PERSONAL ITEMS.

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

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Messrs J, W. Munro and H. T. Armstrong, M.P.’s, returned south by this morning’s express. Professor Francis Herbert Bradley 0.M., the well-known English writer on philosophy, is dead (reports a London cable). • The death of Lieut.-General Sir B. Pole Carew, a former commander of the Guards, is announced in a London cable. A Paris message says that M. Anatom France, the famous writer, is seriously ill at Tours. He only l4aves ms bed for half, an hour daily, and re-, mams very depressed. Messrs C. B. Taplin and B. Lewis" have been elected members of Eltham Borough Council in place of the two -, councillors who recently resigned. ? _ Many friends ,<rf Mr W. A. McLachlan, who is in the hospital, Will b© pleased to learn that he’is fast recovering from the serious operation whichme underwent some weeks ago. Commissioner and Mrs Hoggard.,: Major Macauley, and Captain Goffin are at present touring; the various - Salvation Army corps in Taranaki A • mi S. offic€rs ’™9 OUncil will take place, in Eltham on Thursday afternoon and n jf ht - It is_ estimated that some 30, officers of all ranks will be present ! tor the gathering. Mr. Hugh Mac Neil, whose death occurred in Queensland, was born in Dun--edin about sixty-six years ago. He was educated at the Otago Boys’ High School, and at Christ’s College. He was well known as a cricketer, playing for < Carisbrook Club and representing Otago a number of times. He also repiesented the province at lawn ia'nnis, and was once New- Zealand golf champion. He managed the Dunedin ,business of Briscoe and Co. for some years, aiid later became governing di- ! rector.of the business in Australia. He retired some years ago, aiid after living in England for a time during the war returned to Australia. Sydney message reports the death ot Mi- Alec. Bannerman, an old-time famous cricketer. The death of A. C. Bannerman snaps another link with the pioneers of Australian cricket. He was one of the 1878 team, and also c on e_of Murdoch’s famous band Ox 1882, and played in the famous test match of that year when Australia l'oto s f ven runs. Alee was born in 1859, and for many years held rank as the greatest of all “barndoor” batsmen. George Giffen in “Giants of the Dame classes Alec Bannerman as the greatest stonewaller he ever met.- Besides being a batsmen of quality he was one of the greatest, fieldsmen ,in the history of the game, and gained his p’noe in the first Australian tour tor his fielding alone. His serious manner .while playing the. game was the source of many a good story, and one or two incidents while he was playing test matches hav-e become his- 1 tone.