PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 September 1924, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Viscount Jellicoe will leave Wellington for Sydney en route to England on November 25.

. Mr. L. H. Jardine, constructional engineer of the ■ Wairarapa. Electric Power Board, who has been in Cartertori for the past two and a half years, intends leaving for Stratford, where he has received another appointment. '

A very old resident of Napier, in the person of Mrs. Anne Carnell, relict' of the late Mr. Samuel Carnell, exMayor of Napier and ex-M.P. for Napier, died on Friday last. The deceased lady, who was 86 years of age, came to New Zealand in 1864 and settled in Napier in the following vear.

At a meeting of the executive of the North Taranaki Hunt, held on Tuesday evening, a resolution of sympathy was passed with the relatives of the-late Mr. Angus Keith in their bereavement and also with the relatives of the late Mr P. Webby, who died firom injuries as the result of a- fall during one of the hurdle events at the recent race meeting.-—News.

Last evening at a meeting of the Law Society feeling reference was made to the loss sustained by the death of Sir John Salmond, and a motion of condolence with the relatives of the deceased judge was passed. Mr. Barton, S.M., in speaking on the matter, referred to the avidity of the late judge for the truth in all enquiries with, which he dealt, and to his unswerving loyalty to the duty of his office. Several members of the bar ajso voiced their apprecia-tion-of the late judge’s qualities and erudition. ,

The death took place at Stratford on Monday of Mrs. M. Malone, a former resident of Patea. The deceased - , who was 77 years of age, was the relict of the late Mr. Michael Malone, who died sixteen years ago. .She was born in County Limerick, Ireland, and came- to New Zealand -from Victoria, with her late husband and family, 49 years ago, and settled at Hawera, being one of the early pioneers. Later the family removed to Patea:, where they resided for several years, and for the past seven years the deceased lady was a highly-respected resident of Stratford. Of a gentle and retiring disposition, she endeared herself to all, and will be much missed from amongst a large circle of friends. She leaves a family of four daughters and two sons. . " A farewell social to Mrs J. W. Carter and Miss E. C. Carter was given in the Parish Schoolroom, Eltham, bn Tuesday night. Rev. Father J. Moore said :iat he had the pleasure of making the presentation which Mrs Carter’s friends had wished should be made. They all regretted their departure from the district. She was carrying away the good wishes of all. He also wished tb say that the residents alos regretted Mr Carter’s departure. They would all join in Mr _ and Mrs v Carter good luck in Te Kuiti. He presented Mrs Carter with a handsome: salad howl. Replying on behalf of. Mrs Carter, the Mayor (Mr G. W. Tayler) said that the .residents also regretted Mr ter’s, departure. For fifteen years; lie had known Mr and Mrs Carter. From the townsman’s point of view Mr Carter would be missed. As chairman of the works committee of the Eltham Borough Council he had done much for the borough. Mrs Carter was generally popular in -Eltham, and he was sure that they would join in wishing Mr, Mrs and Miss Carter good-bye.— Argus.

The death of Mrs. Emmeline Elliott, ./ relict of the late Win.' Elliott at the age of 74 years, which took pladeVdt Waitara on Tuesday, removes, another * member of a family who were .closely associated the early settlement of this district. Mrs. Elliott was a. daughter of the late Mr. Philip Moon, who came to New Zealand by the ship Blenheim in the year ’ 1842. Mrs. Elliott was born in New Plymouth, and with members of her family went through the hardships incidental to pioneer, settlement, and also those which were brought about by the Maori war. She was married over 50 years ago, and shortly afterwards, with her husband, settled in Waitara, where she has lived ever since. Her husband predeceased her several years ago. She is survived by two sons—Mr. Harold Elliott, of Auckland, and Mr. Len. Elliott, of Waitara—while her daughter is Mrs. W. Hughes, of New Plymouth. Her brother, Mr. W. Trenouth Moon, who is a Maori War veteran, lives in New Plymouth, and another brother, Charles, resides, in Sydney. Mrs. C. Crutch, of Hawera, is a niece. The sympathy of a wide circle of friends will be extended to the members of the family in the bereavement they have suffered. Mr C. E. Armstrong, who lias held the position of District Engineer at Gisborne for the past 23 years, retired the other day after a record of very useful service. The occasion was marked by a number of gatherings of his officers and friends, who took the opportunity of telling him some of. the nice things they thought 1 about him! The; presentations took the form of choice silverware, which will serve as a tangible memorial of the appreciation in which he is held throughout the whole of Poverty Bay. Mr Armstrong has not only been a good departmental officer, but has taken a prominent part in the life of the community. He lias been one of the heads of the local Church of England for many years, and has put their finances on a very sound footing. When Mr Armstrong ioinecj the Government service in 1884 at the

age of 20, he was engaged upon the Mj Manawapou and Toilgahoe railway S contracts, between Manutahi and, Ha- ™ wera, these at the time being the connecting links between the railheads of the line from Wanganui to New Plymouth. On the completion of this work he was transferred to the location survey in connection with the North Island Main Trunk railway, firstly, under the noted railway engineer, Mr John Rochefort, and later on under Mr R. W. Holmes. After a spell at headquarters in Wellington. Mr Armstrong was brought into touch with the. problems surrounding the Raurimu spiral on the Main Trunk line.