PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 6 August 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr T. Fletcher, headmaster of the Cheviot School, has been appointed editor oi: the School Journal. j Mis A. J. King has been appointed matron or the GUls' Hostel in v lctona t;cree.t. There v. ere several applications. A Press Association message from Auckland states that the Hon. George Fowids will contest the Grey Lynn seat at the general election. Princes Albert and Henry will become undergraduates at Trinity College. Cam bridge, in October (states a London cable message). Mr Fred Pirani is at present in the Feildiiig private hospital, where he underwent, an operation on Saturday. Mr G. Dalgeish, M.A., headmaster of the Timaru main school for the .'ast. 1-3 years, has been appointed Inspector or Schools at Nelson.—Press Association. The Taranaki County Council decided at its meeting on Monday to offer the position of engineer to Mr It. D. Olimie. of Hastings. Mr JR. S. Lowe, half brother of Mr F. H. Lowe, of Jlanaia, and previously an old resident or Manaia, died at Ashburton ot. fc-uiiday last at tue age of 34 years, reports our correspondent. Mr P. Barry, who for the past three months has oven iields inspector and j instructor of tne Agncuitural Depart- ; ment m this district, has been transferred to the Lands Department as supervisor or the soldiers' settlements under th c jursidx-tion of the Taran&ki Land Board.—News. The death took place at Tikorangi yesterday of a very old settler in the ! person of Mr George Jupp, in his 91st J year (reports the News). H# served in .? the Maori war, and resided ever since at Tikorangi. He leaves a family of eight. The boys are AVilliam (Uruti). George (Waitara), and Alfred (Tikorangi), the girls being Mrs Cunningham (Tikorangi), Mrs E. Sarten (Tikorangi) Mrs F. Taylor ([Waitara), Mrs R Krmckey (Rawhitiroa)^ and Miss Phoebe Jupp (Tikorangi). Miss Grant, second assistant at tlw Okaiawa school, is at present indisposec (reports our correspondent). S3^e is suffering from a nervous breakdown, j An ex-pupil has come to the rescue, and is temporarily filling the gap during Miss Grant's absence. Mrs C. P. Lord, of Scott road, has received advice that her son, SecondLieutenant E. E. Lord, is due to arrive about August 7. Lieut. Lord i« one of six sons who went to the front, having seen 5 years' service. Two oi the sons received the Military Meda; and one made the supreme sacrifice, the lieutenant being the last to return Mr and Mrs Lord may well be proud of their soldier boys. The Patea Press reports the death on Sunday of Mrs H. A. Hamlin in her 81st year. The late Mrs Hamlin came to the Dominion 71 years ago in the ship Bernitia, taking up her residence in Wellington and afterwards | in Wanganui, coming to Patea some 30 years ago. The deceased is surj vived by two sons, Messrs N. and E. i Hamlin, the latter having recently ar- | rived from Sydney. Her husband prei deceased her by twelve months. ) The death occurred at Nelson on Sunday of Mrs Ellen Cooke, who was. 1 one of the pioneers .of the district. TV j late Mrs Cooke, who was 81 >ear> of age. arrived in New Zealand 55 year* ago by the Golconda. She is survived by her husband, Mr J. P. Cooke, of Royal Blue House, Ne'son, and by three sons and four daughters. } There has died at Ferrier Street, { Leith. ex-Private Ross, of the f-3i<! A. j and 5.H.,. who is said to ne the -'ast of i the Thin Hed Line. He served 21 years , with the 93rd. and held the Crimean I Medal with clasps for Alma. B^.'aclava, and Sebastopol, the Turkish, Long Service, and Good Coa-luct medals. Mr Ross was born in Leith in IS3I, and • belonged to a family of soldiers. He ! enlisted iii Edinburgh .n the 93r<i m I 1852. He served throughout the \vh«Je ,' campaign., in the Crimea. During the scaling of the heights of Alma he was j wounded in the left hand, and his rifle was smashed. Roughly bandaging his hand, and picking up another rifle, he kept on fighting, and did not report his wound mitil after the battle.