Personal.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 78, 16 March 1923, Page 4

Personal.

Lord and Lady Jellicoe nnd suite will be present at the Hawke’s Bay A. and P. {Society’s autumn show on Wednesday next.

Mrs Raymond, of Nasesi (Fiji) i s touring New Zealand, and at present is visiting Hamilton

Mr B. J. Kortlang, the well-known cricketer, will leave lor America by the Maunganui on Tuesday next. The death occurred at Auckland on Tuesday of Mr. Ezekiel Stockwell Rowe, a former resident of Napier, at the age of 56 years. Mr. M. T. Sadler, supemitendent of the Yorkshire insurance Co., LtU., is on a visit to New Zealand Horn Australia.

Ine Rev. J. Mac! lines, formerly Presbyterian minister at Viaipukurau, is lying seriously ill in the Dunedin Hospital.

The’Hon. G. J. Anderson (Minister oi Mines. Marine and Labour), at present visiting the West Coast of the South Island, is expected back in Wellington on Sunday morning.

The death occurred nt Greymouth last week of Mr John Hanagun, aged 96, one of the earliest pioneers of the West Coast. He arrived on the coast in the early sixties.

Miss L. Simmonds, of the Hastings Telephone Exchange staff, left this morning by the mail train for Auckland, where she takes up a position in the Exchange. The Marquess of Crewe. British Ambassador at Paris, is suffering from a severe attack of pneumonia, following upon influenza, and hiu condition im causing great anxiety, says a London cabin*

Mr 3. Haldane, of Hull, England, accompanied by his wife, is expected to arrive in Hastings by the mail train tomorrow night, on a visit to Kia brother, and his sister-in-law, Mr and Mrs C. Haldane, of Southland road.

The Hawke’s Bay Education Board has granted Miss E. C. Smith, headmistress of the Tokomaru Bay school, who is on exchange with a Canadian teacher, an extension of her leave from July 31, 1923, to January 31, 1924.

Mr J. Murray Robb, of Wellington, who was secretary of the New Zealand Referees’ (Rugby) Association for several years, left by the Moeraki this week on his way to spend a holiday in Australia.

Inspector J. J. Cassells, of Christchurch. on account of serious trouble with his eyes, has been ordered by ins doctor to take six weeks’ respite irom work, and has temporarily relinquished his duties. Superintendent Barnard, of Palmerston aor th. and Mr. A. G. Watts, advisory superintendent to th© United Fire Brigades Association, visited Waipukurau on Tuesday evening on a course of inspection of brigades. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Blundell, of Wellington, left this week for Auckland, where they will join the Makura, leaving for Sydney, continuing the journey to England by the Narkunda. Mrs. J. Blundell, of Waipawa, and Mrs. Noel Nelson, of Wanganui, accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Blundell as far as Auckland. Mt. and Mrs Salmon, who were married in Auckland recently, were the recipients of many very beautiful wedding presents, which included an onyx clock from their Excellencies Lord and Lady Jellicoe. a silver tureen from th© Reform Party, a silver tea service and salver from the Cabinet, and other handsome gifts from the High Commissioner. Sir Joseph and Lady Ward, the citizens of Napier, and a host of private friends of the bride and the bridegroom. An appreciation of the work of Miss Rogers, who has been th© Red Cross representative at Pukeora Sanatorium, was expressed at the meeting of the Wellington Red Cross Committee yesterday, when the resignation of Miss Rogers from the position was accepted with regret. The duties of the position are many, and* need a great deal of tact and kindliness, and the chairman, Mr. T. Munt, expressed the opinion that Miss Rogers had filled the place spendidly. Miss Rogers wrote that she was taking up a position with the Y.M.C.A. in Christchurch.