PERSONAL ITEMS

Hawera Star, Volume L, 8 April 1931, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. J. H. Fletcher has arrived in Hawera on transfer from Stratford and took over his duties as postmaster of the Hawera Post Office to-day.

Mr. E. Glen, manager of George and Doughty, Ltd., at Hawera, left by train this morning for Wellington and Dunedin, on a visit to his father in the latter city.

Mr. F. V. Lysons, who has been on a visit to Great Britain, the Continent and America during the past twelve months, returned to Hawera on Monday.

At a function in Hastings to farewell the postmaster, says the “Telegraph” occasion was taken to welcome the new postmaster, Mr. W. W. Sutton, who had arrived from Hawera to succeed Mr. Mclntosh.

The death at Pukekohe, Auckland, of Mrs. Elsie Walker, wife of Mr J. J. Walker, occurred on April 1. Mr. and Mrs Walker were residents of the Ohangai district for some years until they left to settle in the north and they and their family were held in high regard by tlieir many friends is this district. Mr. Walker was at one time chairman of the Meremere-Ohangai factory.

Ladv Wyndham, the dramatist, formerly Miss Mary Moore, cf Criterion and New Theatres’ fame, has died in London, states a cable message. _ Lady Wyndham first began to play in the (provinces in 1885 and then went _to London, playing at the Criterion Theatre under the management ef feu(then Mr) Charles Wyndham. Eventually she obtained the position of leading actress at that theatre and was subsequently with Sir diaries. Wyndiham at Wyndham’s Theatre and .the New Theatre. After her husband’s death in 1916, Lady Wyndham continued as proprietor and manager of these two theatres until recent years.

Mr. C. Clark, supervisor of the telegraph branch of the Plymouth post office, has received notice of promotion to the position of supervisor at the Palmerston North post office. Mr. Clark will leave New Plymouth on Thursday. He was farewelled by members of the post office staff, and regret was expressed at the loss of such a tactful, efficient and courteous officer. Mr. Clark who entered the service at Balclutha in 1904, -was supervisor at Stratford in 1921, and later was a supervisor at Wellington. In 1928 he was appointed to the New Plymouth branch, where he earned the respect and esteem of the staff and the general public.

Colonel Sir Clive Wigram, who has been appointed private secretary to his Majesty in succession to the late Lord Stamfo'rdham, has been assistant private secretary and equerry to the King since 1910. He was born in 1873, a son of the late Mr. Herbert Wigram, of the Madras Civil Service. He was married in 1912 to Nora, eldest daughter of Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain. Educated at Winchester, Sir Clive held his first commission in the R-oyal Artillery in 1893. He was aide-de-camp to Lord Elgin, who was Viceroy of India in 1595. He exchanged to the 18th Lancers, Indian Army, 1897; served on the north-west frontier of India, 1897-98; was aide-de-camp to Lord Curzon when the latter was Viceroy of India, 1899-1904; served in South Africa; and was assistant to the Chief of Staff, India, 1905-0. He retired from the army in 1923 and was knighted in 1928.