PERSONAL NOTES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3705, 14 December 1912, Page 6

PERSONAL NOTES.

i Commissioner Richards, of tlie Sal- : v -iiion Army, is at Xapier this weekend. _ He is accompanied by Maim ; Cui miclintr. T>i<?ur.-Colonel Fislier. and Captain Sliter. 1 j’\ C. Bnrgess. of the Xapier j p 1 tne i moix S. $. Company, inis ! joined tiie Monoi as assistant pur- | ser. ’ Mrs 31; Lend, of Mnngar>?.t>a. left 1 Cisborna by the South blat on Wed- ; lie so ay on a tour of tlie two Islands during the Christmas holidays. The many friends of Miss 31. ■Dempsey, who has been very ill. will be pleased to hear that she is now progressing favorably. Xu;so A 3 inter, of Bendigo, who was appointed matron of the Wairoa hospital, did not take up the appointment and has gone back to Australia. Xurse Boa liner, of AAeliington. lias now been appointed, and has taken up her duties. „ ae Hvo years’ scholarship to the Sacred Heart College (Ponsonby) of ail annual value of 3-3 guineas, ami open to pupils from the Catholic prima i.A sc.ioOiS of tlie Dominion, has been won this year by 3lortimer Reddingof the Mgrist Brothers School. Christchurch (says an Auckland P \ telegram). Information received locally is to the effect that Constable Hainsworih. or the Gisborne Police force, is in very low condition at the Auckland Hospital, ancl that though two operations have been performed in an endeavor to remove the false tooth and piece of p ate which he swallowed both have proved fruitless. The constable s sister, who resides in Xapier has gone to Auckland. TJ W r , Taw, licensee of tlie Bridge Hotel, Mara where, met wit is an unfortunate accident yesterday. While p aying with a hose someone knocked ins elbow and. it shot upwards, directing fixe full force of the water into one of hi s eyes, moving the eyeball from the socket After receiving niodical attention he was removed to a prit ate hospital, w lie re ho is progressing very favorably.

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