FEATHERSTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 November 1941, Page 7

FEATHERSTON

. — - HOME GUARD WEEKLY PARADE.-(“Times-Age” Special.) At the weekly parade of the Home Guard field signals under active service conditions, lectures in trenching and map* reading, and semaphore signalling comprised the programme. Seventeen pairs of boots were distributed, the first instalment of the Home Guard equipment. Personal. The late Mr C. Lyford, of Tauherenikau was born at Kaikoura in 1868 and came to the North Island -at an early age. Later he engaged in farming for some years at Battersea and Morison’s Bush, afterwards taking up contracting until his retirement several years ago. He is survived by his widow, two sons (Messrs H. Lyford, Lower Hutt, and J. M. Lyford, Grey town) and four daughters (Mesdames D. A. Stewart, Levin, G. Hylands, Lowlands, Featherston, W. A. Wilkie, Martinborough, and D. J. Duncan, Masterton). There are thirteen grand-children. A daughter, Mrs H, Askew, Wellington, predeceased him three years ago. Anzac Hospital.

The matron of the Anzac Hospital wishes to acknowledge with thanks the following donations: Hukanui Patriotic Society, assorted hamper; Featherston Patriotic Society, a case of oranges; Greytown Red Cross Society, cakes, oranges, flowers and cigarettes; Masterton Patriotic Society, a case of oranges and a case of lemons; Masterton country districts, assorted hamper and magazines: the Masterton subcentre, Hamper; Mrs L. Barton, eggs and flowers; Mrs Elgar, scones and cakes; Mrs Riddiford, flowers and cakes; Miss Duckett, vegetables; Mrs Matthews, flowers; Mrs Campbell Pearce, piklets; Mrs Rendle, cakes and biscuits; Mrs Lowell,, magazines; Miss Card, flowers.