PERSONALS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11384, 9 December 1930, Page 4

PERSONALS

Mr. Andrew Wylie, barrister and solicitor, and a well-known old resident of Wellington, .died suddenly at his Heretauuga residence ou Jay. Although-, he had_ not- • been in good health for some time past, deceased was well enough on Saturday to take, part in a game of golf. H 0 mis 70 years of age.—P.A.

Advice has been received iroin Dunedin that- Mr. Garth Stouehaiu. of Gisborne, has passed in all subjects the first section of his tliiru professional examination of the New Zealand University’s medical course.

-At London cablegram records tue death of Sir Otto Bert, the wenknown financier' and engineer; aged 65 vears.—A.P.A.

Miss Rebe Griffiths, wlio graduated recently at the Goulburn (N.S.M 3 Aero Club for her pilot’s certificate, is only IS. and thus becomes the

youngest woman pilot in-Australia, j* not in the. British Empire. She is taking part in the club’s round-Aus-tralia air race for women next-.mouth and is very hopeful of carrying off the first prize of £IGCO. Tlie competitors have to be graduates of the club. Miss Griffiths is a swimmer or more than ordinary class, and the day before she went to Goulburn for her first lesson—until then she had never been in an aeroplane—she dived. to. the bottom of the sea. brought handfuls of seaweed to the surface, and strung it- round her neck, with the remark* “I’ve been to the bottom of the sea; now I’m going on top of the. clouds.” This adventurous young ladv. who confesses to having fallen under the spell of Amy Johnson; evidently gets lier-flair'for mechanics from her grandfather, an engineer, who designed the well-known Mort’s Dock in Sydney. Rebe Grif-fiths-met Amv Johnson at h public reception, since when she has thought of practically nothing but flying.

Mrs. Forbes, wife of .New Zealand’s Prime 'Minister, is described i’ l an English paper as “a little lady with a mass; of wavy grey hair, a pleasant manner, and an evident zestin life. She spends most. of her time in her husband’s extensive'electorate in tlie hilly country of North Canterbury, where the air is -ever exhilarating, and one can see for miles. She has devoted herself to her fanillv. two daughters and a soii, and lias ■taken, a great interest in her garden. She said that if she could nianago it she meant to see the autumn flower sbow.tit the -Horticultural HullSince this is her first visit to England, it was fortunate' that - slio landed' at Southampton ‘and travelled through some of the loveliest scenery in tho country. The greenness of , tho grass . aud‘ foliage delighted her, and, coming as she did from winter a few weeks away, she thought it strange to. see so many flowers. “I have lived such a’quiet life,” she said, ’‘that everything -in Loudon is new to ' ine. I N aiu looking forward tremendously to tho theatres. shops, art galleries and libraries.”