PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 22 January 1927, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. T. A. Minks, of Hawera, who has been an a short visit to Wellington where he attended Wednesday’s meeting of the Dairy Control Board, returned by the express last evening. Sir James Parr goes to Paris on Saturday to take Lady Parr to spend a few weeks’ convalescence, in the Rivrera. Sir James returns to London next week, stated a Press Association message from London.

Mr. W. G. W'alkly returned to Hawera this morning from a short business 'visit to Wellington.

Among the visiting bowlers, who arrived .in Hawera this morning, en route from Wellington to New Plvmouth, was. Mr. P .Skoglund, who 20 years agor was on the .staff of the Bank of New South Wales in Hawera'. The many friends of Mrs J. JDowdle, well and favourably known in connection with the social work of the local corps of the Salvation Army, and who for some time, has been seriously ill in the public hospital, will be pleased to hear that she is making satisfactory progress towards recovery.

It will be of interest to many to know that Te Puea, the Maori chieftainess, who- is paying a visit to Taranaki on behalf of the orphanage, which islie has personally set up at Ngiaruawaliia and for the conduct of which she has made herself responsible, is a grand daughter of the Maori leader, the late King Taivliiao. The institution she directs was formed to care for the children left orphans when their parents died in the influenza epidemic. The children have been taught all the work that is done about a house —sewing, knitting, cooking—until now they are familiar with all the work necessary for house-keeping. She intends, as occasion demands.'to get them work to do in her neighbourhood, and thus make them independent and able to keep themselves. In conjunction with the home, a section of land has been reserved as an inalienable possession for the people for the purpose® of a park for the natives, and as soon a® it is possible, tennis courts will be laid down and other pastimes arranged, with a view to the well being of the people.