PERSONAL

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 72, 27 April 1929, Page 5

PERSONAL

3Mr Artliur Hirst, F.R.S.A., is on a visit to Napier. Mr E. R. Shorland. of .Waipukurau, returned liome yesterday after a visit to Gisborne Mrs e. ti. Coinmin left Hastings by tliis moruing's exprcss train on a holi- ! day visit to Christchurch. Mr F. E. Payne, of Napier, suceessfully underwent an operation yesterday and is making good progress. Alrs A. Gruzilier, who has heen 011 an oxtended visit to lla>tings. returned to Auckland by tliis moruing's express train. Colonel Hart, O.B., C.Ar.G.. D.S.O., honorary colonel of the Hawke's Bay Infantry Regiment, left Waipukurau to-day for Masterton. The llon. E. A. Ransom, Minister oi Public Works. who visited Napier and Hastings ycsterclay for the purpose ot mspeeting tlie works planned by tlie Hawke's Bay Rivers Board ior fiood 1 prevention, returned to Dannevirke by j car last evening. Mr Herbert Brookes, of Melbourne, j ex-cliairman of the Tariff Board, has i heen appointed Australian representative in the Fnited States. The Prime Alinister, in making tlie announcenient. said tliat Alr Brookes' title will be Commissioncr-Gencral lor Aus- ; tralia. Mr N. A. AfcKenzie. of Napier, who j has becn re-elected to the All Black selection committee tor the. ensuing Iwo vears, was heartily congratulated at ihe meeting of tlie Hawke's Bay Rugby Fuion last niglit. Members oxpressed tlie ojiinion that his selection was a coinpliment to both himscif and Hawke's Bay. Mr McKenzie was a meniher of the selection committees | that cliose the J92i and 1028 All Blacks. Alr Artliur G. Cate. who has held the po.sition of genernl manager for New Zealnnd of the Vacuum Oi I Company Pty.. Ltd.. for the past thirteen vears. leaves shortly for Au-stralia to take up a position 011 tlie head ofiice executive staff in Melbourne. Mr E. A. Sevier, assistant general manager, will succeed Alr Cate as general manager for New Zcaland. All* C. Chanthers, Wellington hranch manager has heen appointed assistant to tlie general manager for New Zealand, and Mr 1' • .T. Hani'on. assistant Wellington branch manager, will sueccrd Mr t Chambers in charge of the AA cllington J branch. Senior Fcrgeant A^'ade, officer .in charge of the Wairoa police station, who is shortly leaving lor Gisborne 011 trauster, was farewelled at a comphmentary smoke concert tliis week 111 Wairoa, when there wore about 120 jieople presont. Tlie usual toast list was honoured during the gathering, over which tlie Alayor of Mairoa, Mr J. Corkill. presided. The toast o! "Our Guest" was proposed by the Mayor, who stressed tlie kindlv associations with Sergeant Wade in matters of law and order. Rough as he nuglit he at times, he was as kind as a mother to wrongdoers. He had a land lieart and was out to holp the down and out when he could. He had nnieh pleasnre 111 presenting the guest with a haiulsome wallet, and one not quite empiy, as a marlc of appreeiat.ion oi' ihe town people. (Applause). Mr Nolan (county chairman) presented l;im witli :i case of stainless carvers.

suitably inscribed, on hchalf of the country peojihs Alr J. Stevenson, 011 lielialf'of the sports hodie-s, handed lum a fine sports hag. suitably inscribr cl also, witli many good wishes for liis future. Alr H. E. Stanton banded over, for tlie sergeant's two boys, ,1 gc.ld-moiinted peneil for tlie senior lad and a silver pencil for the younger. Alr Rcottv Toliare tspoke for the Alaori people, stating that Sergeant AVade had always given them good treatmcnt. Sergeant AVade, 011 rising to respond, was greeted vociferously and mnde a lenglhy speech. He said he had spent nine vears of his life 111 Wairoa, and he had bceomo eiuleared to the plnce and people, and he was sorry to leave it. He had always tried to do his cluty to the best of his aln'litv, and he had found that a little s> mpatliy often went a long way towards touching those who had gonc wrong.