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PERSONAL ITEMS

The Hon. 0. J. Parf is hiaking"a : complete tour of the Dominion in' order -to obtain first-hand information about tho' work of his. Department—Education. He hiis.been in Auckland 'bfoviiicefor some days, and'now he .has .gone to-Hawke's Ba.v, having visited Palmerston on his journey down from - Auckland... Oii his .'return, from Hawk'e's.Bay on Tuesday he will .sail for the South Island, and he' '.intends to go as far south as Invercargill. •• ;• ~ .

_• The Hon. -W. Nosworthy, Minister of Agriculture, .left last night . for Hamilton and the districts 'of South Auckland. He intends to visit Thames, Te Aroha, and:<Eotorua.'

'News: was received in. Wellington yes-, terday morning of tho death at''Auckland, of . Sir..Henry G. Greatbaoh, As-sistant-Supervisor of- Telegraphs in that city. Thq -deceased, who was regardedas! a most able and energetic officer, was 59 years of age, and was contemplating retiring from the service' (having been over 40 years in the Department) when he was overtaken by an illness. A.ii operation was performed'on Wednesday from which' lie failed to recover. Mr.. Greatbach leaves • a widow and two daughters. ■

Lieutenant-Colonel A. F. Batclielar, of the Sixth (M'anawatu). Mounted Rifles, was invested on Thursday afternoon with the-'. insignia' of the. Order of the Nile, Third' Class, by Colonel C. W. Melvill (officer commanding the Wellington military district), at District Headquarters, Paimerstoh. North.. The order was bestowed upon Colonel Batclielar by the ■ h'ultan .of. Egypt for consistent and gallant services rendered with the N e\v Zealand Mounted Rifles during the campaign in Palestine.. The recipient lett. New Zealand as a lieutenant in the Main Body, .and served with the Mounted Rifles on fiallipoli. Later .he..' took part in the . campaign against tlie Turkish forces, on the Sinai Peninsula, and ill the Palestine operations-which culminated in the complete surrender lof the Turkish Army in October, 1918. During the latter campaign he was wounded. He received promotion, and eventually attained to the command of a regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Batclielar also served with the, New Zea'liinders in the South African war. Ha is a. 6011 of Mr. /J. 0. Batclielar, of- Pitzherbert' West.I Special correspondent.

.-Mr.-G. Galloway,'of Pahautanui, died unexpectedly at 'his residence on . April Ir. . The late Mr. Galloway, was the fidlr son of the late Mr. David. Gallo-M-V,' one of the pioneer settlers who arrived. at Petone in the 6hip Bengal. Merchant, in 1810, and a member of the old Provincial Council for many years, and also Maori interpreter during the Maori War. Deceased, who was well known and- highlv resuected throughout the district, leaves a widow and grownup family of six and six grandchildren.

A[r. Richard P. Milne, representative of tli'e United States Shipping Board, is expected in Wellington at an early date.

. Mrs. Serrifi of Dunedin, celebrated her lOS'ili birthday-, on Wednesday. This aged ■lady, fresh-coniplexioned and scarcely bowed by her years, received the con(rratulations of friends at her home in Trent Avenue, .where, as 'she explained, owing to the .inability of her daughter, 82 years of age. to move about freely, she does the .hulk of the housework herself, and challenges th e most scrupulous to present a cleaner houpe (reports the Ot,v„'o "Times"). Mrs, Serric came to Dunedin from Ayrshire 15- years ago. A trifle'liiird of hearing, she has remarkably long..sight;.while with the aid of a. magnifying glass -she .can still read. ..

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 167, 10 April 1920, Page 6

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PERSONAL ITEMS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 167, 10 April 1920, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 167, 10 April 1920, Page 6

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