PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 19196, 12 March 1926, Page 2

PERSONAL

The Hon. J. A. Young (Minister of I Health) was accorded a civic reception at Hamilton ycbterday to mark his elevation to ,tho Ministry. Later the Minister opened the new nurses’ homo at the Waikato Hospital in the presence of a largo gathering. The Minister left for Wellington last night. An Auckland message announces the death of Mr Edmund Mahoney, solicitor, aged seventy-three years. The Rev. A. Anstice, la to of Mount Albert, Auckland, has arrived in Dun- j edin, and will commence his ministry | at the North-east .Valley Baptist j Church on Sunday. The Hon. Air Justice Stringer has j been appointed chairman of the Prisons '• Board of the Dominion. The Right' Hon. Sir Robert Stout retains a seat j on the board. The death occurred in Dunedin on j Sunday of Miss Rachel Marion Schole- j field, daughter of the late John Hoick j Scholefield (at one time bead master i of the North-east Valley School), and j sister of Dr G. H. Scholefield, of Alas-1 terton. Born at Riverton, Miss Schole I field was educated at Milton, and re- j sided there for many years. She went j to England in 1903, and lived for some ' time in France. During the war she served in that country with the headquarters of the American Expeditionary Force. ■ The funeral took place at Milton on Wednesday, the Rev. Canon Small officiating at St. Johns’s Church and at the graveside. | After serving six years with the j Auckland police, Sergeant John Fox has been appointed to tnko charge of the Westport police district. Six years ago he was transferred from Milton ' to Auckland, and when tho Arms Act came into force in 1921 ho was placed , in charge of the Auckland Arms Office, i Tho Auckland police have presented , him with a set of cutlery arid a walk- i ing stick. Sergeant Fox was stationed ; at Dunedin as a constable, and was court orderly here. Mr Charles A.MThee was last night elected a life member of the Pirates Football Club. Mr D. M. Spedding said that Air AlThee (who was reelected captain) had been deputy-cap-tain of the club before the war, and j his services had been especially conspumous. Air E. V. Fairbairn, the re-1 tiring president, supported Air Sped- , ding, stating that Mr AlThee’s entliu- j si asm was very great, for be bad come back after the' war to continue his ; very valuable services. The club cap-, tain was then presented with a life- j member’s badge. |