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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 December 1941, Page 4

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A visitor to Masterton during the week-end was Count Wodzicki, of Wellington, Polish Consul in New Zealand.

The Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, Prime Minister, left Wellington for the north by the main trunk express on Saturday afternoon.

Mr Robt. Russell, of Masterton, who has been an inmate of a hospital in Wellington for some weeks where he underwent an operation, returned home on Saturday evening. Lieut.-Colonel J. R. Page,, who is reported wounded and missing in a casualty list issued during the weekend, is well known in Masterton. He married a daughter of Mr and Mrs J. L. Blundell, of Longbush.

Mr John McCrorie, formerly of the firm of Drew and McCrorie, Ltd., manufacturers, Wellington, died suddenly at his home on Friday. He was at one time with the Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Co., also associated with Sargood, Son and Ewen’s clothing department, Dunedin. He retired from business some years ago, living in Wellington.

Major T. Millikin, who has been killed in action, was the youngest member of the Christchurch City Council. At the city council elections last May he sent his nomination papers from the Middle East and topped the poll, being 1270 votes ahead of the next candidate. He had a brilliant career at the Christchurch Boys’ High School, being the Deans Scholar, and also represented the school at cricket and Rugby. He also represented New Zealand Universities, Auckland, South Auckland and Canterbury at Rugby, and played in All Black trial matches in 1924. He was one of the New Zealand selectors for the 1928 All Blacks. Major Millikin was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in Auckland in 1920, and shortly afterwards returned to Christchurch, where he was in practice on his own account.