PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 9 July 1927, Page 12

PERSONAL

The King invested the Duke of York’s political secretary, Mr. Harry Batterbee, Knight Commander of the Victorian Order. ,

Lady Edwards (Wellington) is spending a few days in New Plymouth. She is accompanied by her son, Mr. L. Estrange Edwards, and his wife.

Mr. W. A. Cairns, of the New Plymouth office of the labour Department, has resigned his position in order to go into business on his own account in Wellington. The resignation takes effect towards the end of this month. It is not known yet who will be hie successor.

Mr. H. G. Andrews, who leaves for I ellington early next week, has been presented with a handsome case of pipes and a cheque by the Kawaroa Park Society, of which he has for some years acted as secretary. Mr. Andrews ha* also been presented with a gold eversharp pencil and cheque by the New Plymouth Tennis Club, of which he was secretary.

At Opunake on Thursday, Mr. Graham, Opunake and Taranaki representative Rugby forward, was met by hie confreres and farewelled on the eve of his departure to Wellington to join the police force. On behalf of the members, Mr. Wilson, club president, made him a presentation, expressing great regret at his leaving and their good wishes for his future. Mr. A. F. Neilson, on behalf of the Rugby Union, endorsed the president’s remarks, stating that Mr. Graham’s departure would be a distinct loss to the club and to provincial football. Mr. Graham acknowledged the good wishes of his football friends in a happy little speech. lie leaves Opunake to-day.

Many friends of Mr. Charles Stuart, of Denbigh Road, will have read with deep regret of his death at Hawera on Tuesday (says the Star). Mr. Stuart was one of the earliest settlers in the Te Roti district, where, as a young man, he came with his father to take up a bush section on the Skeet Road. He cleared the bush and farmed it until a few years ago, when he retired to live in Hawera, first on the Lake Road and lately on the Denbigh Road. He came with his parents, three brothers and one sister from Canada and they settled first at Waverley. After a year or two they took up some bush land at Te Roti and made that their home. While engaged in felling part to make a clearing for the house, they built a house in Normanby and lived there for some time. Later they moved to the farm at Te Roti and made that their homo. It was then dense bush from about a mile past Normanby and the work of getting to the farm and then clearing the land can be imagined. The family endured all the hardships incidental to farm life in those early days. Mr. .Stuart’s father died several years ago, but his mother lived till comparatively recently, being over ninety years of ago at her death. Mr. Stuart continued on the farm till he sold it a year or two ago. He is survived by his widow and two sons, both living at Hawera, Mr. C. Downey, of IlaWera, Is a nephew.