PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 13 March 1928, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Rt. Rev. Charles ThorntonDuesbery, Bishop of Sodor and Man, has died at the age of 61, states a London cable.

Mr. W. H. Dixon, of Ipswich, England, has been appointed conductor of the Royal Christchurch Musical Society, in succession to Mr. V. Griffiths. Bishop of Liverpool since 1900, the Rt. liev\ JTrancis James Oliavasse has died in "his 82nd year. He was educated at Oxford and held the degrees of Master of Arts, Doctor of Divinity, and Doctor of Laws. The resignation of Mr. F. M. Whyte, of New Plymouth, as a member of the management committee of the Taranaki Rugby Union, owing to his departure from the v province, was received at a meeting of the committee last evening and was accepted with regret, a vote of appreciation of Mr. ,\ nyte’s services to the union being recorded. The Mayor of Eltham, Mr. I. J. Brid gcr and Mr. Waters, Town Clerk of Eltham passed through: Hawera by the mail train this morning en route to Nelson, where they attend the. Municipal Conference, to be held during the week. Mr. J. Pringle, commercial representative o-f the Railway Department is at present in Hawera on departmental business and is staying at the Central Hotel. Mr. A. W. Mouat, staff member of the Railway" Board of Management, has. it is understood, followed the line of action adopted by the chairman (Mr. F. J. Jones) and has applied to he. released from his-.position. His application has not yet oeen dealt with, stated a Press Association message from Wellington.