PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1929, Page 8

PERSONAL

The death of Mrs. Palmer Jones, wife of the manager of the Wanganui Herald, is reported by the Press Association.

A motion of sympathy with Cr. W. Hall in the loss of hir sister was passed at the meeting of the Taranaki County Council yesterday. Mr. Arthur Stubbs, aged 66, formerly registrar of the Supreme Court at Auckland, died at Auckland yesterday, according to a Press Association message.

The appointment of Messrs. R. W. Tate, S.M., and Fred Parker to the Pukekura Park Board has been confirmed by the New Plymouth Borough Council.

Mr. Theo. Trczise, who is to produce “Miss Hook of Holland” for the New Plymouth Amateur Operatic Society, has arrived in New Plymouth to take charge of rehearsals.

The death of Miss Mary Victoria Gibson, for thirty years principal of the Christchurch Girls’ High School, is reported in a Press Association telegram from Christchurch. Miss Gibson retired this year. The Mayor of New Plymouth (Mr. H. V. S. Griffiths) is at present indisposed with a severe attack of influenza. At a meeting of the Borough Council last night a motion of sympathy with Mr. Griffiths in his illness was passed, and hopes were expressed for his speedy recovery. ' ‘

The 91st birthday of Mr. R. Wade, New Plymouth, was celebrated at the home of Dr. G H. Home, Glen Almond, on Sunday. Many friends called on Sunday and yesterday with good wishes. Mr. Wade, who lived in Wallasey, Cheshire, came to New Zealand in 1920. His wife died in 1918. His children are Dr. W. R. Wade, New Plymouth, Mrs. G. H. Home, New Plymouth, Mrs. Todd, Otane and Miss A. S. Wade, Timaru.-

The death cf Constable George Douglas, for 28 years a member of the police force, took place, at the Auckland Hospital last week. He was born atrMercer in 1871, and joined the police in December, 1901. Constable Douglas was stationed at Auckland, Hikurangi, Kawakawa, in the Nelson district, at Avondale, Grey Lynn; and, at the time of hia death, at ’Mercer, where he had been for the past •■four years.

A Nelson message reports the death of Mr Henry Baigent, one of the oldest-born residents of Nelson. Formerly Mr. Baigent was mayor of Nelson for several terms and a member of other local bodies. He was prominently and largely interested in the timber industry since the early days.

Mr. George BoutflWer Davy, formerly Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, died at his residence, Wadestown, at.t-he age of 94 years, according to a Wellington telegram. He arrived in New Zealand from Devonshire in the ship Indian Empire in 1862, and was appointed Warden and Resident Magistrate at Thames in 1869, District Land Registrar at Auckland two years later, RegistrarGene, al of Lands in 1875, and. Chief Judge of the Native Land Court in 1894. He retired in 1904. In 1863 he married Miss Liddell, of Auckland. Five members of the family survive. Congratulations were extended to Mr. J. S. Connett on his appointment to the Health Board, at the Taranaki County Council’s monthly meeting yesterday. The appointment of Mr. Connett to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sir James Wilson, said Mr. Vickers, was an honour both to the county and Mr. Connett himself. Perhaps the public did not altogether realise the importance, of the board and the wide powers with which it was invested. The appointment had been made by the executive of the New Zealand Counties’ Association, said xMr. Connett m returning thanks, and he was sensitive to the honour done him. The death has occurred of an old and respected pioneer settler of Nelson, Mr. Henry Trufet Ballinder Flower, who had attained the age of 99 years. The late Mr, Flower came to New Zealand thieo years after the foundation of the Nelson settlement, and endured all the privations of the early settlers. He married in 1867 Helen Anderson, of St. Andrews, Scotland, and was one of the original settlers in the Wakapuaka district, where he was well known and respected. The late Mr. Flowers was a grandson of Judge Flower, a younger brother of Lord Flower. Mr. Flower traced his descent from Roger Thore, of Flower, Speaker in the House of Commons m the reign of Richard 11. Sir George Flower, another ancestor, was an officer in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. One £on and five daughters are left, Mr. T. Flower, of Culverden, Santerbury, Mesdames Beveridge (Marlborough), G. Hayes (Westport), F. Hargreaves (Motueka), and Misses M. and J. L. Flower, of Marton. One son, Mr. F. Flower, was killed in the war. ,