PERSONAL.

Otaki Mail, 31 March 1923, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr Harper, father of Mr G. H. Harper, of Otaki. is ;ii present on holiday Mr and Mrs F. C. Bulges-, the hit- :■ daughter of Mr and Mrs Byron : ; own. leave at an early date for Karalonga. where Mr Burgess has been ap Muled sub-manager for the Union S.S. Company. Mr and Mrs .1. P. Brandon, who are at present at Hamilton, paid a visit to the Waitomo caves on Thursday, on Friday did the sights of Taumaranui. cm Saturday had a -plendid trip up the Wanganui river, while on Sunday Pipiriki was visited. After :i day or so at Wanganui Mr and Mrs Brandon will leave for home, expecting to reach Otaki on Thursday. Their holiday has prVed a most enjoyable one. A pleasing compliment was paid to the retiring secretary of the Foxton racecourse on Wednesday afternoon, when Mr L. K. Freeman was presented, in the Stewards' room with a handsome pair of suitably engraved sporting bino culars by the secretaries of the adjacent racing clubs and the handicapper, judge and -tarter of the club. Mr J. E. Henrys, the veteran handicapper, in ; making th;.' presentation, referred to | the many good qualities of Mr Freeman, l.oih as n secretary and :-.- :• good 'sport, ar.il although regretting his departure c t«u Foxtou. wished biro "v»ry snecess in the "Queen City." Mr Heniv-' remarks were endorse,! !,y Mes»rs Wulter Hull, Arthur Way. K. Goodbeberc and H. A. Goodall. The death occurred on Wednesday morning, at Wangaehu, of Mrs Katheriae -Margaret Hombersley, aged OS, formerly an old and highly respected resident of Otaki. She is survived by eight children of her first marriage wit It the late Mr .lames Howard Wallace. „( Otil>i, Messrs Eric and Lacy Wallace, and Mrs P. laipua, Mr- H. D'Ath, Mrs Arthur Chorlton, Mrs A. P. Truda, and Misses Irma and Elva Wallace. She leaves one -on by her second marriage, Mr Cecil Hombersley, of Wangaehu. The deceased was buried on Thursday

afternoon beside her first husband in the Maori cemetery at Otaki, the Rev. Father Melu officiating.