Personal.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 47, 7 February 1920, Page 4

Personal.

Lieut.-Colonel Mitchell, M.P., haa been elected a member of the TowaPlanning Association. Mr. Justice Hosking, who has been, on a visit to Australia, has returned to Wellington, via Auckland. After a month’s holidav the Rev. P. Ramsay resumes his work at St Andfew’s Presbyterian Church Hastings, to-morrow. Mrs. W. W. Adams, and Miss Erataces Adams, of Hastings, who been On a visit to Gisborne, returned home to-day. ■Mr. W. 8.-Hudson, Deputy-Com-missioner and secretary of the Government Life Insurance Department, has retired from the service on superannuation. Mt. J. M. Curtis, of the Rotorua branch of the Bank of Australasia, has been appointed ma*ger of the Whakatane branch of the Bank in succession to Mr. C. C. Ruby. Mr. ,8. B. Dodge, Hastings Borough Engineeer, who caught a slight touch of influenza a few days ago, was able to be at his office yesterday and has almost recoverfid. Mr. M. N. Bums has been appointed to the position of Postmaster, at Inglewood, being transferred on promotion from the Gisborne Post Office, where he discharged the Important duties of examiner for some time past. Much sympathy is expressed with Mt. and Mrs. P. Matthews, ot Hastings, on the death of their three years old daughter, who passed away yestbrday. The funeral will leave the residence, Duke street, to-morrow afternoon at 2.30. Mr. Charles Grayndler, secretary of the N.Z. Workers’ .Union, ov shortly to leave Wellington lor Australia to represent the union at the Australian Workers’ Union conference now sitting at McDonald E House, Sydney. “■ Miss Anderson, of Hastings, end Miss Mary Anderson, of Wellington, sailed from Auckland by the Makura on Thursday last for Vancouver. They Intend to make a holiday tour of ,the Alberta province, making Calgary their headquarters; Mr. John Reid has resigned the' office of trustee of. the Auckland Savings Bank, a position he has held for 32 At a meeting of the Board held yesterday the resignation was accepted with regret, and a resolution was passed express ing appreciation of the long service to the bank.

Misses Girdler ’and Watkin, the envoys of the Imperial Government, who are investigating prospects and conditions of employment in New Zealand for women workers, have commenced a tour of the South. Inland. They reached Nelson on. Wednesday and left yesterday afternoon for Blenheim (states a Press Association message from Nelson.) Mr. Phil Murdock, of Hastings, returned home last night after an enjoyable nine days’ motor trip to Auckland and back via Taupp ana Rotorua. The party consisted, of •five and the pleasure of the holidajr was greatly added to by camping out every night. He reports the roads in good condition, and says that a motor tour like this is. .the ideal way to spend a short holiday.

The funeral of Mr, Arthur G. Campbell took place this morning, when, after the celebration of Requiem Mass the procession, consisting of a representative, gathering of citizens left the Hastings Catholic Church for the Havelock North cemetery where the remains were laid in their ’last resting place, the service at the graveside being oouducted by Rev. Father Mahoney. The Legion of Frontiersmen, in which body deceased held the rank of lieutenant, were represented. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. King, of Napier, who were among those who arrived by the Bremen recently, returned to Napier on Thursday. They were, very unfortunately, touring in, Germany when war was declared,' with the result that Mrs. King was interned for about nine months, and Mr. King for over two years. Mrs. King became very ill, and had to undergo two serious operations, so that she was permitted to return to England. Mr. King was one of the New Zealanders interned at Ruhleben, which is not far from Berlin. The sufferings of the interned, in the first few months specially, were very severe.

No trace has been found by the search parties of Miss Jessie B. Reid, who was lost in a snowstorm on the Milford track some weeks ago. The late Miss Reid was for some years on the staff of the Timaru Girls’ High School, and later held important positions' in district high schools in Marlborough and )D the North Island. In 1013 she obtained the appointment in the Otago Girls’ High School that she he'd at the time of her death. It wn« her intention to go to Paris in iS2I to prosecute further her study of French. Miss Reid was a woman of a bright and cheerful disposition, self-reliant, energetic and hardworking, a strict disciplinarian, add a capable and experienced teacher, actuated in all she did by a high sense of duty. She took a great interest in ambulance work and home nursing, and held the medallion for nursing of the St. John Ambulance Association. At the time of the epidemic in 1918 she worked as V.A.D. nurse till she was herselr prostrated by a severe attack of influenza.