PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 21 May 1923, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. A. Gray, principal of the Hawera Technical High School, who has been attending the secondary school teachers" conference at Wellington, returned toHawera on Saturday. Mr. Will Lairsou, who has been., prominently conencted with literature and journalism in New Zealand ior the. past twenty years, left Wellington on. Thursday by the Marama for Sydney >. where he will join the staff of the Daily Guardian, a new daily which, is ' being started by Smith's Weekly management. | Another of Wanganui's old residentspassed away on Friday in the person of Mr. John Love, at the age of 71. D<*ceased arrived with his parents in New Zealand in 1863. landing-in Auckland , from the ship Elizabeth Ann. They: : came on to Wanganui in 18*B8, in which : year deceased commenced working in . . the butchery business, in which h« wac j engaged up till quite recently. H« was. • admitted a member of the Ancient r Order of Foresters in 1883, and for many years took a keen and active interest in that organisation. He leaves a widow, two. eons, and five daughters to mourn their loss: W. Love (Waij pukurau), S. Love (Auckland), Mrs. Matthews (Sydney), Mrs. M. Dempsey, ; Mrs. A. H. Ross, Mrs. Davy (Wanga--mii), and Mrs. Kendrick (MaVton). Decersed was a brother of Mr. B. Love(Christchurch) and Mr. W Love (Sydney).