PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 6 August 1923, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

At the Executive Committee meeting of the Egmont A. and P. Association on Saturday, Mrs. J. Grant, of Tai- j porohenui, was elected a life member • of the association.

A London ca*ble annoirnces the death of Lieut.-General Sir Edward Hutton, formerly commander of the New South "Wflles forces. . 1 . - I A proposal made to the Hokitil^i Borough Council IV Cr. D. J. Ey.iais had for its purpose the development of friendly feelings between the Council. c and its employees. Summarised, the '"(suggestion was that to encourage the loyalty and assduity of the staff in relation to Borough af&iirs, an^l in the absence of a superannuation scheme for the employees, tshe Council determine to institute a savings movement for the ' men employed by contributing a stipti- | lated sum in relation to the rjervice and salary, by way of quarterly payments to be lodged to individual credit in tbe ' Savings Bank, and as the funds aceuj mulate to purchase for the emploj'ees j Government post-dated bonds which are jto be- interesting-bearing and retained ! in the safe custody of the Coifncil, and to be adminictered as the Council may ' from time to time determine; that to give effect to the foregoing a special j committee be set up to report. j

It is not generally known that_ the seeds of laburnum are deadly poison, but a child of Winton had a very narrow escape during the past week (reports the Record). Having eaten some of the seeds, he was in a short time in ! a state of collapse, 'and, but for the prompt attention and untiring efforts of the local doctors 3 would soon have passed away.