PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 5 July 1928, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Sir Alexander 'Peacock has been elected Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in succession to the late* Mr Snowball, states a Melbourne cable.

Private cable advice ha® been received' .in Wellington stating that Sir Joseph Ward will leave London on July 24, and San Francisco on August 8 on his- return to New Zealand. A Press Association message from Melbourne reports the death of Mr. R.. Kelly, a Maitland farmer. He was handioapper for the Victoria Amateur Turf Club and was prominent in racing circles. He was 93 years of age. A London cable messages reported the death of Sir David Yule, aged 70, bank anti insurance director. He was among the half-dozen richest men of Britain and wa® said to be worth £ll,000,GOO. He lived in comparative obscurity, having simple tastes. Mr. W R. Doughty, of Wellington, who has been paying a short visit to Hawera, left for the south by the mail train this morning.

Mr. A. L. Thompson, of Wanganui, is at present visiting ’Hawera, and is a guest at the Central 'Hotel. Mr. Leo du Chateau, representing the famous tenor Alfred O'Shea, arrived from New Plymouth this morning to make the necessary arrangements lor a concert in Hawera to be given in the Opera House on July 16. The navigator for Captain IvingsfordSniith and Flight-Coniimander Ulm's earning flight across t'he Tasman Sea to New Zealand will be Mr Litchfield, third officer of the Union Company's steamer Waiotapu, and formerly third officer oil the Tahiti. Litchfield is an Auistrallian. He lias been granted leave by the Union Steamship Company to undertake the flight. His appointment was made before Captain KingsfordSmith learned of the Niew Zealand Government’s wish, for a native born New Zealander to act. as navigator.

Mr EL W. Lowe, Director of the New Zealand ’Branch, of t;ho Society" and known to many people in Taranaki, is relinquishing his position today oil account of having reached trie age limit. Mr Lowe attained the unique record of a “diamond jubilee” as an officer and director of the A.M.P. Society. Mr John Gavin Duncan, so well-known as a director and manager of the firm of Levin and Co., Ltd.,- and a prominent racing man, has been appointed to a .seat on the local board. Hiis father, the late Mr John Duncan, was a local director of the society from 1891 to 1916.

Trie public, spiriiteditess of Mr H. E. Johnson, o.f Tokaora, in placing _ his herd at trie disposal of the committee organising the experiment regarding milk for cheese-making was cordially acknowledged at the. annual meeting of the Friesian Breeders at Hawera yesterday. It was decided to recommend the New Zealand Council! to- suitably recognise the great service given on behalf of the (breed in New Zealand. Mr Merchant said it contributed largely to the success of the test and conferred lasting benefit on their association. Acknowledging • trie compliment, Mr Johnson said that he would like publicly to acknowledge the fair and openmindedness of the other breeders, Messrs H. E. Batten (Jersey) and F. Mill Is (Ayrshire). If riiiis work secured appreciation from h.i.s fellow breeders, that was all he desired.