PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 26 July 1924, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Miss Blackie, drill instructress, paid a visit to the Taw hit i School yesie.day,_ and will be spending .some days visiting schools near Hawera.

Prior to the commencement of the ordinary business of the Eltham Borough Council, the Mayer (Mr G. W. Tayler) moved a. vote of condolence with the relatives of the, late Sir Walter Buchanan. The vote was passed in silence.

Dr. McAlister, house surgeon at the New Plymouth hospital, left yesterday for Dunedin, where she will enter the Medical School to take a special course in insulin treatment and other matters.

Last evening members of St. Paul’s Young Meu’s Senior and Junior Bible classes (Wanganui) assembled together at the Institute for the purpose of farewelling Mr A. C. Buist,- who has been leader of the senior class for some time past. During the evening the opportunity was taken to make Mr Buist .a presentation in token of the class mem bets’ esteem and their good wishes for the future.

Mr. L. Birks, chief electrical engineer in New Zealand, died at Wellington last evening. The circumstances reveal a sad story. Mr. Birks recently started for Europe to attend an important conference, but at Adelaide doctors advised him to return to New Zealand.. He did so 'and resumed work, but he had to enter a private hospital, where he underwent a serious operation. Me gradually sank and died last evening. His \\ ife died lecently, and lie leaves several young children.

At the annual meeting of the Opunake Presbyterian Church, Mr J S. I osi and, on behalf of the contn'egation, presented Mr Cron with a rr.ndsoine bound Bible. Li making the yesentaticn, Mr ’losiand said Miss and Mr Cron were averse to accepting a intangible form of present, hue. ’be gi'L they ottered was a. token m remembrance'of Mr Crou’a association and special work' in ronnt :• ;ion v ith tie Church. It would se-'ve to remind him of associations it: < hurcii work in Opunake. Mr Tosland, on behalf of the Church workers, wished Miss and Mr Cron a happy and prosperous tune in their new home, and expressed regret at- their departure as they were both zealous chiurch workers. Mi Cion leturned thanks, and in lining s o ottered a few advisory remarks regarding church work, which were heartily an” plauded. Mrs Watt referred to'Miss Cron’s good work as secretary of the Ladies’ Guild and the Sunday School, and on behalf of the Guild wished her future success.