PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 23 May 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

A London cable states that the j Prince of Wales visits Canada this year, probably in August, to open the new Parliament buildings at Ottawa. | Mrs Emily Finlayson, of Remuera, widow ot the late Mr T. Finlayson, at one time' managing director of Sargood, Son, and Ewen, died last Saturday. The Rev. John Craig, minister of Kurow, North Otago, who has been spending a few weeks with relatives at Manaia, and is at present the guest of Mrs E. Meuli, Hawera, will return south next week. The death is announced in London at an advanced age of Lord Lisle, who, as the Hon. George Lysaght, held a .commission in early life in the South, i Devon Militia Artillery, and saw active service as a volunteer in the Maori War. ' Wellington papers report the retirement of Mr Geo. MacMorran, for the past 85 years headmaster of the Terrace School. Several speakers at the Education Board's meeting on Wednesday paid tributes to Mr MacMorran, a man wh'o, as one speaker I put it, was "loved and respected by ! all who had passed through his hands." Mr Alfred Lindsay, of Wellington, the well-known boot importer and. manufacturer, died this week at the age of 80 years (reports the Post). He was for one term a member of the City Council, and was one of the founders of the Wellington Bowling Club. He retired from business five years ago. The Gazette announces that General Richardson has been appointed General Officer in Charge of Administration, and the appointments of General Robin as Quartermaster-General and Colonel Tate as Adjutant-General to the Forces are cancelled and the duties thereto absorbed into the appointment of General Officer in Charge of Administration. Mr William Welsh, one of the bestknown judges of Romney and Lincoln sheep in the Dominion, died at Mr G. E. Allen's "Tipua" Stud Farm on Tuesday, after a severe illness. The deceased was 66 years of age. He came to the Dominion forty years ago, and was for seventeen years in the employ of the Australian Land Company. Later he had charge for ten years of Mr W. Perry's "Penrose" flock. Many friends in Hawera and other parts of South Taranaki will regret to learn of the death of Mr James McKain, of Eltham, which occurred on Thursday. Mr McKain had been ail- ! ing for some considerable stime, and his death was not unexpected. Two of the sons live in Hawera, Messrs Len. Me- i Kain, of the Star staff, and Henry McKain. The family will have the i sympathy of a large circle of friends in their time of sorrow. At the final contest of the musical competitions at Christchurch on the last night, before a crowded audience [in the theatre,, and at which Miss Leatham, of New Plymouth, secured the gold medal, Mr Harold Gregson, the judge, when announcing his decision, said; "The winner had given a musicianly performance. The playing was not of an amateur standard, it approached more to the professional." A critic in the Christchurch Star says: "The prize-winner, Miss Leatham, was heard in Liszt's arrangement of airs from Verdi's opera, "Rigoletto," a difficult number, calling for very advanced technique. Her rendering was practically faultless technically, and throughout she displayed decided artistry. Miss Leatham played from memory and had a very pleasing stylei at the instrument."