PERSONAL

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 258, 9 October 1931, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mrs. L. Riera left to-day for Auck land on holiday.

Mrs. .). C. Allen left by ear this morning for a holiday visit to Auckland,

The Most Rev. David Williams, Anglican Archbishop of Huron, died at London, Ontario, on Wednesday.

Mrs. J. L. Oliphant-Rowe returned last night after a holiday visit to Wellington.

Nurse Doris O’Neill, of the Stratford Hospital, returned to duty yesterday after spending annual holidays at Christchurch.

Mr. R. L. Ferris, one of the proprietors of the Stratford “Evening Post,” went to Wellington to-day on business.

Envoy Samuel Buick, of the Salvation Army, is still in a New Plymouth private hospital, but is progressing satisfactorily.

Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stephenson left to-day for Te Aroha to attend the funeral of the late Mr. D. McL. Wallace, senr., founder of the lirm of D. McL. Wallace, Lid.

Lord Trenchard has been appointed Commissioner of Police for the metropolis, succeeding Lord Byng. .Lord Trenchard was formerly Marshal t .-ol the Royal Air Force.

The death of Mr. Charles Ricketts, painter, sculptor and engraver, is reported from London. Mr. Ricketts was founder of the Vale Press and Vale publications. His age was 67.

Mr. C. N. Taylor has been appointed general manager of Taranaki (N.Z.) Oil Fields, Ltd., in succession to Mr. A. H. P. Moline, who has accepted a position with the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company. Ltd. Mr. Taylor will also manage subsidiary companies.

The death occurred at New Plymouth yesterday of Mr. John Alexander Revell, at the age of G 4 years, after an illness of seven years. Mr. Revell, until illness overtook him, had been at various times caretaker of the West End and New Plymouth, bowling greens and the New Plymouth tennis courts, from which he ,had to resign owing to ill-health. He is survived by his wife, six daughters and three sons.

For eight years manager of the Egraont Box Company, Eltham, Mr. W. Rigg has relinquished his duties, and yesterday employees made a presentation to their former chief. The high esteem and respect in which Mr. Rigg is held by the employees was clearly evident. On behalf of the men, Mr. S. Murray, an employee of long-stand-ing at the factory, said that they felt the keenest regret at Mr. Rigg s departure. They had come to regard him as a true friend, and in token of the respect in which he was held, asked him to accept a small gift that would, he hoped, serve to revive happy memories of his time at the factory.