PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 11, 10 December 1926, Page 7

PERSONAL.

Sir Charles Fergusson and Lady Fergusson and party, who are visiting in the Thames Valley, were at Te Aroha yesterday afternoon and were welcomed by the citizens, school children, boy scouts and girl guides. This afternoon the Governor-General unveils the war memorial at Matamata.

A Cairo message announces the death of Osman Gigna, leader of the Egyptian and Arab forces against the British in the Egvptian War of 1882-84.

Kev. Percy Hoighton, M.A , lately vicar of Armitage Bridge, diocese of Wakefield, has been appointed by the board of nomination vicar of Brooklyn, vice Canon Compton, who has resigned and is taking a trip to the Old Country.

It was recently reported that 'Captain Hugh Williams, formerly of the Union Company’s service, had died in the East. A private cable message has since been received in Wellington from' Hong Kong stating that the reported death of Captain Williams was untrue.

At yesterday’s quarterly meeting in Wellington of the executive of the Municipal Conference of New Zealand Mr C. J. B. Norwood (Mayor of Wellington) and Mr F. J. Nathan (Mayor of Palmerston North) were appointed to represent the conference on the Gov- • eminent board set up under the Town Planning Act. Hon. Edward Newman, M.L.C., was, at the annual meeting yesterday of the New Zealand Sheepowners’ Fund, again elected chairman of trustees, a position he has held since the inception of the scheme. Tributes to Mr Newman’s services to the fund- were paid by Messrs G. L. Marshall (Marton) and C. M. Luke (Wellington). Chief-Detective Gibson, . of Christchurch, who is being transferred to the position of senior-sergeant at Timaru, holds a record for New Zealand in that he has served for 25 years without a break at the office of his original appointment. Joining the service as a constable in 1902, he was promoted act-ing-detective in 1906 and detective in 1910. In six years he was a detectivesergeant. Two years after that he was senior-detective, and in 1924 he was appointed chief-detective.

Before the commencement of the ordinary business of the Feildiug Borough Council last night the Mayor (Mr Car-' thow) made reference to the loss Feilding had sustained by the death of Mr W. G. Haybittle, who had been an exMayor and a respected citizen of the 1 own. On the motion of Mr Carthew it was decided to forward a letter of condolence to the deceased gentleman’s eldest daughter, expressing the council’s sympathy with the family in their bereavement.

The death is reported by a Press Association message from Opotiki of Mr Edward Woodford, aged 86, a pioneer settler and Maori War veteran. He arrived in New Zealand from England 63 years ago, resided in Christchurch for about ten years, and then came to the North Island. He took part in the Waikato campaign of the Maori Wtr, and after the war settled at Opotiki, where he resided until his death. He is survived by a widow and a grown-up family. The youngest son was killed in the Great War.

A very old resident of Palmerston North in the person of Mr Anton Max passed away yesterday at the age of 82. Born in Poland, deceased saw service in the Franoo-Prussian war, but at the conclusion of hostilities decided to emigrate and arrived in New Zealand in 1874. After spending a brief period at Hokitika, Mr and Mrs Max took up their permanent residence in Palmerston North. Of a quiet and retiring disposition, the deceased gentleman was esteemed by a large circle of friends. There are five sons and three daughters left to mourn their loss, Mrs Max and three children having predeceased Mr Max. The sons are—Messrs Joseph (Wellington), August (Palmerston North), John (Taumarunui) and Antony (New Plymouth), and the daughters Mesdames Larsen and Piercy (Dannevirke) and Rumble (Taumarunui). There are also 34 grand-children and three great grand-children.