PERSONAL ITEMS

Hawera Star, Volume LII, 30 January 1933, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Earl of Beauchamp, in a letter from Sydney, has resigned the Lord Wardenship of the Cinque Ports, states a London cable. , Mr and Mrs J. E. Campbell, of Hawera, have left- for the north on a mot-or tour, during which they will travel th-rough North Auckland. They expect to be away for several weeks. The Governor-General and Lady Bledisloe, who during last week paid official visits to Napier, Woodviile, Pahi'atua, Eketahuna and Greytown, returned to Wellington on Saturday, the Press Association reports. They will remain in residence at Government House while Parliament is in session.

A largo gathering of the business and sporting friends of Air Alfred H. Lulham, proprietor for the past fourteen years of the Royal Oak Hotel, Wellington, met in the commercial room on Friday to pay their respects to the uost, who is severing his connection with the establishment. Among those present was a good representation of golfers and bowlers, two sports in which Air Lulham has been a prominent figure in recent years. One of Wanganui’s oldest residents, and widow of one of the city’s earliest doctors, Airs R. 0. Earle, died at her home at Aramoho, recently. The late Mrs Earle, who was 83 years of age, was born in Tasmania and came to Now Zealand as a child, living first at the Hutt and later in Wanganui, where she married Dr. R. C. Earle. Airs Earle was the possessor of a beautiful garden, which was' her chief hobby. She is survived by two sons, Dr. Alauricc Earle and Mr R. -C. Earle, and two daughters, Mesdames B. Gill-Carey and Airs L. W. Good.

A pioneer resident of Auckland g-nd Wellington, Airs Walter Fell, widow of the late Dr. Fell, died on Saturday at the age of 75 years. .She was the third daughter of the late Judge Richmond and took an active part in the educational and artistic life of Wellington in the early eighties. She was associated with the work of the Wellington Girls’ College and also the Amateur Dramatic Society and had been president of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children. During the war she lived for several ,years in London, so as to be near her husband, her -sons and her daughters, all of whom were doing war work. Her husband died last November. The death occurred at Palmerston North on Friday of Mr William Nathan, aged 79 years, the last member of a well-known Wanganui family. After serving with the Armed Constabulary in the Maori War-s Mr Nathan went to Australia, and assisted the Victorian Government in railway construction, returning to this- Dominion in 1893 as road engineer t-o- . the Government. Later Air Nathan was- appointed assistant road engineer -t-o the Wellington province and had his headquarters at Pahiatua, where he resided for a number of years. In 192 Qhe retired, but after he was-recalled for a period when he resided in Gisborne. When this engagement ended Mr Nathan retired to Palmerston North. The late Air Nathan is -survived by his wife and four children.

Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Henry Fitzhardinge Heaton-Ellis, . K.8.E., 0.8., C.8.E., M.V.0., is at present touring New Zealand. Sir Edward entered the Navy in 1882, was promoted to he commander in 1903, ■ and captain in 1908. During the ‘Great War he was made a Rear-Admiral, and retired as a Vice-Admiral six years later. During the war ho was on the Intelligence Division of 'the Admiralty in 1914-15, commanded the warships Good Hope, Prince of Wales, King Edward VII, and the Inflexible, and became Chief of the Staff in the battle-cruiser fleet in 1916-17, from which lie was transferred to be liaison officer in Paris. Sir Edward’s decorations include the French Legion of Honour (Commander), and Commander of the Rising Sun (Japanese), and Royal Crown of Italy.