PERSONAL ITEMS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXXI, Issue LXXXI, 15 May 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

A Sydney message to-day announces the death of the Right Rev Arthur Wellesley Pain, Bishop or" Gippsland.

It was announced in Wellington last night that Sir William Hernes takes ■over from Mr Massey the portfolio of Labor (says a Press telegram).

A Wellington messago }ast night reports that Dr J", G-. Hyde, of Tarras, Otago, disappeared from the steamer Wahine during tfee trip from Lyttelton

Mr A. Leigh Hunt lias boem re-elect-ed president of the Wellington SnbProvincial Executive of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, and Mr J.. M. Whiteman vice-president*

A Lon*kn cable states' that Captain Alan Hotham, a gunnery expert, has: be«n appw'iited comman^fer of tne." New Ztsaland Division. He leaves for New Zealand as soon as the Chatham can be* got ready, with the sloops Laßurnum and Veronica, and the csraiser Plisilomer.

The King and Queen will entertain Mir W. A. Watt (Austraimn Federal' Treasurer) and his wife at luncheon at Buckingham Palace (says a London©able). Mr Watt spends -Sso-morrow wiiih. th 6 Lord' Chief Justice, ard will be sworn iff as; a Privy Councillor on Monday.

At the recent examination of the UnWersity of New Zealand Dr T. Russell Ritchie passed1' his final examination; and qualified! for the diploma of public health (says a telegram from Wellington). Dr W.. P. Findlay and Dr A. D. S. Whyte passed the first examination for the diploma.

Mr Edward Towsey, who was well known in musical* circles throughout the Dominion1, and particularly in Duni. edin, where he resided for many years, died at the residence of his daughter in Mastertoir on Wednesday. He was 71 years of' age. He leaves two married daughters:

The death is reported from Sydney of a well known ex-New Zealander, Mr Dugald Thompson, who fpr marly years had been in business asa hotfelkeeper in Newcastle. Mr Thompson was for a- considerable time proprietor of the Criterion Hotel in New Plymouth, and took a keen interest ih racing, having at that time raced some of the Dominion's) Best performers

Death has claimed 1 another of the small remaining band of Albertland' pioneers in the person- of Mr William Chadwick, of Fiihi, who passed away in the Paparoa Hospital on Tuesday, in his 80th year. Deceased came to NewZealand by the ship Gertrude. He re^ aided for a time in the Pahi township, where he entered business as a storekeeper and sawmifler. He was wellknown and widely respected. Mrs S. Lush (of New Plymouth)1 is a daughter of the deceased.

The death occurred at Onehunga on Thursday of Mr John- Arthur Cramond, in his 91st year. Mr Cramond was born in London in the year 1830. As a young man he emigrated to South Australia, arriving at Adelaide in 1849 in.hia father's ship, tfi-e Brightman, commanded by Captain Cowley. He was engaged in business there for a number of years. In 1870 he arrived in Auckland, and made his home in New Zealand from then to the time of his death.. After- be?iii& with MessrsHenderson and Macfarlane for a timehe entered the service of the UnionSteam Ship Company many years agoj and remained in that employ until 1900, when he retired from active business. One of his grandsons is at pre^sent Mayor of Adelaide