PERSONAL ITEMS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 14 September 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

At the first meeting of the board of" directors of the Awatuna Dairy Company, Mr.. E. A. Collins was re-elected;,, chairman for the ensuing year. "' The late-Mr. Cathcart Wason, an ex«ew Zealander, and latterly a, memberof the House of Commons, left £22 527 s (says.a London cable). ' - - Mr. E. Dixon. M.P., returned to Hawera - last evening by "the * mail- trahr after-a'visit to ,the southern part of the electorate.

A quiet wedding was solemnised oa. August 24 at St. Peter's Church, Gonville, Wanganui, when George Rowland, eldest son of Mr and Mrs R* Hardley, of Hawera, was united in th* bonds of holy matrimony to Kathleem Mabel, second daughter of Mr sb 4 Sirs J. W. Tong, of Hawera.

The Esteem in which the late Mrs J: Feaver, of Opunake, was held was emphasised by the fact that the Egmont County Council, at the instance or the chairman, adjourned .out of respect t» her memory. The chairman said that Mrs Feaver was held in; th,e highest esteem by all in the district. Members stood for a few moments as a tribute to her.

The death occurred last week at Suraner of Mrs. Corfe x, wife of Mr. C. C. Corfe, at one time headmaster of Christ's College. Her eldest son is Lieut.-Colonel Corfe, D.S.O. (four bars), chairman of the Graeco-Bulgarian Re^ patriation Commission, Sofia, under the League of Nations. He was a { Canterbury College student and lived for many years in Christchurch. Another son is Mr. C. R. Corfe, manager of the Bank of New South Wales at Waver*. ley. "

In view of the approaching session, when it will be necessary for the Minister in charge of -the Treasury Department to sit in the y House of Representatives, the hitherto acting-Finance Minister (Sir Francis Bell) has this week handed over control of matters financial to the Hon. W. Downi«-i Stewart until the arrival of the Finance Minister (Mr. Massey) in NewZealand. In the meantime Sir Francis Bell takes over from Mr. Stewart the portfolio of Internal. Affairs.

The death., occurred at Timaru yesterday of Mr. Thos. Alex. Walker, a retired schoolmaster. - A native of Brighton, Sussex, he came to New Zealand 45 years ago. ~ After -, some other appointments he was first master of th« Waimataitai school, and later was i»r spector of" special schools.^- He retiredon superannuation five years ago, and lived iD Wellington tin last week;? when he went to Timaru to spend the remainder of his life. He was appar-£ ently in good health, but became ilfc yesterday morning and died. He leave#. a widow, but no children. ;

The death occurred on Mdnday after-! idori. "at his "home in Timaru, of ai veteran minister of the Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Thomas Neave, lateof Kurow. Born in Dundee in 1837£ the Rev. Neave was ordinated mv 1861. After three years in the parish, of Perth he spent..J23., years-in Dorsetshire, where he came m contact with many men of note* He was a personal < friend of Mr. Thomas Hardy, tftr^ novelist, arid of the\ late Bisnop of < DurhamV He camef tcKNew .Zealand in 1886, and "was for 12f years at Riverton, and for nearly 18 years at Kurow. He took /muchIv'interest''"tnj >Kberal'''. pblitics when at Home, and tept hiiftgelf abreast of the of the day^: His wife predeceased him, and he leaves three sons and five daughters. ■