PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 18 August 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Councillor Browne has been elected Mayor of New Plymouth. Mr C. A. Budge, clerk of Hawera County Council, this morning proceeded to Wellington to attend a conference of County Councils. The Bishop of Salisbury, whose death has been announced in a recent cable message, was brother-in-law of Bishop Wallis, and the latter went home at the express wish of the Bishop of Salisbury for his assistance. Letters received from Rev. J. It. Cassell and Mrs Cassell mention tha^ they had an exceptionally good voyage in the Rotorua, no extremes of heat or cold, and but little rough weather. By this week's 'Frisco mail, Mr Frank Hutchens received intimation of his election, by the directors, as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. This honor which has no connection with examination diplomas, is conferred occasionally upon students who distinguish themselves after leaving the institution. The death occurred in Hawera on Thursday of an old and respected settler in the person of Mr James Ot)Wper, who had been ill for some time. His demise will be regretted by a wide circle of friends. In the early days the late Mr Cowper fought in many of the skirmishes with the Maoris and was one of the band of military settlers who received a block of land from the Government for services rendered. He did not take part in the public life of the country, always being of a retired disnosition. Deceased leaves a wife and a grown-up family of two sons and four daughters. Three of the daughters are married and are Mrs C. F. Baker (Eltham), Mrs F. Baker (Hawera), and Mrs A. Allen (Alton). The funeral takes place to-morrow afternoon.