PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 August 1922, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mrs. L. M. Street has been appointed extra assistant in the infant department of the Eltham school. A Christchurch Press message reports that the death occurred yesterday morning of Mrs. O’Rorke, widow of the late Mr. E. Dennis O’Rorke, and sister of Sir Heaton Rhodes. A Wellington telegram announces the death e,t Lower Hutt of Mr. John Wilkinfe, a very old settler, who had reached the age of 97. Mr. J. Milne, general manager of the Wellington Meat Export Co., and formerly manager of the Taranaki Farmer’s Meat Co., is on a short visit to New Plymouth. Mr. W. Knowles, a member of the Wairarapa football team, had three ribs broken in the match with Wanganui last (Saturday, although he was not aware of it until the doctor had examined him. Mr. F. J. Walker, Collector of Customs at Wanganui. retiring on superannuation at the end of September after 40 years’ honorable service. Mr. Walker joined the department in Wellington, and also served at Christchurch and Auckland. For the last 10 years he has held the post of collector at Wanganui.

A Missourla (Montana) U.S.A, newspaper reports that Mr. Frank Hutchinson, a son of Ml. George Hutchinson, and grandson of the late Dr. Hutchinson, of Tarata, has graduated from the State University with high honors. He is listed among five seniors on the honors roll, his name having been placed on it nine times out of a possible ten. . A telegram from Invercargill records the death of Mr. John Stead, ex-Mayor, member of the Education Board and a prominent figure in public life generally. He arrived in New Zealand in 1864 and had resided in Invercargill ever since. He relinquished the mayoralty last year after three terms of office, and previously he was a borough councillor for many years.

On the occasion of his leaving Croy’don School Wellington, Rev. R. H. Hobday, who has been principal for some years, was given an enthusiastic sendoff and a presentation was made to him and Mrs. Hobday. Sincere regret was expressed by several speakers at losing Mr. and Mrs. Hobday, and keen appreciation of their work for the school. Before he went to Croydon Mr. Hobday was for some time vicar of Eltham.

A London cablegram reports that Major-General Sir George Bridges has been appointed Governor of South Australia. Sir George is 52 years of age and has seen much service. Ho was with the West Australian Mounted infantry in South Africa and was severely wounded. In Somaliland (1902-4) he was again severely wounded. In the great war he suffered three more wounds and was mentioned in dispatches seven times. He was military member of the Balfour Mission to the United States in 1917 and visited America with another war mission in 1918. Subsequently he was head of the British Mission with the Allied Armies of the Orient.

Mr. Ronald B. Macdonald, who leaves shortly for America, was the guest of the Western Park Cricket Club at New Plymouth on Friday evening, when club members bade him formal farewell. The opportunity was also taken to present Mr. Macdonald with a cricket bat, a trophy won by him for the best batting average in the team for the season. Mr. Macdonald was also the winner of a cricket ball for the best bowling average. These trophies were handed to the guest by Mr. Fred Bayly, who had donated them. Mr. F. H. Robertson, on behalf of the club, then presented the departing guest with a silver-mounted walking stick as a slight memento of the esteem in which he held, and expressed regret at the loss which the club would suffer by the departure of such an excellent all-rdund cricketer. Several speakers spoke in eulogistic terms of the services rendered to the club by Mr. Macdonald, «rho feelingly responded. General and widespread regret will be expressed at the news of the death of Dr. T. Harrison Horrox, of Wellington, a young and extremely popular physician, who died, of double pneumonia on Friday morning, after a very brief illness (says the Dominion). Dr. Horrox. who was 38 years of age, was a son of Mrs. John Horrox, of Pahiatua. After gaining a sound knowledge of dentistry he decided to study medicine, and went Home to Edinburgh, where he qualified as a medical practitioner. A little over eight years ago he returned to New Zealand, and■'went into partnership with Dr. Deck, of Motueka, practising in that district for some six years. He then decided to come to Wellington, and had ■been in practige there for a little oyer two years. tir. Horrox was a married man. His wife and daughter went to Englands for a trip twelve months ago, and at the latest were in the South of France.