PERSONAL ITEMS

Hawera Star, Volume L, 25 August 1930, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr If. G. Dickie, M.P., returned to Wellington this morning after spending the week-end at Hawexa. Messrs D. Dobson (of Weddels, Ltd.) and G. Davidson (Marketing Association) are staying at the: Egmout Hotel, .Hawera. Messrs F. W. Sutton and W. Harris, Inspectors of Stock at New' Plymouth and Stratford, were passengers for the south by train this morning. Among the visitors at Daw'son Falls yesterday -was: a party from New Plymouth, which included Mr Justice Ostler, of Wellington. The King has approved of Mr Robert Michell, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at La Paz, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Monte Video, says a British Official Wireless message. The death of Mr Nimrod Parker, aged Go, is announced in a Press Association message from (Christchurch. He was at one time regarded os the best all round athlete: in Netwi Zealand, and was the father of .1. 11. Parker, the All Black.

Mr J. W. Bailey (Auckland) and ■Mr IT. W. Dixon (Christchurch.), who are. adjudicating at the Hawera Competitions this week in.,, elocution. and music, arrived yesterday in town and met the executive to discuss some points in connection with the work to bo done. 'They are staying at the Central Hotel.

Tin* First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr A. V. Alexander, accompanied by Rear-Admiral Ghetwode, left London on Thursday for Malta, the headquarters of the Mediterranean Command, where he will discuss naval matters with Admiral Sir Ernie Chatfield. who recently took over the command. the British Official Wireless reports.

Mr G. JR. A. Whiting, who has been the district inspector of factories at New Plymouth for live years, will retire on superannuation on September 20. Mr Whiting joined the Public Service in July, 1914, and was subsequently stationed at Christchurch, Auckland and Gisborne. After his retirement Mr Whiting intends to take a holiday and on his return will .settle in Gisborne with his daughter, Mrs J. L. Brown. The death of the Duke of Northumberland is announced. The Duke, who had been ill for some time, was 50 years of age. He "was a man of marked abilitly in speech and public affairs, and led a controversy on the nationalisation of mines in 1919. He served in the South African War and in the Sudan. lu 1911 he married the younger daughter of the Duke of Bichmond. He is survived by his widow, four sons and two daughters.