PERSONAL ITEMS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXX, Issue LXXX, 31 January 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

A resident of Auckland for over hal£ half a\ century, Mr Ebenege* Wood X died on Tuesday, aged 81 years. ' • iu^fl J- %• P*f* m > who has serve* t m the medical forcees of the' British I Army since the outbreak of the war' _ arrived m New Plymouth by lasfe _ night's mail train.. 7 i A i ,t? legram from Dunedin says their death is announced of. Mr Thos. Fisher s Jate general manager of the Standard r Insurance Co. at Dunedin. , s ,nMr S- who for the past i 41 years has been a member of. tfc©> j Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative As- • sociation, and for 37 years manager of j the Greytown branch, has retired from i I t,V»« Mm'n °n bfu half of the associa-: , ™n,Mr D. Caselberg presented Mr ii.eedwell with a gold watch, suitably " engraved. . L Captain R. G. Sellar, formerly «f Ha-- . wera, who returned1 by the Bremen ons 5 p Thursday, came through to Hawera byl car yesterday, and will spend .some time 5 m Hawera. His many friends will beglad to know he is looking v.cry. fit andi > well. i [ j The New Zealand Institute yesterday , ' confirmed the recommendation of the- ; Awards Committee conferring the Hut- > i ton Memorial Medal on the Rev. John •j E. Hollaway, D.Sc, for scientific rei | search (states a "Wellington: message).. ' | The Hector Medal for ethnology was- > . conferred on Mr S. Percy Smith, of '■ .New Plymouth. Rev. Mr.. Holloway- • was for some time stationed1 at Hawera. The death occurred at Weraroa on Monday morning of Mrs. Emma Finnis,., one of the pioneers of the Palmerston North district. Mrs Finnis arrived in* New Zealand in 1874 on- the La Hogue. j Mrs J. Lane (Manaia) is one of thei deceased's daughters. I One of the most remaritable figures; i m public life in the Dominion was a. j passenger by the liner Bremen, which j arrived at Wellington from England? this week. This is Mother Mary Joseph Aubevt, founder of the SistersI of Compassion, who, despite her age of" ■over 84 years, has been nursing and£ visiting soldiers in Rome throughout the war. The death took place of Arclideacoßia Ruddock, aged 56. from heart trouble j (reports a Napier Press Association telej gram). His only two sons were killed' jat the front. Ho leaves a wife and fourI daughters. The death of hisr sons had! j preyed on his health,. I Sir Thomas Mackenzie (High Commis— ! sioner for New Zealand),' Brigadier--j Genera! Johnston (G.O.C. of the N.Z.— ! E.F. in England), and many AngloNew Zealanders attended a memorialservice to the late Lord Plunket (for- - merly Governor of New Zealand), at. i the Holy Trinity Church, Bromptom , states a London message. Sir Thomas: I Mackenzie sent a wreath on behalf of' i New Zealand, and also attended the> interment at Putney cemetery. j The Salvation Army welcomed' theirnew leader, Captain Friberg, to Hawera yesterday. A social tea was first held? in the Hall at 6.30 p.m.. at which werepresent the members and a few friends.. This was followed by a public reception«t 8 o'clock, when a good numW of" ■townspeople attended. Speakers were* ,Mr Yearbury, Bandmaster Limpus (for-: the band), Secretary A. Bishop (for thecorps), and Mrs Bradley (for th e Young;People's Work). Sergeant-Majer Arnold occupied the chair. Gaptain FH-. bery, in a fitting speech, returned" thank's for the, kindly welcome which all had extended £o him. The remainder of the evening was given up to BingW an A; recitations, . \*