PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 11 August 1928, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr and Mrs Gi’lett are at present ripen ding, a short holiday in Hawera and are guests at bhp Central Hofei. Mr F. Lysons was a passenger by the mail train this morning on a short business trip to Wellington. Mi- F. A. Simpson, of Hawera,, is at present seriously ill a.t his resideuce., South Road.

All- Marshall, commercial agent for the New Zealand Railways, was a passenger for Wanganui by the mail train this morning. Air Marshall is melieving Mr J. Pringle, who is at present on. holiday leave.

The Hon. O. J. Hawken, Minister of Agriculture, will arrive at Elthani bv the express this evening and .stay at tho Centra! Hotel. Owing to indisposition, Mbs. Hawken is not accompanying the Minister. Air Hawken will leavi3 by the express- on Tuesday on hi» return to Wellington. At the nomui.l meeting of the Kakaramea Dairy Company yesterday, a hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr J! I). Fairveatheir, a retiring dilector, for his past services to the company.

Bishop Oleary is making .slow but satisfactory progress from the injuries lie in the motor-car accident near Hamilton recently. It i» not expected he will be about for Ksievera.l weeks yet. Father Cyril Martin dale, S.M., of London, is making rapid progress toward roevery. A London cablegram reports the cteat-ii of Sir James Agg Gardner, tlie oldest member of the House, of Commons. who was found dead in bed a.t the Ca.rlton Club. He was 82 yeans of age.

Although he is still _ confined to his bed, the improvement in the _ condition of the Foreign Secretary, Sir Austen Chamberlain, is maintained, states a. wireless message from Rugby, The following changes. in the higher commands of the Royal! Air Force have been announced states a British official wireless message from Rugby : Air Marsha! Sir John Salmond- has been selected to succeed Air Vice-Marshal ’ Sir Philip Game as air member of the Council for -Personnel at the beginning of January next, and Air . Force Marshal Sir Edward Ellington will at- the same time isucoeed Air Marshall Sallimond as air officer csommandeir-in-ohief of the air defence of Great Britain.