PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 9 July 1929, Page 8

PERSONAL

Mr. A. K. Smart left New Plymouth yesterday en route to Dunedin, where he will attend a meeting of the New Zealand Bowling Council. A London message states that Mr. George Gillett, M.P., has been appointed secretary of the Overseas Trade Department, and Mr. Samuel Viant, M.P., Assistant Postmaster-General. Mr. A. G. Johnson, of the New Plymouth Boys’ High School, underwent a serious operation on Saturday. His condition is reported to be satisfactory. Sergeant McGregor, of the New Plymouth Police Force, was taken to his home yesterday seriously ill. Mr T. A. Flecher, who has been spending a holiday in Inglewood as the guest of Mr. C. J. Mullaney, returned to Wellington yesterday. Mr. E. Jackson left New Plymouth yesterday morning for Wellington, where he will represent the New Plymouth Trotting Club at the Trotting Conference.

The British Admiralty is lending paymaster Lieutenant W. Prophit and Lieutenant J. Terry to the New Zealand division reports the Australian Press Association from London.' They are sailing on July 2.

Mr. C. H. Smith, aged 93 years, died at New Plymouth on Saturday. Mr. Smith was born in Lincolnshire, and in the early ’eighties came to New Zealand. After farming in the Cardiff district ho moved to Mimi. and later to Huirangi. For the past 17 years he has lived in retirement in New Plymouth. He is survived by his wife, and Mr. J. Smith, of Fitzroy, is the only surviving brother.

Mr. M. J. Macßeynolds died at Eltham Road, Opunake, on Sunday. Mr. MacReynolds was 79 years old. In the early ’eighties he was associated with the Mounted Constabularly, and had charge of the stores when they were stationed at Pungarehu. Later Mr. Macßeynolds was store-keeping on his own account, and then took up land on the Eltham Road. Mr. Macßeynolds for many years was a member of the Taranaki Hospital Board.

The death occurred at Wellington on Sunday morning of Dr. Patrick Mackin, aged 65, reports the Press Association. Born in Ireland, he came to New Zealand in 1882 and pursued his studies at the Otago University and the Dunedin hospital. In 1888 he returned to England and studied at Anderson’s College, and qualified in 1891. Despite the calls of a big practice, he found time to help professionally many of Wellington’s homes and. institutions. leaves a widow, -.