PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 August 1924, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. and Mrs. Newton King arrived in New Plymouth last night after an absence of six months in England. ® r ' an d Mrs. D. E. Maunsell, of Manaia, arrived in Wellington on Wednesday by the Ulimaroa from Sydney.

Mr. T. M. Ball, district engineer for the Public Works Department, will leave Stratford on September 1 for Wellington in connection with the framing of estimates for roads, bridges and other public works within his district.

The death has occurred at Rawene of Mr. Thomas Hartley, a. well-known figure of the district, at the age of 95 years. The late Mr. Hartley was horn in Colne, Lancashire, and came to New Zealand in the ship Jubilee, rea.chin° f New Plymouth in June, 1873 He later transferred to Northern Wairoa, and m 1880 settled in Hokianga, where he stayed for the remainder, of his life. The death occurred at Linwood, Christchurch, on Tuesday of Mrs Hansford mother of Mr. George Hansford, of Messrs. Hansford and Mills contractors. The deceased lady who dren § ° ° f ag€j IeaVGS four ehil-

An old colonist, Mr. Alfred Baldev passed away in Wellington on Tuesday I he 89. The late Mr Baldey left England for Melbourne in 1802, went to Bendigo, and was nresent at the Eureka Stockade. Coming to Eew Zealand in 1856. he too™MS fn S ° Uthland «nd participated actnely m many public affairs during Tn 1903 W 6 €l ' G ° f years fn 1903 he was appointed a member of the Legislative Council, and took up his residence in Wellington, where he had resided ever since. <5 ? e i adn >aster of the Tawhiti School (Mr Jackson) had a pleMsant suipnse a day or two ago when two ex-pupOs presented themselves at the •school and asked him to accent as a token of their gratitude and esteem a case of silver-mounted pipes R ot h boys (Trev o! . Goodger P and j?ric ad " l ai,l€cl . proficiency testis