PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 December 1926, Page 8

PERSONAL.

A Sydney message reports the death of Mrs. T. A. Sturton, a prominent sportsman and raeehorse owner. *ln this A message from Suva reports that Henry Marks has been reelected Mayor of Suva. The friends of Mr. George F. Walker, of Waitara, will regret to learn that bis wife died in the Wanganui hospital on .Sunday. Mr. R. ri. Hayes, Secretary to the Treasury, will leave Auckland by R.M.S. Tainui oh December 15, on an official visit to London, and will be absent from the Dominion for about five months. A London message says that Sir N. R. Howso (Federal Minister of Defence) is convalescing satisfactorily. Ho will probably not return to London for a fortnight, and will not accompany Mr. Bruce to America, returning to Australia via Suez.

Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Duigan, of Northern Rhodesia, arrived by the Niagara the other day on a six months’ visit to New Zealand. Mr. Duigan, who has a large ranch, in partnership with his brother-in-law, Mr. Justice Ostler, proposes to spend some time at Tokaanu trout fishing, and lie will later fish at the Bay of Islands. Inspector Murray, in charge of the Taranaki Police district for the past 4% years, has been promoted to bo superintendent of the forces at Dunedin, Succeeding the late Superintendent Matbieson. Inspector Murray, who has been in the force for over 30 years, is a zealous officer who has done valuable work during the time he has been in Taranaki, and his promotion to such a high office as superintendent of the Otago province is but the natural reward of industry, conscientiousness and efficiency. Miss Eva Webb-Joncs, who won the mezzo-soprano and other solo tests at the Wanganui competitions three years ago, has quite justified the good opinions of the judge and other musical critics concerning the purity and quality of her voice, etartp a Press Association message from Wanganui. Proceeding to Australia to continue her studies at the eonservatoriuni of music at. Sydney she has made wonderful progress. She had the compliment paid to Her a couple of weeks ago of being the only vocalist on the programme of the Sydney Musical Association. The Sydney 'papers gave her most favourable notices concerning her artistry and production. Advices received yesterday state that Miss Jones will be singing at the Fanners’ concert to-day, so that many New Zealand friends will be able to hear her by means of wireless.

The death at Lagos (Nigeria) on October 21 of Dr. William K. Parkinson, as the result of an attack of plague is reported. Dr. Parkinson was the third son of the late Mr. W) X A. Parkinson of the Hawera Star. After lieing at the Hswera School and Wellington College ho took his medical course at Dunedin, completing at London, where he took his M.B. and F.R.C.S. degrees. He then accepted an appointment under the British Government some sixteen years ago, and was until hia death in charge of the large and well-equipped hospital at Lagos, in Nigeria, and had also a considerable private practice. Every year he had several months’ leave, and until this year he had suffered no ill effects from the climate, though generally acknowledged to be a hard one on Europeans who have to live in any part of West Africa. No details are yet to hand except a letter from his brother stating that he had received adviee from the Crown authorities in Nigeria that he had died of plague. Ho was only forty-four year of age, and was therefore cut off in his prime, and it was his hard lot to bo taken within a copule of years of retiring on pension. He leaves a widow and three daughters. Mrs. R. F. Page, of Hawera, is a sister, and Mr. G. H. Parkinson (Dunedin) and Rev. C. T. Parkinson (Christ’s Hospital School, Horsham, England) are brothers.—Star.