PERSONAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 268, 28 October 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL

Miss Jones, of Sydney, has arrived in Napier.

Mr. Thos. Quinlivan left Hastings by 7 the mail train this morning for Christchurch.

Visitors to Napier include Messrs. C. Smith, Wellington; W. Montgomery. and G. Emery, Masterton. Air. L. C. Galbraith, of Wellington, representing the British Imperial Co., is visiting Napier.

Air. and Mrs. Taylor, of Van Stavern, Wellington, and Mr. Astley, Auckland, are visiting. Napier. Surgeon Capt. Leahy and Lieut.Colonel J. G. Hughes. C.M.G., D. 5.0., arrived in Napier last night and will remain hero for a few days. Messrs. MoncVon (Waipukurau), W. Reading. S. Easterbrook, and J. Erector in Napier from iV.-uro- 7 lart. e-.eim.fg.

The 11- i>. V G. Russell, Minister for Public Dealt!:, arrived in Napier yistmday. :>nd left for Wairoa this m ■ ■

The Auckland candidates for the Rhodes scholarship are W. J. Platt and H. E. Reynolds.—Press Association.

Greymouth reports the death, at the age of fifty-seven, of Mr. Charles Francis Allen Broad, manager of the National Bank of New Zealand.

At a meeting 4>f the Central Executive of the Moderate League yesterday in Wellington Mr. D. M. Findlay was elected president in place of the late Mr. A. A. Stuart Menteath. —Press Association.

Mr. F. Chisholm, who has been in charge of one of the departments of the Invercargill branch of Wright Stephenson and Co., Ltd., for a number of years, has been appointed manager of the company's branch at Auckland.

Mrs. L. Goldsbrough, of Hastings, has received cable advice that her son, Rifleman R. F. Goldsbrough, who is with the First Battalion of the N.Z. Rifle Brigade, is being invalided home from England, arriving in December.

When he was in Dunedin on Mon - day in connection with the arrival of the hospital ship Marama, His Excellency the Governor met Mrs Tall a resident of that city, who has the proud distinction of having nine sons who are wearing the King’s uniform or have done so in various parts of the world —one having won the V.C.—and heartily congratulated her on such a wonderful record.

The Rev .father Daly, who has been chaplain in the Trentham camp for a considerable period, will leave New Zealand with the Nineteenth Reinforcements. He will be replaced by the Rev. Father Maloney, who returned by the hospital ship Marama. and who in turn will be succeeded by the Rev. Father Segrief, The Rev. Father Bartley will replace Father Segrief at the Featherston camp.

A remarkable circumstance, which is in all probability a record, happened at the Fire Brigades’ Demonstration at Sumner on Monday, when six firemen and ex-firemen were present whose aggregate length of active fire brigade service totalled 188 years. Those present were Fireman Helliwell <'l2 years’ service), Past-President Toomey (34 years), Superintendent J. Garter (31 years), Engineer*Round (23 years), Ex-Fireman Norris (27 years), and an Ashburton representative with 26 years’ service.