PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 March 1922, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Miss M. B. Johnstone, of the Dunedin University, has received advice that she has been successful in passing the final examination for her B.A. degree. Mr. Will Hutchins, Mus. Bae., is a passenger on the Remuera, arriving at Auckland to-day. He will probably settle in Wanganui or Hamilton. Mr. E. Muir, hon. secretary of the National Defence League, who, with his wife, has been spending a fortnight’s holiday in New Plymouth, returns to Wellington this morning.

Word has boon received that Mr. Duncan William McArthur, the well-known civil engineer, died on his seventysecond birthday at his residence, Northcote (Auckland).

A London message states that Mr. Barwell, Premier of South Australia, had an audience with the King lasting half an hour.

A London message says that Sir Johi Salmond left London on Tuesday on ; brief tour of the Continent before join ing the Ormuz at Toulon.

The Rev. W. J. Elliott, who has been to Auckland in connection with the an nual conference of the Methodist Church, has returned to New Plymouth

Mr. James Thurston, who was offered the position of headmaster of the Waverley School, has been appointed head master of the Newtown School, Welling- ' ton. Mr. Thurston was given an enthusiastic send-off by the members of vthe Feilding School Committee.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Emeny, of New Plymouth, leave for Wellington by motor car to-morrow morning on an extended trip abroad, during which they will probably visit America and England, returning to New Zealand via Australia about the end of the present year. The Hon. C. J. Parr, Minister for Education and Health, who attended various functions in New Plymouth and Stratford on Tuesday and stayed the night in Stratford, left for Palmerston North by the mail train yesterday morning.

Mrs. E. M. Moss, who has been headmistress of the Tataraimaka School for the past eight years, is retiring on supernnuation at the end of this month, and intends to reside in New Plymouth. On Friday evening, March 24, Mrs. Moss is to be given a farewell social in the school by residents of the district. There passed away at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. W. Williamson, of Palmerston . North, one of the early pioneers of the Dominion, in the person of Mr. Peter Inces at the age of 87 years. The late Mr. Innes came to New Zealand in the year 1862. and settled in Canterbury, where he spent 27 years farming at Lincoln and Ashburton. In 1890 he came to the North Island, where he spent 14 years farming in South Taranaki. Later, on his retirement from active farming he moved to Feilding, where he resided up till the time of his last illness. His wife predeceased him 10 years ago. A wedding which has created a great deal of interest throughout New Zealand was celebrated at St. Mary’s Church, Merivale, Christchurch, yesterday afternoon, when Miss Beatrice Wood, second daughter of the late Mr. William Wood and of Mrs. Wood, “Hadleigh,” Springfield Road, St. Albans, was married to Mr. Thomas Seddon, M.P., son of the late Mr. Richard Seddon and Mrs. Seddon, Goldies Hill, Wellington. The ceremony was performed by Cr ■»n W. S. Bean, brother-in-law of the bridegroom, assisted by Archdeacon Haggitt. Relatives and friends were present from all over New Zealand, including Sir Joseph and Lady Ward and Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Wilford.—Press Association.