PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 August 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Miss Fairbrother, of Gisborne, has been appointed mistress of the preparatory division, of the Girls' Higli School. Cr. Hayden has been appointed to represent the Borough Council at the annual meeting of the New Plymouth Employers' Association. A Brisbane cablegram reports the death of Sir Horace Tozer, who was a well-known Queensland politician and subsequently represented the State in London. A Renter message states that General Sir Beauchamp Duff has bees recalled from India to give evidence before the Mesopotamia Commission and General Monro succeeds him. Mr. Henry Warwick Braithwaite, L.A.8., who went Home to study at the Royal Academy of Music, London, haa enlisted with the New Zealanders in England. He is the fifth son of Mr. Joseph Braithwaite, of Dunedin, who has joined the Expeditionary Force. Sergeant Robert Spence (of the Stratford legal firm of Spence and Stanford), who is a platoon sergeant in the 17ths, left for camp after his final leave on Monday morning. He was the guest of the Stratford Club on Saturday evening and made a presentation as a mark of esteem. Mt\ G. Harold Smith, the new member for Pahiatua, is a solicitor at Pahiatua, and lias been a resident of the district for many years. He contested the seat in 189?) with the late Mr. J. O'Meara. He then obtained 1089 votes, Mr. O'Meara receiving 2058. At a meeting of the committee' of the Egmont A. and P. Association on Saturday, occasion was made of the opportunity to present Mr. L. R. Hamilton (last year's presidont), with a travelling bag, wristlet watch, and fountain peri, prior to his leaving for training in the non-commissioned camp. The presentation was made by the president, Mr, Mills, who expressed the committees appreciation of the work accomplished on , behalf of the Association by Mr. Hamilton. The recipient suitably acknowledged the gifts. By the death of Miss Eleanor Jones, who passed away at her residence, Aramoho, on Saturday, Wanganui loses one of the oldest residents (says the Chronicle). Deceased was one of two sisters (the other 'having died a few months ago), who lived on their property just below the Old Men's Home for upwards of 00 years. They were very industrious and up to the last few months Miss Eleanor continued to sell the products of the old and well-known orchard, which. has been a substantial source of income for over half a century. Some years ago, at the urgent pleading of friends, they built a new house on portion of their estate (which consists of 100 acres or more), but not until the health authorities intervened could they be induced to remove from the building in which they had so long resided. During the removal operations, a bag of 100 sovereigns was found, which one of the sisters had put away and forgotten. So far as is known, the deceased had no relatives in New Zealand.