PERSONAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 18 November 1927, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr. E. Gibbard. of Dannevirke, was a visitor to Napier this morning.

Mr. A. Millar, who has been in Hastings attending the funeral of his sister. Mrs Le Sueur, left to-day on his return to Taihape.

The members of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board to-day expressed their sincere sympathy with Mr. J. Caughley, late Director of Education, in the recent loss of his wife.

Mr A E. Day. headmaster of the Parkvale School, has received intimation of his appointment as headmaster of the Helensville District High School.

The death occurred on Monday night of a well-known Marlst Father of the Wellington diocese—the Bev. Father Clancy.

Dr. Freeman of the Agricultural Department, left Hastings this morning for Wairoa and Gisborne, and will be absent for about a week.

Second-Lieutenant H. A. Kirby, late of the Hawke’s Bay Begiihcnt, has been appointed to the First Cadet Battalion, Canterbury Regiment.

Professor Sladdin, lecturer at the Auckland University, accompanied by his son, left Hastings this morning on their return to Auckland, after a visit to friends in Havelock North.

Dr. Bennie and Dr. Kronfeld are leaving the Wanganui hospital at the end of the year. The Hospital Board approved the appointment of Dr. G. id. Evans as senior house surgeon for next year and Dr. Burnett as junior.

Following three years as commander of the Auckland division of the Royal Naval Beservo, Commander J. B. Middleton, D.S.O.', 8.N., has been appointed Director of Naval Reserves, with headquarters at Wellington. Commander Middleton will leave Auckland for Wellington on Monday.

The Rt. Hon. L. M. Amery and party and Mr Cyril Lloyd, Conservatit. v member of Parliament for Duib ley, were passengers on the Niagara) which left Sydney for Auckland yesterday. Mr Amery visited the university in Sydney, where the degiee of Master of Arts was conferred on him.

His Excellency the Governor-Gen-eral, who is suffering from an attack of shingles in th e bead and one of the eyes, following on neuritis, is making fairly satisfactory progress, though, owing to the nature of the complaint, recovery must necessarily be slow.

A feminist and former suffragist. Miss Maude Boyden, from 1917-20 a preacher at the City Temple, London leaves England on December 28 for America afterwards going for three mouths to Australia and New Zealand, lecturing and preaching in the principal cities under the auspices of the British Comfmonwcalth League.

Mr G. M. Valentine, th e Agricultural Department’s dairy instructor for North Auckland, who has been with the department in Auckland for the past 15 years, has been appointed superintendent of the experimental dairy factory at the Massey Agricultural College, Palmerston North. Mr Valentine expects to take over his new duties early uert year.

To succeed the Ven. J. A. Julius as Archdeacon of Timaru, the Bishop of Christchurch offered the arebdeacomite to ths Rev. Harold Porchas of Geraldine, who was accepted it'. Mr i'urcl.ns will become Archdeacon of Timaru, which has now been separated from Westland, yzhsn Archdeacon Julius becomes Dean of Christchurch.

There passed away yesterday auother old identity of Napier in the person of Mrs Eliza Forster, relict of the late Mr John Forster, lat e of the American Steam Coach f actory, ihe late Mrs Forster arrived in Wellington with her husband in the ship Berar on January 22nd, 1873. After spending six mouths in Wellington they took up their abcio in Nnpier whore she lm\l lived err; s.n.-e. (?he leaves seven children io m-urn their loss. These arc Mrs A. Wate, Bastings, Mrs Al. Nusl-r, Napier, Mr W. J. Forster, Bart hi, Air R, C. Forster, Hasting., and Me is W. G. E. E. ami B. A. Fotsler, all c* ‘Nepisr. There are sorertc.-n grandchildren and five great grandchildren. The late Mrs Forster wrs v.ry well-known throughout Hawke’s bay, ami was highly esteemed by all v. so knew her. Her sorrowing relatives will have the deep sympathy of a wide circle of friends with them in tbeir bereavement.