PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 19 October 1927, Page 6

PERSONAL

Sir Austen Chamberlain, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, celebrated bis 64th birthday on Sunday.

The death of Mr. James Mel.eod, aged 71, a pioneer of Ilclensville, is reported in a Press Association message.

Owing to the sudden severe illness of Miss Beatrice Evans, Archdeacon Evans has been called to Rotorua and left by car yesterday morning.

The Taranaki Circular Road Race Committee last ni-ght passed a vote of sympathy with the secretary, ’ Mr., E. L. Humphries, in the bereavement he had sustained through the death of his mother.

A cable message reports the death of Mr. James Forsyth, a director of the firm of Burns, Philp and C'onrpafiy, Ltd., shipowners and meiehants, who passed away at his residence in Brisbane on Friday last. The late Mr. Forsyth had been it director of the company for half a century, having been one of the earliest member's to join Mr. Burns when he founded the organisation. He was close upon 80 years of age. Mr. John McMahon, lato chief stipendiary steward of the New Zealand racing clubs, who has accepted the chairmanship of the stipendiary stewards of the Australian Jockey Club, Sydney, was the guest of owners and racing clubs of Wellington, Taranaki and southern Hawke’s Bay districts at a complimentary dinner at Palmerston North last night. He was presented with an address and a gift of cutlery. Many references were made to the esteem in which the guest was held, and the loss his departure would be to racing in New Zealand. Mr. McMahon was also the recipient of a token of esteem from the Wanganui Racing Club.— Press Association.