PERSONAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 159, 22 June 1911, Page 5

PERSONAL.

♦ Mr. Frank Armstrong, Akitio, is spending a week in Napier. Major Charteris is on a visit to Napier. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Girdwood arrived in Napier by motor yesterday. Colonel Tait is at« present in Napier in connection with the Coronation celebrations. Mr. Asquith and the Overseas Premiers were photographed in a 'group after the conference had ended. The Marquis of Rosebery, in an | interview, said he would continue j to be known as Rosebery, not Mid- j lothian. Mr. and Mrs. R. Johnson and family, of Motuataniai, are at present on a visit to Napier, and are staying at the Masonic Hotel. Mr. Dick Harris, of the “Herald” literary staff, who is away on holiday leave, returns to Napier on Saturday. Mr. J. E. Fitzgerald definitely announced himself last night as a candidate for the Wellington Suburbs electorate in the Government interest. Mr. Hally. Conciliation Commissioner, will arrive in Napier on Tuesday to preside over councils for the settlement of the carpenL tens’ and trawlers' disputes. ” Mr. Hemry Sargent, one of Wairoa’s oldest settlers, died suddenly this morning. Probably jio inquest will be necessary, as he had weakness of the heart. Deceased was well known in Wellington and Hutt districts in the early days. He was in business in Wairoa for many years, and took an active part in the defence of the town in the Hauhau time. Maqy friends of Mr. A. S. M. Polson, headmaster of the Napier Boys' High School, will be sorry to leaim that the eye trouble wh»cn some time ago incapacitated him from work has become somewhat worse, and in order to save the eyesight of one eye it will be necessary for him to be operated upon. Mr. Polson left this morning f-r Dunedin with this intention, ;:n - does not expect to resume his .itiiies until the end of this term «-r the beginning of the next.