PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mi-. T. Downs succeeds Mr. Vincent as chief gaoler at New Plymouth. Mr. .1. .H. Struthers, who was well known in Christchurch, died a few (lavs ago, Mr. William Stock, one of Napier's earliest settlers, died at his residence, Napier, a few days ago, in his itfih year. Mr. D. St. George, late chief postman- r .l er at Invercargill, lias left for Dunedin, l: where he, intends to take up residence. f Mr. St. O.eorge will retire from the «pr- 0 vice at the end of the month. He lias been in the Government service since IS7O. Mr John Cross, wlio (lied suddenly at • Carlton on March 11th, was horn in Sur- j rev, Canterbury, England, in IS.'ifi. Tn , 1858 he came to New Zealand with 'his parents in the Zealandia. For nearly ( half a century he waß a resident of the ; Oxford district. ( Messrs H. G. .Dickie and C. D. t Dickie, who are about to leave for the ( Old Country on a holiday, were the < guests of the residents of Waverley i and district at a banquet in the Pub- 1 lie Hall, Waverley, on Tuesday evening. 1 Thyere each, presented with a tra- * veiling case. Mr. Crief Smith, who has been at the Moumakaki State Farm for nearly two years, left Otnki on Monday to nccept a position with the Fields Department at Wellington. He" will probably be the travelling representative for the Wei- . lington district, which includes part of the Wairarapa. After a lengthy illness, Mr. W. F. Burgess died at the , Wairau Hospital. The deceased, who was G4 years of age, was. born in Wellington, and was educated in England. He was in the Lands and Survey Department of New Zealand for many years, and won a high reputation as a draughtsman.. A pleasant little gathering took place on Tuesday afternoon (reports the Star), when the directors of the Hawera Gas Co. made a presentation to their chair- , man, Mr, W. A. Parkinson, who is leaving on a visit to England. The presentation, which took the form of a solid leather suit ease, was made by Mr. E. McCarthy, who, in a few happy remarks, wished Mr. Parkinson bon voyage and n safe return to Hawera. Messrs I'. Purser, K. A. Pacey, and J. C. Cawsey (manager and secretary) supported Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Parkinson feelingly acknowledged the expressions of goodwill toward; him. ' After the evening service at Holy Trinity, Te Ilcnui, last night, the members of the congregation met in the Simday School to farewell the vicar, the Kev. 11. A. Fnvell. who leaves for Wangamii early next week. Mr, Fairlmll (vicar's warden) referred to the high esteem in which Mr. Favell was held by his parishioners, who appreciated his unremitting zeal in his ministry' and deeply regretted his departure. The vicar's warden (Mr. H. J. Johnstone) also eulogised Mr. Fayell's services, and, on behalf of the parishioners, handed to (he vicar a well filled wallet ai a token of their esteem, concluding bv expressing the hope that" iri hi?''now sphere Mr. Favell would find good fruit resulting from his labors, Mr. Favell suitably replied. It is announced by an English correspondent that the Wedding will take place at Capetown early in March of Major C. G. Haselden.. M.C. (late 18th Machine Gun Corps). Standarton, Ti'ans- , vaal, younger son of' Mr. F. H. Hasel- • den, and Margaret, youngest daughter , of Mr. John Fairlie Muir, J.P. (1.C.5., retired), of Crofton Lodge, Cheltenham. Mr. Haselden was, at one time a member for Patea, and Major Haselden is a . Wanganui man, although he left New Zealand a number of years ago to reside in South Africa. He served | throughout the war, first in German South-West and Fast campaigns and in the middle of lfllS he underwent n ' course of machine-gun work at Grantham. He was formerly in the South | African Defence Forces.' [ Very many friends in Hawera will (states the Star) sincerely regret to hear of the death on Tuesday of Mr*. Whittington, one of the oldest and best ' known residents of Hawera. For some 1 considerable time Mrs. Whittington had ' been suffering from a wasting illness, but only a few days ago it took a ' serious turn. Tn spite of unremitting ' care ;y(l attention she gradually sanK, ■ and passed away quietly on Tuesday. J Mrs. Whittington was a colonist of ' forty-live years' standing, of which forty had been passed in Taranald, mainly in ■ Ilau'cra. During the term that she 'was ■ Mayoress, Mrs. Whittington took a very keen interest in the welfare of the town. She leaves to mourn their loss her Ims- > band and a family of eight, two sons 1 and six daughters. One son, Horace, > was killed at Gallipoli. With her husband and family the deepest sympathy will be felt in their time of sorrow.