PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 July 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Chief Postmaster at Christehurch, Mr. H. D. Grocott, lias received notice of transfer to Wellington (says a Press telegram). Messrs. P. J. 11. White and A. Lees left for Wellington yesterday, where they will join Messrs. E. Masters, M.P., and S. G. Smith, M.P., in meeting the department in regard to local educational matters. The llev. J. Napier Milne left by the mail train yesterday for Auckland. He joins the Tahiti and proceeds to Fiji, where he intends spending a short holiday vacation. He, expects to return to New Plymouth about the ithird week in August. At Nelson Mr. Percy Bond, of the Colonist proprietorship, was accorded a civic farewell on Monday evening by a large gathering of representative citizens. Eulogistic reference was made to Mr. Bond's citizenship and good work for i;h» advancement of the district.

A Ngaere correspondent writes:—The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Cameron, of Ngaere, will regret to hear of the sad loss tliey have lately sustain ed in the death of their second daughter, Annie McDonnell, which sad event followed on a sudden attack of pneumonia.

Messrs. S. G. Smith, E. Masters, 0. Uawken and W. D. Powdrell, M.'sP., were passengers for Wellington by the mail train . yesterday. Mr. ICellett, M.P. for Dunedin, 'who visited New Plymouth for tho week-end, also returned to Wellington. Mr. W. T. Jennings, M.P., returns this morning.

Messrs. A. Morton, President of the National Dairy Association, and J. Brown, chairman of directors Of the Maketawa Dairy Company, left for Wellington yesterday morning to attend a meeting of the Dominion Butter Committee.

The death occurred ati New Plymouth yesterday of Mrs. Martha Rundle, at the age of 05 years. The deceased was the widow of Mr. Richard Bundle. Mrs. Rundle was married twice, her first husband being Mr. Houden, a member of the Constabulary iif the earlier days of Taranaki. She was a native of Wales and had been in Taranaki about fifty years, after spending a period in Australia. By her second marriage, about forty years ago, there were no children, The funeral takes place to-morrow (Thursday), the cortege leaving .the residence of Mr. S. Rundle, Devon Street East, at 2.30, for the Te Henui Cemetery. The death occurred at New Plymouth yesterday of Mr. Stephen Avann, a very old and'respected settler of this district. The late Mr. Avann, who had been in illhealth for sonic months past, was for many years in the employ of Mr. Newton King and later acquired a property on the Brooklands Road, where lie eaTsried on farming operations on a smalt scale. Hp was of a retiring disposi tion,-brat his w.my kindly actions had gained for hiu. the esteem of a large circle of friends. He leaves a widow and grown-up family of five daughters and one son, to whom general sympathy will be extended in their bereavement.