PERSONAL

Northern Advocate, 4 February 1926, Page 4

PERSONAL

■ j Mr P. Everett, orchards instructor, jlias letumed to Whangarei from a j vacation spent in Australia. . j Inspector and Mrs Hollis arrived in | Wliangarci by train from Auckland j yesterday, and are staying at tlio Commercial Hotel, i The death of Mr W. L. George, the novelist, is announced in a cable j message from London. Mr George i was born of British parents in Paris lin 1882. His publications include | various political and economic works, j besides many novels. i The Rev G. W. Loehore and family, j who have been spending a holiday at 1 1 Reotahi, have returned to Whangarei. Mr Loehore will resume his occupancy jof the pulpit af\ the Presbyterian j Church on Sunday next. ! Mr E. A. Shrimpton, Chief Telegraph (Engineer, has tendered his resignation, jit will take effect on March 31,'though ’ it is understood he will probably cease active work before the end of the pre- | sent month. Mr Shrimpton has been in the service of the department 42 yearS. He has occupied his present position since 101 S. j The deatii is announced at Welling--1 ton of Mr Lewis H. B. Wilson, aged 77. He arrived in Hew Zealand in 1807, was for a long period in the Marine 1 Department, and then entered into business in Wellington. He was identified with the opening of Kelburn suburb, and was for years the secretary of the Kelburn Tramway Company. | The death of Mrs Elizabeth Ann San- I ford at her residence, Queen ’s Parade, j Devonport, on February 1, removes a i colonist of about sixty years’ standing. Deceased was the wife of the late Mr Albert Sanford. They both arrived by the ship Victory, and were married shortly after landing in Auckland. Mr Sanford, who died two years ago, was the founder of the fishing business of Sanford, Ltd. For several years his wife and himself lived at Rakin® Island. Mrs Sanford had attained the age of 78 years. At police hehdquartcrs in Wellington on Friday afternoon, a presenta- ! tion on behalf of the members of the police service in New Zealand was made to the retiring Commissioner of Police, Mr A. H. Wright. There was a representative attendance of the force, including Commissioner W, B. Mcllveney, ex-Commissioner J. O’Donovan, Superintendent Broberg, Inspector Simpson (Palmerston North) and Inspector Cummings, of Wellington. Commissioner Mcllveney, in making the presentation, which consisted of a well-filled wallet, made special mention of the length of service and the outstanding merits of his predecessor. j