PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 10, 9 December 1926, Page 7

PERSONAL.

A cable message states that Aiderman Mostvn has been elected as Lord Mayor of Sydney for 1927.

The Mayor (Mr F. J. Nathan) is expected to return to Palmerston North this evening, following his visit to Australia. Mrs Nathan and Miss Peggy rvathan, returned yesterday.

Constable J. F. Grant is being y transferred to Terrace End, his place at Mangaweka being taken by Constable F. J. O’Donnoghue from Wanganui.

Sir James G. Wilson, who for over twenty years served as chairman of the Manawatu County Council, is to be E resented with an illuminated address y that body at a special meeting to be held on Wednesday, December 22, to which the public will be invited.

A Tauranga Press Association message reports that Mr A. lies died suddenly yesterday afternoon on the bowling green when about to deliver a bowl. He had been in business at Tauranga for some years past as a furnisher and auctioneer. He was well-known in Christchurch, where for several years he was in the same business.

The death is announced from London of the well-known actress, Miss Rosaline Courtneidge. Miss Courtneidge, who was married, was the daughter of Mr Robert Courtneidge, the famous Shaftesbury Theatre producer, and was extremely well-known on the West End stage. Her sister, Miss Cecily Courtneidge, is at present appearing in London in a musical play in company with Miss Phyllis Dare.

Sister A. M. Sugden district nurse at Feilding, tendered her resignation at the meeting of the Palmerston North Hospital Board this afternoon, and requested to lie relieved of her duties at the end of January. Sister Sugden thanked the Feilding committee, and the board for the consideration shown to her during her period as district nurse. “Sister Sugden was a complete success and will be very much missed,” observed Sir James Wilson, the board chairman, when expressing regret at the resignation. A sub-com-mittee was set up to appoint a successor to Sister Sugden.

The resignation of Dr L. Frazer from the position of medical superintendent of the Palmerston North Hospital was officially before the board at this afternoon’s meeting, although applications for the impending vacancy have already been called for. Dr Frazer thanked the board for courtesies extended to him during his term of office. The chairman of the board (Sir James Wilson) thanked Dr Frazer for his excellent services and wished him all success and happiness in his new appointment at Hawera. Dr Frazer reciprocated, thanking the board for its courtesy' to him. The board granted Dr Frazer a month’s leave on full salary. The funeral of the late Mr William Signal took place at Foxton yesterday afternoon when (writes the “Standard’s” Foxton correspondent) services were held at the residence and at the graveside by Rev. S. H. Peryman, of the Methodist Church. A large number attended to pay their last respects to one Vho was a friend to all who knew him, and many floral tributes covered the casket, while a special car had to be requisitioned to carry the remainder of the very large number received to the graveside. Here again was a silent tribute paid to the memory of the late Mr Signal. His last resting place was a bed of beautiful blooms, the grave having been beautifully decorated, and thus the casket was lowered into a bower of scented flowers. The pall-bearers were Messrs Jno. Ross, S. E. Cowley, O’Reilly, Kennedy, Young and Westbrook. The late Mr Signal at the time of his death was a director of the Manawatu Shipping Co., Ltd., owners of the s.s. Kennedy, and also a director of the Coastal Shipping Coy., Ltd., owners of the s.s. Kapiti and s.s. Invercargill. Representatives of both these firms attended the funeral. Captain Harvey, a lifelong friend of deceased, was also present.