PERSONAL

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 222, 21 October 1929, Page 7

PERSONAL

hHs C. Barrington, of Wellington, is on a A'isit to Napier. Mr A. Lenick, of Auckland, is visiting Napier at present. Mr and Mrs H. J. Butler, of. Christchurch, are on a visit to Napier.Mr and Mrs L. Kirkbv, of Auckland," are at present on a visit to Napier. Lord Jellieoe .has been elected an elder brother of Trinity House, London. Mr and Mrs R. A. Holmes, of Wellington, are visiting Napier Avith Miss Holmes. Mr H. M. Tansley, town clerk of Waipukurau, has resumed dutv after spending his annual furlough in Auckland. Mr E. A. Goodger, of Waipukurau, aviio has been ill over a long period, i,s showing considerahle improA-ement in health. ' Sir George Hunter (M P. for M'aipawa) who has heen jp.di.snosud for some time, continues 'o make sat'sfaetery progress towards recovorv. The engagement is announced of Bcryl GAA-e-ndoline, eldest daughter oi" j M r and Mrs S. A. Clark, of Napier, to Harvy, only son of Mr and Mrs W. McFadden, Spreydon, Christchurch. Dr. William Osborne, chairman of the cancer ix?search committee of the University of Melbourne, has _ been aAvarded an honorarv felloAvship of the American College of Surgeons. The engagement is announced of Miriam Margaret, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs D. F. Beere, of Waikohu, Povertv Bay, to Geoffrev Fairhurst, elder son of Sir James and Lady Gunson, of Auckland. The Princess Royal. the King's sister, Avho has been indisposed for some time, has, according to au official bulletin, gained strength during tlie past week. Her geiieral condition remams quiescent. — Wireless.

The Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Ward) rested in his qiiartors at Parliament House over the Aveekend. Jt is officiallv announced that Sir Joseph expects to retarn to the House of Reprosentativos to-ino) voav. Afr H. H. Tomlinson, M.A., a senior assistant at Wellington College, has been appointed principal of the Wairarapa Higli School, in succession to Dr. G. H. Uttley, who- Iias been appointed rector of the Soutliland Boys' High School. There Avere 31 applicants. Miss M. L. Wilson , M.A., who for five years has heen a valued member of the teaching staff of the Dannevirke High School, has heen appointed to a position on the staff of Marlborough College, Blenheim. Miss "Wilson Avill take up her new cluties at the beginning of next year. Miss Lynch, senior masseuse at the Public Hospital, Napier, who ha been off duty lately owing to illness, left last Aveek on a a'isit to Gisborne, on a ' health-recruiting trip. Miss Lynch' s many friends Avill join us in wishing her *a speedy and complete return to health. Captain Attwood, who has heen in command of H.M.S. Laburnum for the past tivo years, finishes his commissiou with the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy in a fortnight's time. Captain Attwood, accompanied by bis wife and family, is returning to the Old Country. His successor Avill arrive in New Zealand by the Rangitihi. The Rev. Hori Raiti, of Huntly, Avas instituted Arehdeacon of Te Tai Hanaru by Bishop Cherrington yesterday. Mr Raiti is the first Maori to be" elevated to the dignity of arehdeacon. The Rcv. K. A. Karaka, of Morrinsville, Avas installed as Canon of St. Peter's Cathedral. The Bishop of Aotea roa preached the sermon to a large congregation of Maoris and pakehas. Mrs Agnevs Noble, relict of the late Mr T. B. Noble, of Taupo, pa^ed aAvay at the Rotorua Hospital on Saturday at the age of 85 years. Deceased, who Avell knoAvn and extremely popular, leaves two daughters, Mi'S Vickery, Christchurch, and Mrs Stebhings, NgaruaAvahahia, and four sons, Messrs Thomas, William, Richard and Albert Noble, to mourn their loss, and to whom the sympathy of many will he exteiided.

Dr. Juli^s P. de Vilnits, a Frenchman, who is touring the Avorld on a tAvo-stroke motor-cycle, has arriA-ed at Wellington from Australia. Before going to South America he will visit Auckland, Hastings and Christchurch. Dr. Vilnits left Riga on September o, 1925, and has visited 56 countries. Among his adventures have heen two attacks by bandits. It Avas on one oceasion, in China, that the eompanion he had Avith him Avas shot dead by a machine-gun. So far 70,000 nnles of. the trip have heen completed, and 37.000 remain to be done. The cyclist will prohably spend seven weeks in Neiv Zealand. Mrs H. Collinson, who Ayon the Manav'atu 'ladies' championship a feAV days ago, is oue of tlie _ hest-knowu lady golfers of the Dominion, Avhose vemarkahle consistency has secured for her almost a surfeit of successes at tournaments all over the country. Mrs Collinson Avas NeAV Zealand open chanipion in 1927. and has heen five times ManaAvatu cliampion. In addition, Mrs Collinson has avou the folloAving championships : — Feilding, four times; Southern Hnwke's Bay open, twice.; Napier open, onee ; "Waipukurau open cup, vron outright ; Takapau ojpen, twice; and Taranaki open, three times, vShe Avas also runner-np this year for the Miramar Club's title. The late, Mr Archie Harris, who _died in the Roystofi Hospital, Hastings, yesterday, was a resident for many years in Waipukurau. He aaras not a man who was greatly in the public eye bnt he Avas favourahly exteemed hy all aviio knew him and his tragic death has caused much sorrow amongst his friends. He Avas a carpeiiter by trade and also- ran a small farm about two miles out of the toivn. He leaves a family of eight children, two being at school and the others practically grown up. His wife is at present in hospital \ritli injuries sustained in the same aceident as caused her husband's death. The deceased gentleman Avas driving to Hastings for the fhow when he suddenly applied the brakes apd the car overturned. He suffered extensive injuries and his life Avas despaired of from the start.