PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 17318, 5 April 1920, Page 6

PERSONAL

The Prime Minister is recovering rapidly from iris recent operation, and s hopes to resume his normal duties after ; the holidays. Superintendent Dwyer, in charge of the Canterbury police district, has resumed ■ duty after a three weeks’ holiday spent [ at Harnner. ; On Thursday evening the employees of [ Wilson, Balk, ai id Co. said farewell to . Mr Jack Forbes, who has been acting as - factory foreman for the firm for the past ■ 10 years, and is now leaving for Auck- . land. Mr Balk, in presenting him with a ; cheque, remarked that Mr Forbes had been in the firm’s employ for 25 years, and no man had ever served more diligently or unselfishly. Mr Gibb, on be- > half of the employees, asked Mr Forbes . to accept a rug as a small token of their r great esteem for him, at the same time i wishing him the best of good fortune for the future. Miss Hawkins was the recipient of a j tea set from the employees of R. Bruce. . clothing manufacturer, to emphasise the 3 good wishes of her shop mates on the .'»c- , casion of her approaching marriage. The presentation was made by Mr R. Bruce, f who spoke of the sterling value of Miss Hawkins, and conveyed the general fcel- , ing of the high esteem and good feeling which existed between the recipient and T her fellow ' employees, j Alderman Lindsay Thompson, of Syd- . ney, was present at the Auckland City Council’s meeting on Wednesday night j last. In introducing Mr Thompson, the Mayor mentioned that he had been a member of the Sydney City Council for 21 years, and had represented one area unopposed for the past nine years. A London cablegram states Lord S.inha, the first Indian peer, will shortly be appointed Governor of Bengal. He is the first native appointed to a Govenorsliip. Mr W. H. Hamer, engineer to the Auckland Harbor Board, lias left on a trip,to England. He expects to. he absent for several months. Mr D. Holdernoss will act as engineer during Mr Hamer's 3 absence. Miss Jane Mander, daughter of Mr F. M. Mander, M.P. for Marsden. has just written a book, ‘ The Story of a New n Zealand River.’ which was published recently by John Lane. Miss Mander originally belonged to New Zealand, but ha- - done newspaper work in Sydney, and for the past two years has been a 'prominent i- worker for the U.S.A. Red Gross. She e is still an active member of that organisation, but hopes to return to Australia anc L, Xew Zealand before long. A Perth cable announces tho death oi Sir Edward A. Stone, Lieutenant-Govor nor of Wcstralia since 1905, at tho ago o; l ’® 76. Ho was called to the ba,r in Peril in 1865, and. after being clerk to tin m Legislative Council and Acting Attorney 8 General, ho was made a puisine judge ii o- 1884, and was Chief Justice of Wc&trali y- from 1901-05. id h-