PERSONAL

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 70, 24 April 1929, Page 7

PERSONAL

The Governor-General, Sir Charies Fergusson, left Auckland by train last night for AVellington. 51r Graliam 5rcCormick, of Hastings, has been appointed eliairinan of the 51ahora School Committee. 5Ir 5V. II. 5ViIliams. of the Puhhc Trust Department, 5\'aipukurau, Jias resumed duty after spending his annual furlough in the Soutlx Island. The Hon. J. B. Donald (PosiniasterGeneral) will be 111 Auckland until early next v.cek (states a speciar service message), when lie will leave ior Wellington. The 5IinEier of Public 55'orks (H011. E. A. Ilansoni), aho is visiting tlie JSoutliern Hawke's Bay and Northern Wairarapa districts, will retum to Wellington in about a week. The Bt. Hon. J. G. Coates, patron of the Hawke's Bay Aero Club, has notitied Captain Wliite that be is pleased to acc-ept tbe invitation to attend the club's pageant next Saturday. 5Ir Edward Alexander Hoggin, a prominent Oanadian niining engineer, died in Vancouvcr yesterday, according to cabled information from that citv. Boni in Dunedin and educated at Otago I'niversity, lie wcnt to Canada in 1.897. 51r C. TI. Williams, of Taradale, lias been liouiiuated as a nieniber of ihe Hawke's Bay Hosiiital Board to rejnesent tbe Hawke's Bq.v County, Havelock North and Taradale area. His noinination paper was signed by 5Iessrs 5V. G. Jarvis, J. Kll is and C. O. 5Iorse. Mr Jolin Henry Percival, tlie 17-year-old son of Mr and Mrs B. Percival, of Main street, Napier. died_ in tlio Napier llosjiital yesterday. The deceased hui was a very popular boy and sincere sympatliy vvi II be ex])ressed to liis parents in tbeir loss. Tlie mortal remains will lie laid to rest in tlie Parke Island Cemetery to-morrow. Cbief Savago, Dr. J. 5V. 5fcllraitli, who is leaving sliortlv on transfer to 5V41ington, and wbo for tbe past season ocoupied tbe jtosition of Cliief Savnge, was presented with a gohl tiki at the annual meeting of tlie Savage C.'lub last night as a mnrk of the esteem in which lie was held by tlie members o{ tlie club. The presentation was made by Savage A. E. Renouf, tlie newly-elected chief, wbo expressed tlie hope that Dr. 5rdlraith would long be spared to wear tbe tiki wlicn associatcd with other clubs. In reply Dr. 5foIlrnith expressed his appreciation of tlie enjoynient tliat lie bad received during liis association with tbe club. and lie fclt tliat liis position as Cbief Savage during tlie past year AA'ould have been difficult to iill if. it liad not been for tlie support of the other members. espocially Savage Renouf. Ile would lea\'e Napier with many regrets, hut oue of tbe principal oiics was that he would no longer be ablc to be associated with tlie Napier Savage Club.