PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 12 June 1923, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Paris reiiorts the death of M. Pierre Loti, the novelist, aged 73. A Wellington message says that th© death occurred on Saturday of Mrs. Rebecca Sutton, aged 103. She arrived in Wellington 40 years ago. At the ordinary monthly meeting of the' Patea Harbour Board yesterday j. leave of absence for four months was? formally granted -to Mr. F. W~ Grainger, who now is in England. The death occurred ?n Hamilton last: week of Sister Phoebe Mary Reynolds':. after an illness extending over. five--years. Sister Reynolds left New Zea^land early in the war, and nursed .Newt Zealand soldiers at No. 1 StationaryHospital at the front for 12 months. She was later attached to the staff of~ the Walton-on-Thames Hospital, and?': was there during the Messines 'attackSister Reynolds was invalided home 'lii December, 1917, suffering from an. af— fliction from which she never recovered. In welcoming Mr. A. N. Williams^ to a seat on the Patea Harbour Board?' rendered vacant by the death of Miv J,as. Walker, the chairman (Mr. A. T,. Christensen) said he was pleased to know - Mr. Williams had been elected, and felt* sure that Mr. Williams' experience> would be a valuable assistance to members. Mr. Williams briefly acknowledged the kindly remarks