PERSONAL

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 219, 12 April 1933, Page 4

PERSONAL

Miss Beryl Masters is spending a holiday at Wanganui.

Mr. N. B. Fryday, of Ngaere, is on holiday in Wellington,

Miss Mary Hassall, of Miranda Street, Stratford, celebrated her 85th birthday yesterday.

Mr. and Mrs. G. Fox (nee Miss Jean Ward) arc spending a few days’ holiday in Stratford.

Mr. W. J. Poison, M.P., returned to Stratford today by midday train from a brief visit to Fordell.

Mrs. R. Masters is accompanying Hon. R. Masters on his tour of North Auckland. They will spend Easter at Russell.

The appoininent of the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, to act as the deputy of the Governor-General during Lord Bledisloe’s tour of the Islands was gazetted last night.

Mr E. Casey, chief engineer, New Zealand Railways, who was at the Stratford Hotel last night, left this morning for Wellington.

The death occurred at her home in Auckland on Monday of Mrs. William, Baildon, mother of Mr. George Baildon, formerly Mayor of Auckland, in her 87th year.

The death of Mr. James Allen, aged 95, occurred at Gisborne yesterday, reports the Press Association. He was born at Pemucuik, Scotland, in 1888, and came to New Zealand iip 1871, settling first at Feilding and .later at Auckland and Gisborne. Ho was a well known landscape gardener.

has been received at Palmer

tiiun INoi ih of the death in Denmark ui professor Johannes Schmidt, aged 66, who was leader of the Danish Oceanographic research expedition in the vessel Dana, which visited New Zealand in 1928. The scientific leaders included Professor Schmidt and Dr. Andersen, who has also died since. The expedition visited Auckland, Wellington and other centres.