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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 November 1942, Page 2

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Mr W. V. Jones, who has been a master at Wellington College since 1916, is to retire at the end of this year. The death has occurred in London of Mr William Murdoch, the Australian pianist with a world reputation. The late Mr Murdoch visited New Zealand a quarter of a century ago. He was 54 years of age. At the annual meeting of the Wairarapa Automobile Association Mutual Insurance Company, the two retiring directors, Messrs T. E. Lang and Foster Percy, were re-elected. Mr C. W. Ritchie was re-elected auditor. Mr F. Wilding, K.C., of Christchurch, has just celebrated his 90th birthday. He is the father of the late Mr Anthony Wilding, the famous New Zealand tennis player, and was formerly prominently associated with Canterbury cricket.

The death has occurred at Waipukurau of Mr Eric Barton Todd, sheepfarmer, aged 30 years. The late Mr Todd was well known a few years ago as an able gentleman rider, and rode many winners. Of late years he had owned among other horses the wellknown galloper Authoress. David L. Parr, a former pupil of the Wairarapa College, who is attending the Canterbury College, has been successful in passing four subjects (mathematics, applied mathematics, physics and chemistry) in the recent examinations. The Rt. Rev. G. F. Graham Brown, Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem since 1932, has been killed in a motor accident in northern Palestine, states a Press message. The car crashed into a railway level crossing. The Bishop was formerly captain and adjutant of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and was invalided out of the Army in 1918. After his installation at the annual communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge of New Zealand in Wellington last evening, the Grand Master announced that he had appointed Mr E. C. Smith, Gore, to be deputy Grand Master, Mr F. G. Alpc, Auckland, to be senior Grand Warden, and Mr C. G. Curtis, Christchurch to be junior Grand Warden. Due to the retirement of Mr A. W. Parkinson, Provincial Grand Master of the Hawke’s Bay district, Mr E. C. Hurdsfield, Waipukurau, was appointed to fill the vacancy. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Wairarapa Automobile Association Mutual Insurance Company, Mr R. W. Roydhouse paid a tribute to the work of the directors during the past year, and thanked them for their willing support and co-operation in all matters. He also thanked the secretary-manager, Mr N. C. C. Shepherd, and his assistant, Miss B. Curry, for their assistance and studious attention to the affairs of the company. Such support, from directors and staff, made the work of the chairman considerably easier.