PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 10 May 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr W. M. Singleton, Assistant Director of the Dairy Produce Division of the Department ot Agriculture, left Wellington on Wednesday by the Main Trunk; tram, en route "for* Canada. A cable message informed him of the serious condition of his father's heaIth.

The funeral of the Hon. J. McGowan on Thursday was attended by one of the largest representative gatherings ever seen at the Thames. The Hon. J. Colvin, Minister of Mines, represented the Cabinet, and the Hon- T. Thompson the Legislative Council. Mr C. Matthews, CJndei -Secretary for Justice, members of Parliament, and representatives of lot-ill bodies from far and near were present. The local Masonic Lodge contributed a large gathering, and many citizens attended. There was a service first in the church, followed by a Mayonic ceremonial at the graveside. *

Mr E. Dixon received a telegram today stating that the Rev. A. J. Reed, of Te Aroha, passed away this morning. Mr Reed will be remembered by many residents as second Methodist minister at Hawera, under the Rev. J. Dukes. He was afterwards in charge of the Eltham circuit.

General Booth iinderwent another operation for cataract last month. The sight of one eye had gone, arul with the other it was merely possible for the General to distinguish light from dark.