PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 197, 22 July 1931, Page 6

PERSONAL

The Chief Justice Sir Michael Myers, passed _ through -^ 3 _ North on to-dav's express to * P * Mr J. Harkness, formsrlT of tn dairy produce grading st ®%® IIT , Ars +on h'is taken up his duties at Palm North. t Mr J. A. Campbell and Mr Goodwin, director and assist a tor of the horticultural division _ Department of Agriculture, a ing the Manawatu. ' ~ Advice received in "Wanganui by ca from relatives of Archdeacon Meredith indicate that, althougp confined to bed. the archdeac improving, and the doctors are ra _ dent of success after his recent opera tion. Through the death of her Tpunger sister, Miss Crump, at , We this week, Mrs T. R. Hodder has suferred a very sad bereavement, late Miss Crump was a daughter of late Rev. John Crump, ;vho as a known "Wesleyan minister. Well known in the realms of business. art and athletics. Mr No . Lindsav Macbeth, Christchurch, at the week-end, aged 63. ,v nent in Masonic circles, Mr Mac was until recently Grand Master the English Constitution. Mr H. H. Sterling, General Manager of Railways, is in Auckland, ana, when he has been joined by es !£ s .j' J. Esson, D. Reese and G. W. Reid, members of the Railway Board, wi continue an inspection of tne line tipon which construction has ceased. Thev are due to commence their tour to-day at Dargaville. reaching_ Rangiahu to-morrow, and returning to Auckland on Friday. The death occurred at the Hutt vesterday of< Mr R. A. Armstrong, aged 49. 'He founded the Sports, Protection League in Auckland and the Moderate League in -Wellington. Later he was secretary of the New Zealand Licensing Reform Association. He was also a member of the board of New Zealand Trotting Association and was president since 1923 of the Wellington Trotting Club. He is survived by a widow and three children. The death occurred on Monday night of Mr George Pnrnell, a well-known identity in Wanganui, at the age of 85 years. Mr Purnell came to New Zealand in 1856 in the sailing snip Chatham, and landed at New Plymouth. During the Maori wars he served in the Militia, and later went to the West Coast in search of gold. From there he went to Christchurch, and later to Otago. He went to Wanganui in 1884 with his wife and family.