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Taranaki Daily News, 25 June 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL.

M. Clemenceau visited Oxford and received the honorary degree of D.C.L. Mr. Massey will be the gueat of the British Producers’ Union on July 14. Mr. R. Masters, M.P., who has been on a visit to Wellington, returned by the mail trrin last night. Mr. F. Milner, rector of tho Waitaki Boys’ High School, will attend the PaifPacific Congress of Educationists, which will be held at Honolulu on August 11. An old resident of the Cambridge district, Mr. Henry Newcombe, died at the residence of his eldest son at the age of 78. Mr. Newcombe, who waa born in Devonshire, England, arrived in New Zealand in 1861. The Public Service Commissioner has agreed to the. exchange of Mr. N. "R. McKenzie, Inspector of Schools, with Mr. T. A. Brough, 8.A., Inspector of Schools, Vancouver. Numerous birthday congratulations from all parts of the Empire have reached the Prince of Wales, including messages from Australian, New Zealand, Canadian and South African children. The Premiers’ Conference, through Mr. Lloyd George, congratulated the King and Queen on the anniversary of their coronation. The King has telegraphed to Mr. Lloyd George expressing tho thanks of himself and the Queen for the greetings. Messrs. P. J. H. White and R. D. Lewers (Stratford) returned *to Taranaki by the mail train yesterday from Wellington, where they have been attending a meeting of the Council of the New Zealand Drapers’ Federation, of which they are members. The death occurred at Hamilton on Thursday last of Mr. W. Sargeson at the I age of 77 years. Mr. Sargeson, who left Hawera about three years ago after a residence there of 27 years, was a former member of the Borough Council, being elected in 1900, and serving on that body for ten years. A very old and highly-respected resident of Auckland died at the residence of his son-in-law, namely, Mr. James Muir Paterson, a former member of the Auckland City Council, In the days when the ward system was in force Mr. Paterson was one of the representatives for Grafton. Deceased was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1833, and came to New Zealand in 1859.

A London message states that Mr. Larkin has resigned the managership of the Commonwealth Shipping Line. He severs the connection at the end of this month. Mr. Larkin denies the Melbourne rumor that there has been dissension between himself and Mr. Hughes. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Chronicle reports that an Anglican clergyman refused to perform the religious ceremony of marriage between tlie Duke of Westminster and Miss Deacon, an American, on the grounds that he has been divorced. The bride declined marriage without a religious ceremony. The Mayor (Mr. F. E. Wilson) and borough general manager (Mr. F. T. Bellringer) will interview the actingPrime Minister at Wellington next week to endeavor to secure financial assistance for the council’s hydro-electric scheme. Mr. Bellringer leaves by thia morning’s express. The Hon. Tuiwakano, Premier of Tonga, and his wife are passengers for Sydney by the Makura on a trip to recruit his ‘health (says a telegram from Auckland). He is emphatic that Tonga’s desire is to remain as at present; there is no desire to join any federation of the Western Pacific islands. The Minister will return via Auckland in the spring. The death occurred at Wellington early on Thursday of Mr. William Bryant, of Manakau, and late of Ohariu. The late Mr. Bryant was one of the best-known farmers on the coast, and as stock agent for Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltdt, he was brought into contact with people of all classes of the community, by whom he was held in the highest esteem. For several years he was a councillor of the Horowhenua County Council.