PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 5 August 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr E. B. Bohan, who has been in charge of the Bank of Australasia at Motu for the pnst two yeai-s/ hag been transferred to Hawera.

The death is reported of Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett, M.P., formerly president of the National Council of Free Churches in Britain.

The many friends of Mrs C. IJ. Burgess, of New Plymouth, will regret to hear of the death of her mother, Mrs Swinnerton, who passed away at Auckland on Saturday last.

Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Ward are expected to reach Auckland to-day. It is expected they will leave Onehunga by the Pateena, reaching Wellington on Thursday.—Press Assn.

By the south-bound train yesterday Gunner Harold J. Findlay left for Rotorua for a course of medical treatment, being gassed slightly, and other complaints due to Flanders mud.

The British Government (a London cable message states) proposes to vote £50,000 to Lord French and Lord Jelhcoe, and smaller amounts to General Allenby, Marshal Milne, General Trenchard, General Bird wood, and other army commanders.

The friends in Hawera of Mr W Donnelly, formerly manager of the locai friendly Societies' Dispensary, Will he interested to know that he has commenced business on his own account at Levin. He returned from active service a month ago.

Residents of Mangatoki district will Tegr£r very much to learn that Mr F. H. Watts, who for a number of years has been secietary of the Mangatoki Davy Company, has forwarded his resignation to the directors, who have accepted it with regret. Mr Watts suffered severe injuries in a motor accident last April, and has found that though improving, he is still suffering trom shock, and would not be able to continue tho work. .

When the news of Mr Fenwick's knighthood was known (states a Christchurch Press Association' telegram), Mr p- Sehg, president of the Newspaper Proprietors' Association of New Zealand, telegraphed to the new knight as follows: "On behalf of the newspapers of the Dominion, I congratulate you heartily on the well-earned distinction conferred upon you by His Majesty. May 1 add my personal felicitations, and say it is a worthy recognition of one of the great leaders of the press in New Zealand." Sir George Fenwick replied as follows: "Your wire on behalf of the press of New Zealand has given me great pleasure, and I sincerely appreciate your kind felicitations on their behalf and your own personal congratulations."