PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 16907, 3 December 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL

Tho Mayor {Mr J. J. Clark) wilj_ bo (iwaV from town nnt.il after tba Slew 1-ear, O 'Shaddock (Deputy Mayor) will act in his absence. A Daris cable, announces the death of Edmond Rostand, thb veil-known playwright, and author ,of ‘ Cyrn.no do ‘Bergerac,’ ‘ I/Aiglon,' ‘ Ohaateclor,’ and ' Ls* Sa-mariitaino. ‘ Ho had been a member of the Act derate Fcancaise since 1901, and was 50 years oi nge. Ha died of pneumonia. Lira A. Mason, of 11 Duncan street, has received cable advice that her son. Private Fred Mason, wW was a prisoner of v;ar in Germany, has been repatriated, and lias arrived in England. A private cablegram announces the death at Edinburgh of Mr Gerald Coughtrey, only son of the late Dr Coughtrey. For some time after the outbreak of the war Mr Couuhtrey had medical charge of the Falkland Islands, his final professional pass being postponed in order that he might perform that public duty. The Rev. H. 0. Fenton, who lias done much splendid work in connection with the transport and other departments at the Central Thrrcau, has been compelled to lay up with the pnevtailinp epidemic. It is hoped that his case will not ho a serious one, and that a few days’ conSnement to his homo will suffice. The bamboo has been known to grow a foot in 22 hours.