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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 49, 28 January 1932, Page 6

PERSONAL

Professor W. Riddet, Director of the New Zealand Dairy Research Institute, is! visiting Auckland. , A London cable message says that Mr J. F. Platts Mills, the New Zealander, has been called to the Bar oi the Inner Temple. - The friends of Mr F. W. Christian, city librarian; will be pleased to learn that he is making satisfactory progress following his severe illness. A Press Association' message frup l Greymouth reports the death of Mr. David McKay, president pf the Greymouth Bowling Club, aged 60. Mr J. Holmes Runnicles, of Palmerston North, is attending the annual conference of the Music Teachers’ Association of New Zealand in Wellington. ... iFollowing a motor tour of the. South Island, Miss 1 Olive Cook returned to Palmerston North to-day. She was accompanied by Miss J. M. Cook, or Lower Hutt. . ; The annual conference of the Music Teachers’ Association of New Zealand yesterday re-elected as president and chairman Mr Robert Parker, 0.M.G., the distinguished Wellington musician, -i Mr E. Edwards, of Amuri, North Canterbury, was a visitor to Palmerston North.- yesterday. Ho is leaving for Auckland to-day. whence he departs for Sydney to attend the opening Of l the bridge. 1 The Wanganui Education Board yesterday passed a resolution of sympathy with the chairman (Mr W. A. Collins) in his illness, and expressed the 1 ' hope that he would soon be restored to health. On his return to Wellington from Honolulu, Hon. W. Downie Stewart, Minister of Finance, was welcomed back and entertained at afternoon tea by the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, and his colleagues in the Cabinet.

Dr. L. Cockayne, C.M.G., F.R.S., hap .been awarded a silver Veitch Medal by; the Royal Horticultural Society. The'award is in recognition of his,work for the advancement of horticulture, and was made at the last meeting in 1981 of the council of the society. The death occurred at Taihape on Tuesday after ian illness of six weeks’ duration of Alexander Gordon McGombie eldest son of Mr and Mrs W. McCombie. He was 22 years of age and was well known throughout the Dominion as a Highland dancer. He held several New Zealand championships. The late Mr McCombie was also a prominent golfer.