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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIV, Issue 9874, 23 July 1923, Page 4

PERSONAL

The services in St. Stephen’s Churehri yesterday were conducted by the Rev. F, G. Brittan, of St. Albans, • Christ- - church. The vicar, Rev. J. F. .Wise- - man, is indisposed

The Hon. D. H.. Guthrie, who . ig’reported to be much improved in - health, was to have.sailed on Saturday;by the Tofua from Auckland on a tour of the Islands.

Messrs J. C. Cassels- and C, R. G. Allen, of Christchurch, are -at. present in Ashburton, on relieving duty at the local branch of the Bank of New Zealand.

Air Henry Stephenson, of Ashburton, who has been on a tour of the United States and Great Britain, was expected to. leave for New Zealand by the s.s. Usterlev last Saturday. He will return via the Sue* Canal,

At the jubilee banquet of the Loyal Ashburton Lodge, 31. U., 1.0.0. F., on Saturday night, P.G.G.AI. Bro. J. L. Soal was presented with a P.D.G.M.’s jewel bv the Grand Master for New Zealand”, Bro. W. R. Gahagen, of Christchurch.

The Canterbury Education Board, at its-meeting on Friday, decided to place on record the board’s highest appreciation of the long service and excellent - work done by Air J. AY. AlcGregor, who 1 is retiring from the position of headmaster of the Richmond School. Mr AlcGregor was formerly headmaster of the Ashburton Borough School. The hoard also passed a resolution regret- ~ ting that Aliss B. Alochan, who has done such good work at Seafield, should! ; he retiring from the hoard’s service.

The death occurred suddenly at his residence, 16, Burnett Street, oilSaturday, of Air AAilliam Hardman, aged 78 years. The, deceased gentleman came to New Zealand from America many years ago, though, it is understood, he was born, in England* In reminiscences to" friends he has stated he was a victim in the Tasmanian “silver mine” swindles, the mines, some will recall, having been “salted.’ 1 He enjoyed fairly good health right up to the time of his ’demise. In fact, he was playing cards’in the early part of the evening, and was quite cheefly in spirit. He leaves a widow