PERSONAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 190, 1 August 1930, Page 4

PERSONAL

Miss Vera Poppelwell, of Wellington, is paying a short visit to Hastings, her home town.

Mr H. Chote, of the Napier branch of the Bank of New Zealand, has been appointed to succeed Mr P. B- ’ Ackland at Woodville.

Mr. B. W. Armit has been appointed president of the Wellington Justices of the Peace Association in succession to Mr. D. Heir.

The many friends of Miss E. Mannix, of Hastings, who has been a patient at the Napier Hospital for some weeks, will be pleased to learn that she is able to be about again.

Ted Nelson and Tommy Donovan, who fought in Hastings last evening, left this morning, the former going to Wellington and the latter to Waiters, Taranaki.

The Rev. Father F. J. Devlin, of Takapau, returned to New Zealand by the Corinthic yesterday morning after a holiday trip through America and Great Britain.

The Rev. Thomas James Wade, 8.M., an island missionary for several years, bas been created the first Roman Catholic Bishop of the North Solomon Islands, states a Sydney cable.

Auckland exchanges note the death, aged 84, of Mr William Henry Butler, who as a youth fought in the early Waikato Maori war, and was subsequently for some years a resident of Hastings.

A resident of Te Uku, Mr Giles Lusty, died at Hamilton, aged 76 years. He was born near Stroud, Gloucestershire, and as a child lived on the estate at present owned by the Governor-General, Lord Blcdisloe.

Sympathy was expressed with Mr. J. Gifford, of Napier, in his serious illness by members of the Hawke’s Bay A. and P. Society to-day when hope was voiced that ho would make a speedy recovery.

The death occurred at Napier yesterday of Mr David O’Rourke, at his residence, Colenso Hill. Mr O'Rourke was born in Limerick, lieland, 72 years ago, and had lived in Hawke's Bay for over thirty years. He leaves a widow, three daughters, and two sons to mourn their loss. The appointment of Admiral Sir Frederick Field as First Sea Lord in succession to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Madden dates from Tuesday last. Sii Charles Maddeu, who was appointed to the post in July, 1927, has spent over half a century in the service He is aged 67. Sir Frederick Field is aged 49. He’ relinquished command of the Mediterranean Fleet last May.