PERSONALS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10977, 16 August 1929, Page 4

PERSONALS

M--Poincare 'has left the hospital. He will undergo a second op iat;on next month. —A.B-A.

Mr F Mathewson returned to (' ishornq on Saturday night from a brief ™ftrip to Wellington.

The death is announced.in a London cablegram of Sir Exiv/in Ray SSKk the tomouo »o, o nt, st; aged 81 years.—A-1 A.

Cvril Keightlcy. ■ the Australian a( -tor died at Seattle on Wednesday, .states a New York cablegram.A.P.A. — I'-S. -

Senator Walter Kingsmill, of Western Australia, was elected President of the Federal Senate without opposition.- —A.P.A.

There ws no improvement vosterdav in the condition or ilr, ifiomas Shone the well-known musician, win, is lying critically ill in Cook l'io-oi-tai.

'l'he resignation of Dr. N'ina G. Howard, of the Cook Hospital' stall, who is to married shortly, was accepted bv the board at yesterdays meeting, "the resignation to date irom August 31

Siste* M. A. J Inches, sister-m-Charge of Tolaga Bay Hospital, tendered her resignation to the Cook Hospital Board yesterday, to take effect from August 21. The resignation was accepted.

A welcome to Mrs. A. Scott, on her first appearance at a Cook Hospital Board meeting since her recent illness, was extended by the chairman. Mr. M. T. Traiiord. yesterday.

Sympathy with Mrs. Beer in bet ’illness was expressed by members of the" Cook Hospital Board yesterday, and it was decided that, a letter, hopin'* for her early and complete recovery, bo forwarded to the popular member.

The engagement is announced ct Mabe] Gwendolen, eldest daughter or the late.Mr and Mr* *. M. Nelson. Bern hill, Hawke’s Bay, to Geoffrey K. LeCreu. younger son of Mrs E. A. LeCren. Heaton Street. Christchurch.

Advice of the bequest of C‘2 o m the late Mr.'James Duval Jeune for the purposes or Cook fU T>ital~was received at the board meeting yesterday. “Tliat is ve.ry nice indeed, and it- carries a subsidy, too.” commented the chairman (Mr. M. H. Trafiord) and, on bis motion, it was decided to forward a letter nr thanks to the trustees in the estate.

A Palmerston North telegram announces the death of Mr. Carl (Charles) Edward Dahl, cu early resident of the district, Danish _ vicfConsul, and Knight of the Ensign, which is the highest honor the King oi Denmark can confer j=hort of apeerage.—Press Assn.

Australia has gained a good sportswoman in Mrs Evans, wile of RearAdmiral Evans, Commander of the Royal Australian Navy, says an Australian paper. A Norwegian by birth, she" i £ (.aid to be an expert swimmer, yachtswoman, and tennis player, while as a skier she ranked high among the women devotees ot that sport m Norway.

Mr Charles Berkeley, who has been a resident of Tauranga tor the past three years, has disposed of his property and is leaving for Sydney. During his stay Mr Berkeley has made numerous friends (remark* the Tauranga Times). Mr Berkeley was for 41 years with the -J. O. Williamson firm. He may settle in Sydney, where his daughters re-side.