PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 84, 3 January 1930, Page 11

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Hon. Mrs. George Northcote, of South Devon, is visiting New Zealand on holiday, and will stay with relatives in Canterbury.

Mr. H. S. Savill, of the Shaw, Savill shipping firm, and his son, Mr. H. H. Savill, who are making their first visit to New Zealand, are visiting relatives in Christchurch.

Mr. John Marshall, a veteran patron of many sports, has died in his eighty - second year. He was one of the oldest members and stewards of the Auckland Racing Club, and a prominowner in the early days of racing in Auckland. —Press Assn.

Mr. R. P. Reckitt, 0.8. E., managingdirector of Reckitt and Sons, Ltd., arrived at Auckland on the Rangitata, with his wife atad daughter, to spend a holiday in New Zealand. They propose to tour the Dominion by motor, after spending a short holiday in Auckland. ■

Mr. F. Barry, of St. Andrews, Scotland, the famous golfing headquarters,' who arrived at Auckland on the Rangitata, is visiting Rotorua for health reasons.- and hopes also to sample some of the North Islands river fishing. He is a close friend of Earl Jellicoe, with whom he has frequently played golf at St. Andrews. News lias been received in Gisborne of the sudden death in Auckland of Arthur Townley, only son of Mrs. and the late Mr. J. Townley, aged sixty-two years. Deceased was formerly a wellknown business man in Gisborne, but for the past eight years had resided at Pukekohe, in the Auckland district. — Press Association.

The death occurred on Wednesday at his residence, Hughes’ Line, Clareville, of Mr. Thomas Reid, an early settler of the - Wairarapa, after a long illness. Deceased was 80 years of a"e at the time of his death, and was born at the Upper Hutt, going to Wairarapa with his parents as a laa. • Fifty-three ago he took up land at Hughes’ Road, Clareville, which he has farmed ever since, and bred Southdown sheep extensively. In his younger days he was a noted athlete, and a keen rifle shot. For fifty years he was associated with the Wairarapa A. and P. Society, and was for twenty years a director of the Taratahi Co-operative Dairv Company. He was also a member of the Loyal Heart of Oak Lodge, Carterton, for a period of forty-seven years. He is survived by his widow, one son, Mr. R. P. Reid, Clareville, and three daughters.