PERSONAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 271, 31 October 1932, Page 6

PERSONAL

His Excellency the GovernorGeneral, Lord Bledisloe, accompanied by the Lady Btedisloe, will visit Palmerston North on Tuesday aud Wednesday. His Excellency will officially open the Royal Show at noon on Wednesday, after which he will attend the official luncheon to be given by the Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association to visitors to the show. Mrs A. Baigent, of Whangarei, is visiting friends in Hastings. Mr. H. Butler, of Waipukurau, is on a health recuperating visit to Rotorua. Dr. Gerald Faulkner, of Hastings, left by the mail train this morning on a visit to Wellington. Mrs. H. Butler, who has been on a visit to Rotorua, has returned to her home in Waipukurau. Mrs J. Watt, of Te Kao (North Auckland) is on a holiday visit to Hastings. Mr. H. Robertson, a former wellknown resident of Waipukurau, has been appointed postmaster at Kawhia. Mr and Mrs J. R. Dunnett and family left Hastings this morning for Wellington. Mrs. H. Duckworth, Nelson street, Waipukurau, has been the guest of Mrs D. Eddy, Tikokino. Miss N. Carrell, of Hastings, left this morning on a holiday visit to Christchurch.

Mr J. W. Shaw, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Muriel Shaw, left Hastings this morning on a visit to Wellington. Miss Vera Hammond, of Marton, who has been visiting Havelock North in connection with lona College Old Girls’ festivities, returned home this morning. Miss Williams, who has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. 8. Robinson, Hatuma, returned to Christchurch on Saturday. Ensign and Mrs Armstrong, of the Salvation Army, Hastings, have received notice of their transfer, and will be making farewells next Sunday, Mr. C. W. Browne, newly-appointed postmaster for Waipukurau, is expected to take up his duties within the next fortnight. Mr. J. M. Reidy, formerly a master at the Waipukurau District High School, and now resident at Napier, has been appointed to the Hawke’s Bay Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant. Mrs. T. G. Given, of Waipukurau, accompanied by Sister Turnbull, deputy-matron at the Public Hospital, ' has left on a holiday trip to the South Island. The engagement is announced of Lily, second eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs E. Wilson, of Hastings, to Desmond, eldest son of Mr and Mrs I, R. Jeff ares, of Taradale. Mr H. W. Slater, M.A., B.Sc., at present at the Wairarapa High School, has been appointed to the vacant A grade assistantship in the Southland Boys’ High School.— Press Assn. The death is announced of Mr Frederic Henri Loisel, aged 81, a well-known sheepfarmer, of Tolaga Bay, whose death resulted from a recent fall from a horse.—Press Association. The many friends of Mr. J. Daly, schoolmaster, of Napier, will be pleased to know that he is making rapid strides towards convalescence in Wellington, and he expects to be sufficiently well to be able to resume his duties in a fortnight’s time. Dr. and Mrs A. D. 8. Whyte, and .their small son, Alaister, returned on 'Saturday last to Napier from England by the Port Dunedin, and are now staying with relatives in Havelock North prior to taking up their residence again in Hastings.

Cabled advice has been received that C. E. Malfroy, the well-known tennis player, is leaving England on the Rangitata on November 17, arriving on December 21, having joined the staff of the A. H. Miles Company in Wellington. He will play in the forthcoming New Zealand tennis championships.— Press Association.

Mr Charles Robert Duncan, of Napier, aged 60 years, died suddenly while at his work at the “Daily Telegraph” on Saturday morning, having been suffering from pains in the region of the heart for some time past. The deceased, who had been in his late employment for the past eight years, was previously on the staff of the “Auckland Star” for 25 years. In addition to his widow, Mrs Alice Duncan, the late Mr Duncan leaves one daughter, Miss Evelyn Duncan, of Napier, and three sons, Messrs Harold Duncan, of Alfreston, Stanley Duncan, of Whangamarino, and Charlie Duncan, of Napier, to mourn their loss.

A London cable reports the death of Lord Methuen. Born on September 1, 1845, Lord Methuen was educated at Eton, and joined the Scots Guards in 1864. He served in Ashanti (1874), and the Egyptian War (1882), commanded Methuen’s Horse in Bechuanaland (1884-85), and in the South African War (1899-1902) commanded a division. Sent to relieve Kimberley, he was defeated at Magersfontein on December 12, 1899. He was taken prisoner in March, 1902. Lord Methuen’s later appointments included the Com-mandership-in-chief of the Eastern Command and in South Africa, and the Governorships of Natal and Malta. He was made a field-marshal in 1911, and in February, 1920, was appointed constable of the Tower of London.