PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 13 July 1922, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

I , I A cable from London reports the death of Sir George Prothero, a distin- \ i guished English scholar. He was editor of the Quarterly Review and ' vice-president of the Royai Historical j Society. -Many important university j posts in. England have been held by Sir George, whose publications are numerous. I There died at the Palmerston North hospital on Saturday another old colo- j nist in the person of Mr. Samuel Davey. Bom in Taranaki 78 years ago, I i the deceased gentleman saw fourteen * i months of service in the Maori war, I and after its termination proceeded toi f the residence of his parents in Nelson, I I where he resided for a number of years.! He removed with his wife and family | to Palmerston North about 50 years' ago, and took up a farm in the Kai-J ranga. being one of the pioneers of the district. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his accession to the Premier- * ship, the Reform members of the House j of Representatives tendered the Right ] Hon. W. F. Massey a complimentary dinner in the Social Hall, Parlia-! mentary Buildings. Sir William1 Herries presided over a large gathering, and, on behalf of members, pre-' sented Mr. Massey with -a handsonie silver soup tureen and with a silver, trinket box for Mrs. Massey, both' articles being suitably engraved. It is with sincere sorrow Aye record the death on Wednesday of Mr-.- B. Pratt, of the firm of Pratt and Chalmers, of Hawera. Some weeks ago Mr. Patt was injured by the capsize of a motor cycle on which he was riding, and later complications ensued, necessitating several operations. Pleuropneumonia intervened a few days ago, and this was the immediate cause of death. Mr. Pratt had a great record in the war, where he fought for three years with the Machine "Gun Corps, going through most of the severest fighting round Ypres and other parts of the line. He was born at Wolver- ' hampton, England, and before he joined the army was a schoolmaster at one of the English public schools. During his service at the front he was awarded the Military Cross, and was thrice mentioned in despatches and was promoted to the rank of major. At the conclusion of the war he was with the army in Germany. He came to New Zealand in March, 1920, and was farming for some time before he went into business in Hawera. He was a man of sterling character, and was held in high estimation for his personal worth by all who knew 'him. All his friends will learn with deep sorrow of his untimely death.