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Mr li. liurkr, a well-known resident <»t Matamata, intends taking uji fe ’ *>idci:< v in Taurauga. Surgeon-t 'omnumln- Watson. li.X., b'te ot H.M.S. laburnum, is leaving Lyttelton nil Phnisday alternoon next I)?? diip's doctor ..i' iho Port Victor, Mrs M. H, Clem-am received a teiegram yesterday from )[in .). A. Jordan, ‘'tilting that Miss K. Jordan. who was tal»oii m i ioiK'.ly 1 1i iit Kaiajiot hast* week. is now improving. Mr If. <>. Askew. .u ( hristo-hnrrii, assistant chemist to the Xow Zealand Refrigerating (’oinpany\ chemical I laboratory. Ini'- been awarded a travelling scholarship by the Imperial Institute of Science and Technology, London. It will necessitate In'' presence in the Old ( ountry for two vi\ir«, The Rev. K. M. Kniini has boon advised to take a complete ehange for throe mouths for the bo no fit. of biis health and is leaving for Rotorua (says llu> Whakatnne Pressb "During bis absence his services will be conductor! by the Her. A. K. Waaka, of Whakarowarewa. Professor John Adams, emeritus professor at the London University, has been invited by the Government to visit the university ce. I leges in New’ Zealand. His reputation as an ednoational expert and specialist is world wide. He will arrive this month, and later will visit. Australa. The Waipn Post. 'Pe Awa.nt.utu. says: Mr Joynt. of the Bank of New Zealand, left here on Friday for his, new appointment at ’Pe Puke. On Wed’ day his ninny personal trie*-' . : tained him at Close*'" vnteiaml dan fin*' " , -*‘ s Hall ’ j n(r • <=., >ntiorspcriM'd with fiattor- - valedictory speeches, were the order j <l) * the evening and during an interlude j a handsome travelling rug was presented to the guest on behalf of his friends. T!'.3 proceedings were carried out with great eclat and were .a Pitting tribute to a worthy young man who has made
ninny mends hern. Tlic ilonth is reported from Christchurch of 31 1* Arthur Longden. who was well known in various parts of the Dominion. He was horn- at Christchurch and educated in England. On hi.s return to Xow Zealand ho> engaged in fanning pursuits. T.ator he entered the service of the Union Bank, and was sn'hhinanagor at Wellington in 18i0, sub-manager at Sydney front 1890 to 1008, afterwards manager at Ballarat, and finally at Launceston, whore he remained till his retirement on a pension in 1010. Deceased was, a prominent cricketer, being a member of the Wanderers' eleven organised by the late Hon. K. C. .T. Stevens.
Aii old, sot tie i* of Wanganui has passed away iu the person of Mr Thomas H. Jones. A son of one of Mr E. Oibhon Wakefield's pioneer settlers who eame to colon iso New Zealand in 1810, the late Air Jones experienced many of the vicissitudes incidental to the early days. Mr Jones is survived hy a widow and large family, the members of which include Messrs 'Walter and Ernest Jones (Rotorua), Mr I). Jones (Morrinsville), Mesdames Forbes, Readhead, and. Wagstaff (To Arohn district) Mrs Reere (Auckland). Mrs Tregear (Christchurch). Mrs J. James (Ara mpho), Mr Albert Jones (Tauranga), and Misses Edith. Vera and Rita Jones (A ram oho).
At the opening of the Anglican Synod in Xelson the Rishop announced that the Rev. O. J. Kimberley had boea elected the vacant seat on the Cathredral Chapter. The new canon was duly installed at the service in. the Cathedral that evening. Canon Kimberley was ordained at St. Andrew’s Cathedral. Sydney, by the Primate of Australia. He came to the Dominion on the invitation of the Xew Zealand Church Missionary Society to act as its secretary in Xew Zealand. After occupying this position for several years he was appointed first general secretary of the Xew Zealand Boon! of Missions. Canon Kimberley accepted the charge of Seddon and Ward during the latter part of 1922.
A Washington cable announces the tlf-ath of Calvin Coolid'ge fou of President Coolidge, at tho age of seventeen years. He had received a week ago a small blister on his heel while playing tennis. Septic poisoning developed and he quickly became dangerously ilk Physicians operated’ -oi Saturday, slitting the left leg to the hone and inserting drains to carry off the poison. The boy’s vitality sustained him for a time, but inability to take nourishment for the past sixty hours induced a succession of sinking from which he was unable to rally.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LII, Issue 8629, 9 July 1924, Page 5
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