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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 31, 7 February 1939, Page 6

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Mr. W. L. Bell, engineer-in-charge of the Gisborne-Waikopu East Coast railway construction, is visiting Wanganui for a few days and is staying with his father, Mr. William Bell, St. John’s Hill.

Dr. R. M. Campbell, economic adviser to the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, Mr. W. J. Jordan, will arrive at Auckland by the Monterey on February 17. He expects to be back in London by May.

Mr. W. G. Sutton, formerly of Massey College, has been appointed de-puty-director of the New Imperial Bureau of Dairy Science which has been established at Shinfield, near Pleading, England.

Mr. H. R. Miller, formerly vicechairman of the Seafarers’ Education Service, London, has arrived by the Oronsay to spend a two months’ holiday in New Zealand. Before his retirement some years ago, Mr. Miller was an underwriting member of Lloyd's. He is accompanied by his wife.

Mr. Colin L. Bailey, M.A., has been appointed to fill the position of lecturer in Education at Victoria University College. The vacancy was caused by the appointment of Mr. A. F. Campbell to the directorship of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

Mr. J. W. McLean, a former student of Canterbury Agricultural College, Christchurch, has been appointed veterinarian at Canterbury Agricultural College. Mr. McLean, who has just returned from Australia holds the degrees of M.Ag.Sc. (N.Z.), and B.V.Sc. (Sydney).

Mr. D. Sinclair, who has accepted a position in the New Zealand Air Force, left by the Wellington express yesterday en roule to Christchurch. Prior to his departure, Mr. Sinclair entertained fellow-members of the Castlecliff Surf Section, of which he had been honorary secretary for the current season. Congratulations were extended him on his appointment and appreciation of his services to the Surf Section was expressed.

The death occurred suddenly at Carterton, Wairarapa, recently of Mr. Joseph Henry Cronin, formerly a resident of Wanganui and Patea, aged 70 years. Mr. Cronin will be remembered by many old residents of Wanganui for his close association with rowing and rifle shooting. In his young manhood he was a prominent figure on the river and on the rifle range, and also was one of the moving spirits of the volunteer movement in the most active period of its history. For some years he was an engineer at the East Town railway workshops and was later manager ol the Woodville Bacon Company, subsequently moving to Patea and Auckland.