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Taranaki Daily News, 5 January 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. Baxter Lowson, of Dunedin, who was some time ago appointed resident engineer to the New Plymouth Harbor Board, has commenced duty. Mr. Newton King, chairman of the New Plymouth Harbor Board, leaves by the mail this morning for Wellington on Harbor Board business. A Press Association telegram reports the death of Mr. A. W. Rees, barrister, who for a long time has been a resident of Gisborne. In his younger days he represented Auckland, Hawke's Bay and Poverty Bay in football and cricket. The members of the American and Australasian Davis Cup teamts, with Mr. T. H. Hicks, secretary to the Australasian Lawn Tennis Association, will leave Auckland for Sydney by the Makura to-morrow. Speculating on the marriage of the Prince of Wales, the Daily Chronicle says: The Prince of Wales is 26, but it must be remembered that men and women even in Royal circles do not marry so early as they once did. King Edward was only 21 when he led Queen Alexandra to the altar His son King George, was 28 when he married. The Duke of Connaught remained a bachelor until he was 29, and Prince Arthur was a year older before he became a bridegroom. Our last Royal bride, Princess “Pat,” -would by an earlier generation have been regarded as a confirmed “old maid,” for she was 33.