PERSONAL

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 21, 20 August 1928, Page 4

PERSONAL

Miss K. Grant left this morning on a holiday visit to Wellington

bliss M. Black and Mrs Burgess deft this morning on a trip to Christchurch.

Mrs Hunt, Matron of the Stratford Hospital, left this morning on a holiday visit to the South Island.

Mr- W. Gardiner, who has been spending a holiday with his mother. Mrs Gardiner, of Stratford .returned this morning to his home in Wellington.

Mr G- E. Murray, who has recently spent three years in Australia, spent the week-end with his father. Mr J. D. Murray, of Stratford, leaving this morning for Napier.

Messrs H. Trimble, chairman of the Stratford Technical High School Board, and A. H. R. Am,ess, secretary, left this morning for Wellington to attend the annual conference of Technical High School Boards.

% Adjutant Douglas, of the Salvation Army, who was recently in charge of the Stratford station, and who is now* stationed at New Plymouth, is at present In Stratford, being engaged on a special campaign.

The death of Thomas William Heney, formerly editor of the Sydney Morjning flerald and later of thy Daily Telegraph, is reported in a Sydney cable. He was 64 years of age.

The death occurred in-Christchurch on Saturday of Mr- W. H. Norton, of the firm of Tonks Norton and Co., auctioneers.'’ He w T as well known in trotting circles as the owner of Trix Pointer, a New Zealand Cup winner, and Bonnie Logan.—Press Assn,

The, death occurred on Saturday, states a Christchurch message, of Mr. Harry Brinkman, a well known trotting handicapper, at the age of 68 years. He had beenj associated with trotting since its earliest days. Ho had been in ill-health for a long time and had suffered a recurrence of his complaint, but his sudden dealiih. was quite’ unexpected. He had actually completed his task of framing the handicaps for one trot ou the Otago Hunt Club’s programme when he collapsed and died.