PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 15 September 1926, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr W. Lints came up from Wanganui last evening to superintend Messrs MeGruer, Bone and Co.'s mannequin parade. » Mr Jolm Mbwat, of the New: Zealand Cattle Cake Company, Auckland, is at present in Ha>vera, and ds staying at tlio Central Hotel. Mr E. Dixon, accompanied by Mrs and Miss Dixon, went to Wellington by tli.e mail train this morning. They will he away for a few days.

Mr F. E. Wilson. Mayor of New Plymouth, passed thrbugjh Hawera, this morning on his way to Wellington.

Mr I. J. Bridger, Mayor of Elthaxn, was a passenger by the down! mail train this morning. He< will attend! a meeting of the Council of- the Protestant Political Association m Wellington. x A Press Association message from Sydney reports the death of Mr. Charles Hendley, a prominent scientist, at the age of 63.

The condition of Mr G. W. Tayler, of Eltham. after his sudden indisposition on Sunday was reported to he improving.—Argus ’ Mr L. Fairfax, who plays the .role of Guiseppe in the Gilbert and! Sullivan comic opera. “The Gondoliers at the Opera. House this evening, is a brother of Mrs E. W. Cate, of Hawera, and' is staying with Mr® and Mr Cate during the visit of the company. The British Australian and New Zealander of August 3 includes Mr and Mrs R, E. C. Dowling (Hawera) in its list of callers at .the New Zealand High Commissioner’s office the previous week.

A neat compliment was paid Mr H. G. Dickie, M.P.,. by a Moeawatea setlter at the Patea .County _ meeting, when he commended Mr Dickie for all he had done for the settlers. He said that he was one of the few men who took a live interest in the backbloeks settlers, and added that so soon as he had been told of their troubles he had got to work and helped materially in securing a grant.