PERSONAL ITEMS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 16 December 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

[ .■ —4 i It is understood tliat the Prime Minb ister (Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey) may. i ' make a tour of the South Sea Islands c :*in which New Zealand is interested in 3 H.M.S. Chatham, the presentation Do--1 minion cruiser (now on her way to New . I Zealand) during April next. I '■ 3 ' The directors and employees of the , Bunedin Evening ■ Jjfcar farewelled the ' Hon. Mark Ck>hen, Ttf.L.<X, on Friday 3 last, on his resigning the editorship of ' , the paper, after 55J years in the employ 4 of the company. Mr. Colien was pre- \ sented with a gold "star" medal, a 4 writing wallet, a fountain pen, and an. I album with the signatures of all the J employees.^ ..." [ • Master Maurice Osborne, son of Mr. , J, G. Osborne of Hawera, who has been t a pupil of the New-Plyan^uth Boys* 3 High School, holds a record forVtbis V i year of which any boy should ieei . proud. Master Osboriie. who returned to Hawera, for the holidays yesterday, . . brought with him the following trophies \ aio^ prizes—challenge cup for general _' excellence, an honour which, every boy i should be keen to: gain; challenge cup j ! for life saving; challenge cup awarded . to best non-commissioned officer; gold " • cross for winning 120 yards hurdles at , the military sports open to all comers; » bronze medal for winning breast stroke .I at swimming sports; bronze medal for" I ■ winning douhles in the tenis championr ship, his partner being K. O'Halloran; ' and first pTize in the commercial course. i j The death took place last night of , Mr. William A. ColUs./one of N&w Ply- • mouth's most respected and useful pub lie men (reports'the News), His health had for some time been failing, for which reason he was unable a week or j two ago to accept the position or" Mayor offered him by his fellow councillors on the tragic death of the Mayor (Mr.' J.Clarke).- The late Mr. Collis was born in Fiji in 1853. He arrived at Auckland at an early age, and was educated at Wesley College. The family settled m New Plymouth in 1872, and Williami was brought up as a photographer, com- ! mencing business on his own account in i 1875. He was elected to the Boroughr ! Council in 1880, and had been a member ! practically up till a week or two ago«. ■ The late Mr. Collis was imbued with ! the true civic spirit, gave to the community ungrudgingly, of his time - and talent. Mr. Collis was married in i 1877 to a daughter of the late Mr. W. i R. King, of New Plymouth, and had four daughters and two sons. The : daughters are. Mrs. J. W. Ryan (Auckland), Mrs. J-. Gray (Napier), Mrs. A. C. Lawrey, and Miss K. Collis (NewPlymouth), and the son Mr. S. "vT. Collis r (Auckland). Rifleman Douglas Collis was killed on the Somme in 1916. Mrs. Collis also survives him.