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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 12, 28 December 1925, Page 4

Personal

Sir A. T. amid Lady Anderson, pf London, are spending a few days at the Masonic Hotel, Napier.

Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Davies left Hastings yesterday for a tour of the North Island.

Mrs. and Miss Hall, of Southland road, are spending the vacation at Havelock North.

Mrs E. Hartshorn, of Hastings, is ac present in Christchurch, on a visit to her son. Mr George Hartshorn.

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald sailed on Friday night from Marseilles for India, says a London cable.

Major-General Sir Ivor Phillips arrived in Sydney on Saturday en route to New Zealand. He was formerly senior Liberal member of the House of Commons for Southampton.

A recent arrival at Wellington from Rome is the Rev. Father Chapman, a New Zealander, who has obtained his ecclesiastical degree, and is also a Doctor of Divinity ana Doctor of Philosophy.

The engagement is announced of Ruby, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs* G. H. Rowell, of Hastings, late of Wellington, to Thomas, second son of Mr. and Mrs T. Cater, of Hastings, formerly of Wanganui.

A London cable states that the “Despatch” says the Duchess of York has been forbidden to take part in games or dancing. She intends to live quietly fox* the next few months in expectation.

The occurred at Huntly, Auckland, on Thursday, of Major James O’Sullivan, for many years Director of Stores to the Defence Department, Wellington. Major O’Sullivan. who was a native of Ireland, came to New Zealand in the early days, and became attached to the old armed constabulary. He was immediately concerned in the equipment of tho various contingents at the time of the war in South Africa, and was also Director of Stores during the earlier years of the Great War. On his retirement from the Government service some seven or eight years .ago Major O’Sullivan took up land in the Waikato, near Huntly, and had resided there ever since.

Among the guests at the Masonic Hotel, Napier, are Mr and Mrs H. G. E. Bracey and Miss Bracey (Lithgow, New South Wales), Mr R. A. and Miss Warren (London), Air and Airs Blackmore, Air and Airs R. N. Hill (Cambridge), Air and Airs G. H. Thornley, Air and Airs L. Norton and Aliss Norton (Sydney), Air and Airs J. Maseman. Airs J. Hcibner (Wanganui),, Air and Airs A. K. Aitken, Mr and Airs G. Clew (Levin), Air and Airs Grainger (Te Puke), Air and Airs J. H. Carter (Tokomaru Bay), Mr J. McPhail (Gis borne), Air and Airs Hamner, Air ana Airs N. Douglas (Masterton), Dr and Airs D. Wilson, Air and Airs Wardell, Aliss Sergeant, Air and Airs T. Al. Gemble, 'Aliss Al. B. Green. Air ana Airs Sclanders (Wellington), Afessrs G. F. Judd, J. Alclntosh (Hull, Erig lurid), AY. Cunningham (New Y'ork), W. Reid (Te Kuiti), and C. Barber (Christchurch).