PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 December 1924, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

• —— tr~ Mr G. Y. Pearce returned from a trip abroad by the Tahiti on Monday. He was accompanied by Mrs and Miss Pearce. A Sydney message states that the City Council, on a purely party vote, elected Alderman Patrick Stokes as Lord Mayor by 15 votes to 11. A Belgrade message states that Mr Harry Dayton, the American ViceConsul, who, an earlier message stated, had been shot by a Lithuanian girl, is dead.

Mr. E. W. B. Griffiths, an ex-prfpil of the New Plymouth Boys’ High School, who is studying medicine at the Otago University, passed the first professional examination.

At yesterday’s meeting of the Egmont County Council, Mr. J. A. Pettigrew was appointed to the vacancy which has occurred on the Opunake Harbour Board owing to the death of Mr. It. Ferguson. At yesterday’s meeting of the Patea County Council a notice of sympathy was passed with Cr. McDonald, who has been laid aside for some time, and is still in the hospital. Leave of -absence was granted to him. En route for the Veterans’ Conference at Palmerston North on December 19, Mr John Heslop, New Plymouth delegate, went through to Napier to first attend a meeting of veterans at Hastings preliminary to the conference.

“It would be a rotten thing for any public body not keeping faith with the Government,” said the chairman of a local body when the matter of a bridge being constructed by the Public Works Department whs being discussed, and members all agreed. Mr. W. J. Mountjoy, of the New Plymouth office of the Labour Department, who has beCfi promoted to the Wellington office of the department, expects to leave New Plymouth about the middle of January. He will be succeeded by Mr. G. R. A. Whiting, of Gisborne. Dr. Leslie Averill, second son of Bishop Averill, has advised his parents by cable that he has passed his examination for the degree of M.D. Dr. Averill had eighteen months’ hospital experience in England and Scotland and completed his studies in Edinburgh. . He is now studying for his fellowship, and expects to return to New Zealand about the middle of next year, after an absence of seven years. Mr. G. M. Beer was the recipient of two farewell gifts at Waverley last week. On Thursday evening he was the guest of the footballers, who paid high tribute to his work as secretary of the Waverley Club and as a member of the Wairoa Sub-union, and asked his acceptance of a barometer. On Friday the business people gathered and Mr. Beer was presented with a cheque. Very appreciative reference was made to his work as a member of the Town Board, of the Fire Brigade, and of the School Committee. Professor E. W. Skeats, D.Sc., professor of geology at Melbourne’ University, has been elected president of the Australasian Institute' of Mining and Metallurgy for 1925. The Rev. J. Hiddlestone, who has been at Kaiapoi for some time, has received a unanimous call to the Richmond Baptist Church, Grey Lynn, Auckland

Private advice was received in Wanganui last evening of the death of Mr. Harry Jessup, who passed away suddenly at Wellington‘yesterday morning. The deceased was well-known in Wanganui, -where he -was for some years chief clerk in the Railway Engineer’s office. He was a member of St. John’s Bowling Club and Wanganui L’hess Club, and took part in tennis. The deceased leaves a widow and family.—Chronicle

The Chronicle announces the death of another of Wanganui’s pioneer settlers, in the person of Mrs. Hannington, who passed away at an early hour this morning. The deceased lady, who was 73 years of ago, wa s the relict of the late Mr. George Hannington, and had resided in Wanganui for over sixty' years. She was held in high esteem by a large circle of friends, who will learn with, sincere regret of her death. The numerous friends of Mr P. B Boyd (Penn) will regret to hear of his death, which occurred while out shotting in Gollan’s Valley road, 'Eastbourne, Wellington. He was till lately traveller for Messrs Burgess, Fraser and Co., Hawera. The deceased was a man of sterling character and most cheery disposition, always ready to help his fellow men. Mr Boyd was a keen sportsman, and a most enthusiastic angler. The deepest sympathy will be felt for his relatives in their sad bereavement.