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Taranaki Daily News, 7 June 1927, Page 6

PERSONAL

Mr. W. C. Andrew and Mr. and Mrs. Morehead, of Sydney, are at present spending a few days in New Plymouth,

, Sir Joseph Carruthers, an ex-Premier of New South Wales, arrived in Auckland by the Maunganui from Sydney yesterday, accompanied by the Hon. E. H. Farrar, M.L.C., of New South Wales. They were met on behalf of the Government by Mr. J. 8. Dickson, M.P. They will spend some months in a holiday tour in the Pacific Islands.—Press Association.

Mr. J>. J. Spence, of the Commercial Bank of Australia, New Plymouth, leaves to-day for Hawera, where he has been promoted to the position of accountant. Yesterday the manager of the New Plymouth branch (Mr. A. D. Gaunt) made him a presentation on behalf of the staff, wishing him every success in his new position)

Amy, the little daughter of Mr. Atua, o’ Moturoa, died on Sunday night from pleurisy. As a child she won sixth place, with 10,212 votes, in a baby competition organised by the High School Old Girls’ Association in 1917. At the Moturoa School she captivated her comrades and led the children in their games. From an operation for appendicitis about Easter time she recovered well, but further trouble grew and, though she seemed well on Sunday afternoon, a fatal attack of pleurisy in the evening carried her off at 8.30 p.m. Sincere regret is felt by all who knew her, and sympathy is extended to her parents.