PERSONAL ITEMS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 9 May 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

A cable from London says the Marchioness of Conyngham, who i* an Australian; obtained a divorce at Dublin on." the grounds of her husband's misconduct. . His Honour Mr Justice Reed arrived in New Plymouth on Saturday eveuinoto preside at the Supreme Cuft sittings! opening to-morrow morning. . JV*''1 AJ 8??"' y°unfiest son of Mr and Mrs J. W. Boon, of New Plymouth has been eleced, onopposed Mayor of YVhakatane. Mr Boon is well-known-m th's district and in Stratford, and his many friends will be pleased to hearot Iks success. Mr Boon some yearsago was a prominent forward in thefetratford senior football team* a * well as an active member of the Stratford r ire Brigade. , .' ' Our Opunake correspondent writes: ' The death of Mrs I. <J. McCobk, aged?. 21 years, wife of James McGook. of" Upunake, took place at the New Plymouth Hospital on Wednesday morningatter a. short illness. Deceased * was. the youngest member of the family of the late Mr and Mrs D. Murphy, a family widely known and highly re§Eeo^ed -throughont Western Taranaki. Mr McCook is left with two children, 4l c y°unSest °f whom is 6 weeks old. \ Ihe sincere sympathy of the residentsof this district goes out to the bereaved-' m their sad loss. The funeral took placeo:.i Friday, and was largely attended. The Rev. Father Doolaghty conducted! the last sad ri,tes.

Mr. Edwin Lewis-Scott, theatrical' correspondent, in Australia "of the London Era, died a few days ago at theage of 77 years. While of late years-, he was not much in the public" eye (says the Sydney Sun), there was a. time when his name was very prominent in the theatrical life of this city. That'was when his dramatisation of "The Silence of Dean Maitland" was produced at the Theatre Royal. Theprincipal parts were taken by the. Dacres. The wife was a celebrated: English actress, named Miss Amy Rozelle, while Dacre's real name was: Doctor James. The play had been in progress only two nights when Dacre shot his wife in a boarding-house in Macquarie Street and then cut his throat. The tragedy occurred on the* Sunday after the opening night, and. Sydney was tremendously excited by theI affair, and the play came to an abrupt Lending. Doctor James, who was married to Miss Amy Rozelle in London, laboured under a morbid impression, that ever,y theatrical manager was; against him. . Miss Amy Rozelle was; in the days of Mary Anderson recognised as one^of the foremost leadingladies on the stage. The death occurred on Sunday, last. at Kaikoura of Mr. James Johnstone, at the age of 67. The late Mr. Johnstone had been a resident of the district for many years, and was held in tho highest respect by all with whom lie came in contact. He. arrived in> New Zealand about 43 years ago in the sailing vessel Auckland, and engaged in blaeksmithing at Dunedin. He afterwards laid the foundations of the Seac-liff Asylum, and later becamea. warder in that institution. Subsequently, he took over the position of caretaker of the Caledonian grounds at. Dunedin, but afterwards left for Blenheim, where he interested himself in the Blenheim gas plant, he havjng la 7 d the mains and produced thefirst jja-s in that- town. Later he did' the black-smithing work for the Wairau ferry bridge. His next shift was to< the Clarence bridge, where he carried' on blaoksmithing and farming. Mr Johnstono then took over the Clarence accommodation, house, which he conducted for many years, and then left r>n a trip to Scotland. On returning, he lived n retired life