PERSONAL ITEMS

Hawera Star, Volume L, 10 September 1930, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. A. H. Larkman, of Hawera, left to-day on a short visit to Wellington.

Queen Maud, of Norway arrived at Newcastle on Monday and left by road for Sandringham, says a, London cable.

A message from the Orama. via Sydney says that Mr. J. H. Scull in (Commonwealth Prime Minister) is improving rapidly. Mr. Dykes, who is acting as stationmaster at Normanby in Mr. McCaffry’s absence, has left for Wanganui to sit tor an examination. Mr. H. McOrae, of Hawera. is relieving him. 1 Friends of Mr. Evan Evans, who was seriously injured by a Jersey bull a fortnight ago, will be pleased to know lie is progressing well and hopes to be about shortly. As the result of an accident with a hay knife last week Mr. S. V. Washer, of Inaba, had to suffer the amputation of a toe and bars been some days in a private hospital in Hawera.. . Loud Beauchamp, leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords, arrived by the Niagara at Auckland on Monday on his way to Australia. He was Governor of New South Wales from j.Bt)9 to 1901, and intends spending two months revisiting familiar scene© ui Sydney and Melbourne.

Dr. L. J. Connie, a New Zealander, who was well known in meteorological circles in Wellington for some years, has been appointed superintendent of tlio British Nautical Almanac in succession to Dr. P. H. Cowell. Dr. Comrie had experience in American observatories before joining the British Nautical Almanac Office.

i’lie Normanby School Committee last, night passed a sincere vote of sympathy dh Mr. W. MeCaffery, a member of the committee and stationmaster at Normanby, who at present is an inmate of an Auckland hospital, having undergone a serious operation, states our Normanby correspondent.

At, the meeting of the Nomanb\ School Committee last night notice was received of the "res ign a ton of the headmaster. Mr. \Y. Davidson. Mr. Da,\ idson has been appointed to take charge >f the Waihi South School, and haves early’ in October.

When Mr. E. G. Betts, of Okaiawa, went Homo two months ago, he took a letter of introduction from Messrs. - Bennett and Sutton, to Messrs. Harrison McGregor and Co., Ltd., of Leigh, ■ Lancashire. Messrs. Bennett and - ton have just received a letter from me Home firm stating that they had met Mr, and Mrs. Betts at the Boyal Manchester show and had next day welcomed them at their engineering wus at Leigh. Mr. Harrison, m a letter, stated that it had been a pleasure to have Mr. and Mrs. Bettsi with them and that the visit appeared to have, been enjoyed by the Dominion vistors.