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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 45, 23 February 1939, Page 6

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The Hon. Adam Hamilton is to visit Wanganui on Friday, March 5.

Mr. D. W. Gilbertson, Gonville, has been re-elected president of the Wanganui Petrol Re-sellers’ Association.

Mr. C. J. J. T. Barton, Colonial Secretary in the Western Pacific Administration, who has been in New Zealand for the past fortnight, left Auckland by the Aorangi on Tuesday for Suva.

The Hon. F. Jones, Minister of Defence, leaves Wellington to-day for Dunedin. The Minister, who is to open • a new school at Forbury on Saturday, expects to return to Wellington toward the end of next week.

The Hon. H. T. Armstrong, Minister of Housing, left Wellington for Nelson on Tuesday night. Before returning to Wellington at the end of the week he will also visit the Motueka and Blenheim districts.

The Rt. Rev. H. St. Barbe Holland, Bishop of Wellington, is to enter a private hospital and undergo an operation. He was unable to perform the dedication ceremony at the Wanganui Collegiate School chapel last night.

Mr. A. H. Gaze, of Melbourne, general manager of the British Phosphate Commission, arrived at Auckland by the Aorangi from Sydney on Tuesday. He will remain in New Zealand on a business visit for three weeks, after which he will return to Melbourne.

Mr. W. J. Mountjoy, secretary of the Wellington Employers’ Association, was granted leave by the executive to attend this year’s International Labour Conference in Geneva. Mr. Mountjoy expects to leave Wellington by the Wanganella on April 13.

The Rev. E. P. Blamires, formerly youth director of the Methodist Church of New Zealand, will attend the annual conference of the Episcopal Methodist Church in the United States in April as the accredited representative of the Dominion Church.

Mr. W. Peat, Wanganui, has been elected to the Wanganui Provincial Executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union to the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. J. R. Franklin, who is now living in Hawke’s Bay. Mr. Peat is the representative of the Wanganui branch.

Mr. L. D. Bestall, of Napier, accompanied by Mrs. Bestall, left during the week-end on a tour of America, Canada and Europe. Mr. Bestall was granted a travelling scholarship by the Carnegie Institute and will be absent from Napier for about six months.

Mr. J. N. Munro, signal and electric lines inspector at Frankton Junction Railway Station, has been transferred to Woolston and left at the end of last week. He has been promoted to electric traction inspector. Mr. L. Fahy, who was electric lines inspector at Frankton prior to Mr. Munro's appointment about six months ago, has returned to his former position.

Major-General Sir Andrew McCulloch, D. 5.0., who recently retired from thd appointment as Colonel of the Highland Light Infantry and the command of the 52nd (Lowland) Division, after a distinguished army career, left Auckland on Tuesday by the Aorangi for Honolulu. With Lady McCulloch he has been visiting New Zealand for several months and has been staying with his son, Mr. C. McCulloch, Motumaoho, near Morrinsville.

The Rt. Rev. T. fl. Sprott, formerly Bishop of Wellington, was a visitor to Wanganui yesterday and dedicated a memorial tablet at the Collegiate School chapel last night to the memory of the late Rev. C. I'. Pierce, a former headmaster. During his stay in Wanganui, Bishop Sprott was the guest of the Rev. H. W Austin at the Collegiate School. He will go to Marton to-day and spend the next few days with Mr. J. W. Marshall, at "Tutu Totara. ’

General Sir Walter Pitt-Taylor, accompanied by Lady Pitt-Taylor, is visiting Dunedin in the course ot a tour of New Zealand. Sir Walter, who was General Officer Command-ing-in-Chief of the Indian Western Command in 1936-38, served in both the South African and European wars, and in the course of his distinguished career received many decorations, including the D.S.O. and Croix de Guerre. In post-war years he commanded infantry brigades at Home and in India, and from 1925-28 was A.D.C. to King George V. In 1935 after relinquishing the command of the Third Division, he was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London.