PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 40, 3 October 1914, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr J. P>. Hiue, M.P., a.il.od in Stratford last night and. will pend the wee!': end at home.

The. many friends of Mrs T. Cuthbert, ♦Pembroke Road, Stratford, will be sorry to hear that iier brother, Captain Mclntyre was one of the officers of the ill-i'.ited [vairaki.

Sir Douglas Mawson, the Antarctic explorer, left Sydney for Wellington yesterday, and begins a Hying visit ol' tlie Dominion in Christchurch on October 7. It was originally; his intention,to make a lengthy tour next year on his way back from America, but owing to complications arising through the great war. he has postponed bis Soutli African .lour, and is thus able to visifc New Zealand on his way to Loudon. He will be a passenger by the Remuera on October 22. The; net proceeds of Sir Douglas Ma'wsori's lecture tour here and in America are to be devoted to discharging the outstanding debts on the Australasian An. tarctic Expedition.

A supper and concert took place on Wednesday in the Whangamomona Town Hall, when a large crowd of townsfolk and well-wishers met to bid Mr and Mrs Hatton farewell, on Mr Hatton taking up new duties in Hawke's Bay. Opportunity was also taken to present Mr Hatton with a suitcase and a case of pipes, and Mrs Hatton with a gold pendant. MiBradley, who presided, in presenting Mr Hatton with the gifts, said Mr Hatton's departure was a loss to the town. As an official and as a sport, Mr Hatton had been excellent, and the heart-felt good wishes of the town and district went with them. He voiced the opinion of the whole l community in' wishing them good luck in whatever sphere of life they might be. Mr Hatton, in reply, said ho hadn't had the best of luck in Whangamomona, and his wife's health was not what it should and he' thought a change might be for the better. He was leaving real good friends, and in thanking them on behalf of his wife and self. for the handsome presents he had received, ho would always look on them with pride and know he had left a lasting friendship behind them. The toasts of the evening were musically honored and responded to, and some good songs were rendered by Messrs T. Keightley, D< Brown, Dan Wildermot, Newcombe, Court, and Horace Spear. Mr Batt recited Kipling's poem.