PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 45, 21 January 1928, Page 9

PERSONAL

The Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, and Lady Alice Fergus son, who have been making a tour of Southland during the past week, left for the north this morning. They will spend a month in Christchurch before going on to Auckland. The Rev. F. A. Craw6haw, who has been away on holiday; will commence his second year of ministry at the Baptist Church to-morrow.

A cable message from Ottawa states that Sir John Martin Harvey the eminent actor w T as stricken with intestinal trouble and was operated on successfully at Toronto. Mr M. H. Oram, of Palmerston North, was the successful candidate at the election held recently to determine who should be Mr D. W. Low’s successor on the "Wanganui Education Board. The death occurred at Dannevirke on Thursday of Mr John Craven, father of Mr J. Craven, of Palmerston North, and a resident of Ashlmrst for many years. Deceased had attained the ripe age of 79 years. Mr J. R. Crawford, postmaster at Oliau, has been transferred to Wanganui. His successor is Mr J. T. D. Gettins, from the chief Post Office, Wellington. Mr J. B. Chambers,' exchange clerk at Bulls, has been transferred to Raetihi.

Mr T. Stock well, who has been on an extended holiday to the Dominion and visiting his people in Palmerston North, left to-day for Rotorua, whence he will proceed to Auckland to eaten the Ulimaroa on January 2o en route to India, where he has been working for the past seven years. Having completed 25 years’ service, Mr C C. Warner, superintendent or the Christchurch Fire Brigade, and formerly in charge of the 1 almerston North Brigade, is to receive the United Fire Brigades’ Association star tor that period at the conference of the association to be held next month at New Plymouth. Concluding a 1900-mile tour of North Auckland, where he has spent the past four weeks, the Prime Minister Mr Coates, returned to Auckland on lliurstlay evening. The Prime Minister and Hon. A. D. McLeod left Auckland for Wellington last night. Hon. O. J. Hawken, who has also been •in the north, returned to Auckland yesterday. He will leave on Sunday for Wellington, and next week will commence a tour of the South Island. Constable John Muir Fleming, who died at the Waikato Hospital on Thursday, aged 52 years, was born in Scotland and after serving in the Glasgow Police Force came to New Zealand 21 years ago and joined the New Zealand Force. For the last two years he had been stationed at Arapuni and was transferred to Hamilton on the closing of the Arapuni station three weeks ago. Constable Fleming was the biggest man in the force.

Dr. Edgar Waite, whose death was announced from Hobart yesterday was, from 1906 to 1914, curator of the Canterbury Museum at Christchurch, a position from which he retired to take over the curatorship of the National Museum at Adelaide. He retired from office a couple of years ago and had since lived in retirement at Hobart.. Dr. Waite was 62 years old at the time of his death. He was born at Leeds and educated at Victoria University (England), becoming curator of Leeds Museum in 188 S. He also was a member of the Leeds Naturalists’ Club, Leeds Geological Association, and the Conchological Society of Great Britain. Following on the decision of Mr O. H. Warden, of Queen’s Park School, Wanganui, not to accept the appointment of headmaster of Central School, Palmerston North, the position having been rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr L. F. de Berry, who is to take over the Normal School, Dunedin, the matter of a fresh appointment will come before the School Committee at its next meeting. Mr Edward Bary, headmaster of Eltham School, is now the highest graded applicant for the position. Fortythree years of age, he has had 28 years’ experience in the teaching profession, including appointments in Wellington, Marlborough, New Plymouth and Eltham.

The death occurred this week of Mr John Gilbert Oldham, who was a prominent and highly respected citizen of Taihape for a great number of years. He was 62 years of age and had resided in Taihape for the past thirty years. Born in Wales in 18C6 deceased came to New Zealand with his parents in 1872 when they settled in Nelson. He spent his youth in that district and was educated at the Nelson College. Subsequently, he took up farming, commencing at Kimbolton. At Wanganui in 1894 he married Miss Fanny Broad, daughter of the late Mr Charles Broad, S.M., of Grevmouth. At Kimbolton he later became district agent for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. He was in 1898 appointed manager of that firm in Taihape and held that position until three years prior to his death. At the end of 1924 he severed his connection with the company and took up farming again. He had interests in a farm at Turanga-a-rere, and during the past twelve months had lived a retired life. During his sojourn in Taihape deceased wns president of the Chamber of Commerce, president of the Rangitikei A. and P. Association and also a member of the Borough Council.