in whose interests they toured New Zealand, giving performances of their native accomplishments. They were deserted by the German at the end of a successful season in Christchurch, and left to their own devices. Mr Jacobs was for a time employed as a jockey in Manawatu.