PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 25 May 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

A Sydney message records the death i from pneumonia of Mr W. Derune Barclay, son of Captain Barclay, of Wei- t lington. I Captain W. H. Hawkins, of Okato, ' is still an inmate of Chelsea Hospital, whilst his son, Percy, who left with the Main Body, is in the Waltoiwon-Thames Mospnal, having been wounded in r ranee. I A recent hospital progress report con_ ' tarns the following: Removed from dangerously ill list, Rifleman H. H. Curtis (Inglewood); removed from seriously ill list, Rifleman H. G. Flyger (Hawera). v j Mrs E. C. N. Robinson, of Pihama, ' has received word that Lieut. E. c! , A. Robinson, who left with the Bth' rtemiorcements, has been promoted to tne rank of- captain. : Major-General Sir -Alfred Robin Commandant of the Forces, v still confined to his house. He is, however, able to sit up for an Lmr or two daily ; when he attends to Ms official iv:u^/ ' ■ Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M. has been ad-! vised that his son, Lieutenant A. W. i Bishop, of the Hampshire Regiment, was killed in action in France. Lieutenant Bishop was a barrister and solicitor in practice at Christchurch.—Press Association. One of the pioneers of Canterbury, Mr W. H. Greaves, died on Sunday an Templeton at the age of 76 years. He arrived in New Zealand over fifty Years ago, and for the greater part "of the time had been a resident of the Spsingston district, where he was engaged in farming. It was stated at the meeting o1- the executive of the Scott Memorial Coii.mittee in Christchurch rhat Lady Scottintended to visit New Zealand, a..a wished to make some slight alteration to the statue of her husband in C'h:;stI church. In reply to a question, Mr C. i" H. Gilby, secretary to the committee, I stated that he presumed Lady Scott would come to the Dominion soon after the end of the war. There has died in the county of Caithness. Mrs Mackenzie, a widow, at the advanced age of 105 years and eight months. There is no doubt about the length of years of this venerable lady. She was born at Aukengill, in the parish of Canisbay, on June 9th, 1811. Her father was Alexander Ba,in, one of the "fathers" of the little Baptisife Church at the neighboring village of Keiss, which was founded by the late Sir William Sinclair about 1750. She

was pro-deceased by her husband some twenty odd years, and is survived by five sons and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mrs Mackenzie enjoyed comparatively good health up to a few days before her j deasth. Three years ago (writes the Glas. ! gow correspondent of the Otago Daily Times) L saw her hale and hearty walking about in front of her house.