PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 29 December 1924, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The death of M. Leon Bakst, the famous scenic artist, is announced in a London cable. He was 56 years of age. ■' The Rev. H. W. Howes, Presbyterian minister at Rangiora, for the past nine years, has accepted a call to Carterton, '■ '.! Captain and Mrs. Searle, who are at present in charge of the Hawera Corps of the Salvation Army, have received farewell orders for January 18. • In the list of school successes at Kakaramea, published in Monday’s Star, the name of T. MacDonald should have read lan'MacDonald. In the list of passes in the last law examination Mr G. Frey berg, of Hawera, was successful m scoring a pass in Property, parts one and two, and in Conveyancing: An error was apparently made in the first message last week. Mr. Harry Eva, an old resident of New Plymouth, passed away on Christmas Day at the age of 67. Born in New Plymouth, Mr. Eva spent his life there. Both his father (Mr. Philip Eva), and his mother, (who was a Miss Hurlstone) arrived in the ship Oriental in 1841. Another son Mr. S. Eva,'survives, and is residing in New Plymouth. Mr. E. J. Diver, the cricketer, is dead (reports a London Cable).. E. J. Diver, born in 1861, was a well-known batsman in a. past generation. He first played with Surrey as an amateur and played for th© Gentlemen against the Australians in 1884. Later he qualified for Warwickshire, and played for this County as a professional for a great’many years. Ho was a very fin© batsman and_was also a good field. Ho had a similar experience Richard Daft, the great Notts player, in that he represented both the Gentlemen and the Players on the field. . The death occurred under painful circumstances a few days ago of Mr. Thomas Frazer Thompson, for many years engineer to the Buller' County Council, The late Mr. Thompson, who was 79 years of age, retired five or six years ago, and took up his residence in Grey town. He had been under medical attention- for an affection of the heart for some months. He went to stay in Blenheim for a few weeks with hiS; daughter, - Mrs. .C. E. Butcher. On Sunday morning he went for a walk along .the Omaka river bank, close to his daughter’s residence, and ‘ within half an hour of his departure , his body was. found in the river. ■ Mr. T. P. Williams, proprietor of the Westport Times and Star, collapsed and died as he was leaving the racecourse after the last race on Friday. Deceased was a native of Auckland and was 67 years of age.; He had resided in Westport since 1857. He served his time with the late John Tyrrell, subsequently becoming manager and proprietor of the Times and Star. He was a member and ex-chair-man of the Westport -Trotting Club, chairman of the Westport Permanent Building Society, and of’ the Masonic Lodge. Of late years he has not enjoyed the best of health. He leaves a widow and three grown-up sons. . . i--