PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 November 1924, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Th© death of Mr. Janies Francis Hogan, a former member of the House of Commons for Mid-Tipperary, is announced in a London cable.

.Mr and Mrs C. A. Wilkinson are arriving in Eltham on Thursday evening, after a very enjoyable holiday in England. “ ■

A vote of sympathy with the relatives of the late Cr R. J. Ferguson, who died last week, was passed at the meeting of the Egmont County Council yesterday.

Mr A. E. Smalley intends leaving Eltham early next year. He has been appointed to an executive position in a large Auckland firm. He is disposing of his stock in Eltham by special sale. , The Rev. .J. W. Holden .(ex-presi-dent of the Primitive Methodist conference) and the Rev. Joseph Woodhouse (ex-president of- the Methodist x? rence), both prominent veterans of Methodism, died in Sydney during the week-end (states* a cable message). The last-named died in his sleep.' •, : The Prime Minister (Mr W. F. MasffY) has been selected grand master df the Masonic Grand Lodge of New Zealand for the next two years in sucicession Lord Jellicoe (states an Auckland telegram). No other candidates were proposed, and the installation takes place at Auckland on November 26. Mr F. P. Talboys has resigned his position of engineer and manager of the Wanganui tramways and electrical department in order to enter business on his own account. At a meeting of the City Council last night- Mr A. E. Cheat, assistant engineer, was appointed to succeed Mr Talboys.--Press Assn. . . '■

There passed away at Marion on Sunday Sergt.-Major Thos. McMillan, in his 88th year. Deceased was born in Balmy, County Down, Ireland, and joined the 18th Royal Irish Regiment, to which he was attached for 21 yeare, and then followed two yeans’ service with the New Zealand Defence Forces. He was one of the guard of honour at Queen Victoria's wedding, and gave a great deal of service in Maori war in the Waikato,. Auckland, and Wanganui; in later years ■ acting as drill instructor in Wellington and Wanganui. On retiring from the Der fece Force deceased took tup farming in the Wiairarapa.