PERSONAL ITEMS.
Mr J. A.. Valentine, ex-school inspector in Taranaki, has been appointed to attend, as a representative of the Canterbury Education Board, the teacherss conference in London in July. Mr Valentine is at present on a trip to England. A Paris cable states that President Doumergue conferred on Mr Norman Brookes, noted Australian tennis player, the decoration of Chevalier of the egion of Honour in recognition of his distinguished tennis career arid his services to French tennis players in Australia.
The death of Sir George Frampton, R.A., aged 68, is reported by cable from London. Sir George was a wellknown sculptor. He executed several statues of Queen Victoria, the lions at the entrance to the extension of the British Museum, and the popular Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Sir George also made the Nurse Cavell memorial in Trafalgar Square.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 23 May 1928, Page 6
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140PERSONAL ITEMS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 23 May 1928, Page 6
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