PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 226, 22 August 1928, Page 7

PERSONAL

Mr T. M. Wilford, M.P., for Hutt, is confined to his home with an attack of influenza.

An Australian Press Association message from Vancouver states that Sir Joseph Ward is leaving to-day for New Zealand. Mr G. I. McGregor has been compelled to enter a private hospital to undergo an operation for appendicitis. His many friends will wish him a

speedy recovery. A Press Association telegram from Christchurch announces the doath at the age of 56 years of Mr Edward Charles Horry, a well-known bandmaster and formerly, the New Zealand champion cornet player. Before proceeding with the business nt the annual meeting of the New Zealand Auto Cycle Union jn Wellington yesterday, the chairman referred to the loss the union had sustained in the death of the late Mr James Dawber, of Palmerston North, who at one time was one of the leading riders in the Dominion and a most enthusiastic supporter.

A Press Association message states that Mr W. D. Wallace, Registrar of the Supreme Court at Dunedin, has been transferred to a similar position at Christchurch and will be replaced by Mr J. N. McNaLn, of Invercargill. Mr H. Morgan, of Hamilton, becomes Registrar at Invercargill, and the vacancy at Hamilton will be filled by Mr G. S. Clarke, Deputy Registrar at Wellington, whose position in turn will be filled by promotion by Mr E. S. Rhodes.

A Dunedin message states that the death occurred last evening of Mrs W. H. Reynolds, aged 89 years, the eldest child of the family of the late Mr and Mrs Pinkerton, of an old Northumberland family, who migrated to South Australia, arriving about 1838. Afterwards the family came to New Zealand, settling in Otago in 1855. In 1856 Mrs Reynolds married Hon. W. H. Reynolds who died in 1899. Mrs Reynolds was interested in the free kidergarten movement on which she was the first president and was also associated with many different women’s movements throughout her life.

By the death of Inspector G. A. Svenson, which occurred on Friday, the tramways department of the . Wellington City Council has lost an officer with a record of unblemished service for 25 years. The late Inspector Svenson, who was the eldest sou of Mrs and the late Mr John Svenson, of Kelvin Grove, resigned from the permanent artillery 25 years ago and joined the Wellington tramways when they were inaugurated. He had the distinction of driving the first cars over the Aro Street, Brooklyn,' Wallace Street, and Oriental Bay routes. The funeral took place on Sunday, when he was given a tramwayman’s burial. The cortege, which was headed by the Tramways Band, included nearly 200 uniformed employees, as well as the officers of the Newtown Bowling Club, of which the deceased was a member. Brother inspectors of the late Inspector Svenson acted as pallbearers, and the mourners included the general manager, Mr M. Cable, the traffic manager, Mr D. McGillivray, and other officers, besides members of the clerical staff of the traffic department. Included in the many beautiful floral tributes were wreaths from the Tramways’ Union, the management, and the Newtown Bowling Club.