PERSONAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 220, 3 September 1929, Page 4

PERSONAL

6ir Andrew Bussell left Hatting* this morning for Wellington. Mr F. V. Ward of Waipukurau, left yesterday for Wellington on a visit. Mr R. W. Carpenter returned to Waipukurau yesterday after a visit to Masterton. Mr H. Gair, jot Waipukurau, who was taken dangerously ill in Rotorua is now making satisfactory progress. Mr Bertram Fleming left Hastings this morning by the mail train on k visit to Wellington. The death occurred at Auckland of Mr. Arthur Stubbs, aged 66, formerly registrar of the Supreme Court at Auckland. Lady Heath’s physicians report that she is able to talk logically. Her temperature has decreased, but she is still in a most critical position.—. New York cable. Mrs Sarah Clarissa Motion, widow of Mr William Motion, who was present at the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, on which his name appears as a witness, died on Friday at Waiuku at the ago of 92. Mr. Walter Scott, the victim of a serious accident at Wanstead yesterday through being attacked by a boar, is making excellent progress toward* recovery front the operation he underwent.

Mr E. A. James, Dominion secretary of the Reform League, will, owing to ill-health, resign that position at the end of this month. He will be succeeded by Mr A. E. Mander, until recently W.E.A. lecturer for Victoria University College. The death of Mr. Thomas Purcell occurred at his residence, Vigor Brown street, Napier, this morning. The deceased, who has been ailing for some time, suddenly took a serious turn early this morning and passed away four hours later. He was 62 years of age. He was formerly postmaster at Tailiape. Mr. M. Fenwick, of Hastings, haa been elected president of the N-Z. Lawn Tennis Association. Mr. Fenwick is an old player. He was New Zealand singles champion for 1889, 1892 and 1893, and in 1886 won the New Zealand championship doubles with P. C Fenwick, in 1889 with J. F. Jardine, and in 1891 with A. F. Logan. . The death occurred last week otMr James Marshall, well known in Wanganui, at the ago of 63 years. Born in the Hawke’s Bay district, tho late Air Marshall went to Wavcrley where ho farmed fqr several years, after which he went to Wanganui whore he conducted tho Trafalgar and Grand Central private hotels for a number of years. The Mayor of Hastings (Mr G. F. Roach) and file borough engineer (Mr C. E, Evans) left Hastings by train this morning for Wellington,' where they will attend a meeting of the Public Health Board for the parpose of explaining to tho members the Hastings Borough Council’s views regarding the problem of tho Hawke’s Bay rivers as it affects tho disposal of tho borough sewage.

Further success has cmne tho way of nurses attached to tho McHardy Home, Napier, who sat recently in the State midwifery examinations, Nurse Wellock gaining the highest) marks lor the whole of the Dominion. This is the second time that a Napier nurse has headed tho list for New Zealand in an examination. Six other candidates sat, for the sumo examination and all passed, these being Nurses Adamson, Anderson, Astley, Davie. McMillan and Penn. Sitting for her maternity examination, Nurse Beeves was also successful, 4