PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Trooper A. C'artwright. returned to Lepperton on Thursday evening.

'Mr W. T. Jennings, M.P., has definitely decided to contest the Waitomo seat at the general election. This ia virtually the Taumarunui electorate renamed.

W T. Frank Old, who recently resigned his position with Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., left on Wednesday to take up th o duties of manager of the Farmers' Co-operative Organisation Society's Kaponga branch (reports the Dannevirke News).

At the Presbyterian Church, Hawera, recently Miss Mary Campbell, youngest daughter of Mrs Campbell and the late Mr Peter Campbell, of Egmont Street, Hawera, and Rowan Road, Kapuni, was married to Mr Thomas Blany Glass, DaJby, Ayrshire, Scotland. Admiral and Lady Jellicoe attended the marriage of Miss Doris Sawyer to Mr Clutha Mackenzie, the blind son of the High Commissioner, at St. Mary's Cathedral, Auckland, on Thursday. The bride, who arrived by the Corinthic, was given away by Lord Jellicoe.

Mr Murdoch Fraser returned by the. mail train on Saturday night from Wellington, where he had been to meet his son, Sergt. Hugh Fraser, formerly on the staff of the Taranaki Daily News, who returned from the front by the Adolph Woermann.

There passed away at Taradale last week, Mrs Bridget Doyle, at the advanced age of S9 years. Born at Feekle, County Clare, Ireland, and losing her husband early in life, she left for Now Zealand, arriving in Napier in the ship Matura 43 years ago. The deceased! lady was familiarly known as "Granny" Doyle. Senior-Sergeant F. Moore, of Whangarei, who has completed 40 years' service in the Police Force, retires on superannuation in a few days. Sergeant Moore joined the Armed Constabulary in June, 1879, and took part in the famous march on Parihaka, which resulted in the capture of Te Whiti and other troublesome Natives.

Mr Hector C. Johnson, at present instructor in agriculture for the Taranaki Education Board, is to be offered a similar appointment with the Auckland Education Board. Mr Johnson has uniyersity qualifications in physics, chemistry, geology, mathematics, and economics, and lias also had considerable teaching experience in primary and sec ondarv schools.

The death is reported from London of Sir E. T. Cook. After a distinguished career at Oxford, University Mr Cook became editor successively of the Pall Mall Gazette, Westminster Gazette, and the Daily News. He was an authority on art "and edited Ruskin's works and Life. He also wrote the "Life of .Florence Nightingale." He was knighted in 1912. The death took place at Auckland recently of Mr Charles Mackie,' formerly secretary of the Patea Farmers' Co-op. Freezing Company, and later of the N.Z. Home Builders' Ltd. The deceased, who was well known in Taranaki, was at one time secretary of the Eltham Dairy Co., relinquishing that position to take up the appointment of representative of the New Zealand producers at Home, a post which he held for some years.

Messrs J. S. Connett, B. H. Pigott, E. Walter aud 0. J. Belcher, chairmen respectively of the Taranaki, Clifton, Stratford and Eltham County Councils, who have been attending the annual Conference of County Councils at Wellington, returned by the mail train on Saturday evening. Mr 0. Mtisker, a member of the Clifton County Council, who has been in Wellington on county business also returned by the same train.

A Parliamentary party, consisting of Messrs G. J. Anderson* (Mataura), A. Harris (Waitema'ta), J. M. Dickson (Chalmers), are visiting Taranaki as guests of Mr C. A. Wilkinson (M.P. for Egrnont). On Saturday the fertile Waimate Plains district was visited, yesterday morning the Omona country, and in the afternoon the party motored to Opunake and thence to New Plymonth, where they spent the evening. This morning they will, weather permitting, visit some of the private, the Park and the harbor works, leaving for Eltham at 11' o'clock.

During last week the members of the East End Reserve Committee and a number of friends met to entertain Mr J. D. Roch, one of the committee, on the occasion of his approaching marriage. An enjoyable evening was spent in dancing. During one of the intervals Mr R. Bennock presented Mr Roeh with a handsome dinner-service and expressed the good wishes of the members of the committee and the other.. friends towards him. Mr Roch suitably acknowledged the gift and the good wishes of those present. Supper was provided by the ladies. The music for the dancing was played by Miss Gladys George, and Messrs Cross and Hardgreaves acted as M.'sC.

Many friends up and down the coast will learn with regret of the death, at the age of 79 years of Mr J. Crocker, of Hirstlands, Normanby, which occurred in Hawera on Saturday morning after a long illness. Ho was one of the earliest settlers on the coast, having lived near Normanby for very many years. Before that time he was a buyer for the Gear Meat Co. He was always a consistent and enthusiastic supporter of the Egrnont Racing Club, and was for many years on the committee. He had also at different times owned good horses. He was a man of most sterling character, and highly esteemed by a large circle of friends. He leaves a family of five sons and two daughters. Mrs Crocker, it will be rememlbered, was drowned only a few days ago. They will have deepest sympathy in their time of sorrow, savs the Star.