PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 September 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Plain-slothes Constable Fitzgibbiori, in the staff of tie New Plymouth police, is at present on sick leave- 1 Mr J. G. Robinson, an old resident of Blenheim, died on Sunday morning. Mrs Jqmes Clarke, of New Nystopib, i* ft' daughter. The marriage took place at Si Presbyterian Church, Wangansi, on IfMr day last of Miss 1 MdE.'Wjffio, Stefttford, to Mr. iB. Dire, EJthaiu. Mr. Ip& Mrs. IHve later left on a trip to |M»" rua.—Post. Word has been received in Ifyuwem that C. A. Barns (Barney), yftio left With M-GjS- 40th ISipepialMts, dud ai sea on Septem/ipr ft, pf EBs; parents reside In Waaggjau. Cable advice has oeen received mat Private A, G. Bailey, eon of Mr. ittn& Mrs. J. Bailey, of Okaiavaa, has" fceea admittted to hospital in on September 4, suffering from gastritis. Mr. J. Y. Walls, ißj3e., Glasgow, has hpen appointed Inspector of todioSHd Schools. Mr. Walls is at present head of the science and maibematdo dejiairtment of the Wellington Technical Oollcge,—Press Assoc. The Labor ballot for tho of an official candidate for WellingtopCfetttral resulted in Mr.. Peter Pr&ccr ing Messrs J- [Read an/1 J. Press Assoc. Mrs. E. Pfankuch has received advice that her husband, Corporal Pfankuch, was admitted to hospital in England on September 6, with slight gungjiot wound in .the left shoulder. ' The New Plymouth High School Board on Monday evening parsed a rgtottram of sympathy witli Mrs- - H. J, "(pkey 5n the loss of her husband. Mrs. J. T. Robinson, one of Marlborough's oldest residents, died at Blenheim on Sunday last, Mrs. J. Clarke, of New Plymouth, is a daughter of the deceased. Mrs J P. Wills, who died'recently at Wellington, -92 years of age,, remembered asa child seeing Queen Victoria crowned. She 'arrived in Wellington in the ship Phttfibe Jhwbar. 1 The death is .reported from Onehunga, of Mrs. Elizabeth Yates, aged 78> Mayoress of that borough in 1893. She was thei first woman tp be elected Mayoress of any borough in the Empire, By virtu? tit 1 her office'she was also the [■only-woman Justice of : the "Peace in the i Empire at that period. *' ' i , Corporal Jack Arast (killed in action) i was widejy known throughout Austral' I asia as a champion cyelist and winner of innumerable road race? (states a Press Association message from Christohurch). * When he enlisted ha was fanning in North Canterbury He leaves widow. His brother is Kck Arnst, ex- . champion sculle*. • On •Sat May evening Mrs C M. Rowland," Hawcra, rerei\#4 the sad news that her husband, Private Erne3t D, X. Rowland ws killed in action on September 1. Private Rowland, who left with the 34th leaves a snother, wife, and infant daughter, for \*rhom the greatest sympathy will be extended.

Lieut, sp. A. Qflgley, late of Eltham, lias been killed in action. He was in charge of Technical School fost between two and three years. He was m «W Wftttaki High School toy and had gained the B.A. While in ISltham he took a prominent pari Is the popular sports of footbftli and cricket, at both of viMci exeellsd. p* ejy»fciiised ths elufc far seams w ppM*l represent T&ranakl. Be ata* «km oricketar nasi jwt up a mi pe#fcrmuus« far Sou th sajasaas |9i ' «' 1 J ' *