PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 2 November 1925, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Canterbury has nominated the Right Rev. Campbell West" "Watson, Bishop of Barrow-in-Furness, _to be Bishop of Christchurch.

Lady Gwendoline Jelliooe, ' daughter of Lord and Lady Jelliooe, underwent a second operation (says,;, a London cable). She is progressing; as well as can be expected.

...The High CommissionerA, for ..Nfw Zealand (Sir James Allen), ifis a result of- a severe chill contracted at Geneva;' is confined to his bed (says (a, London cable):

The death has occurred, of Mrs. 'Dick, son, wife of Mr. J. Dickson, member for Parnell, who is again standing at the general election . (announces ah Auckland telegram). Mrs. Dickson died on Sunday afternoon after 'a long ■ J illness. * . “it

The Rev. Joseph W. Kemp, who' for the past five years has been minister, of the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle, has received a call to Talbot Tabernacle, London. v Their Excellencies Sir Charles ( ,and Lady Alice Fergusson arrived at Christchurch from Timaru on Saturday. Yesterday afternoon his Excellency unveiled the New Brighton war memorial in the presence of a Very: large attendance of spectators/ At All Saiiits’ Church, Eltham, on' Friday night the. Rev. O. H. Isaacson was formally instituted as Vicar of Klthani by Bishop. Sprott, of Wellngtou. Mr 'Henderson Garrick,. for six years sub-editor of the Eltham Argus, passed away in the early hours, of Saturday morning, and his passing creates a gap in the fast diminishing ranks of the old-time journalists of the 'Dominion. The death of Mr Fred Watson, of New Plymouth, occurred on Saturday. Mr Watson, who was the son of Captain Watson, who was an officer of the Amelia Thompson, one of the first immigrant ships, was connected with the firm of Messrs Newton King, Ltd. He , joined the firm about forty years ago, and at the time of his death was one of the directors, and had charge of the shipping department. Mr Watson was well known in sporting circles, and in his stablestmany good racehorses were trained.

The death occurred at New Plymouth on Thursday of Mrs. Sarah Jemison. widow.of the late Mr William JemisnnW. at the age of 88 years. With her hus band, who died shortly before' the outbreak of the war in 1914, the late Mrs. Jemison landed at Port Chalmers in 1879 and within a, few years came .to Taranaki, settling first in Patea, where Mr. Jemison established brick kilns. A sojourn on the West Coast of the South Island followed, and then came a return to Taranaki, where Mr. and Mrs. Jemison settled permanently. Mr. Jemison was particularly interested in the use of Taranaki clay for brickmakirig, and to that end conducted exhaustive tests, and he left behind many interesting samples of his. experiments.