PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1929, Page 8

PERSONAL

Canon H. S. Begbie is a. passenger on the Maheno which left Sydney bn Friday for Wellington. Mr. H. Woodyear-Smith, agricultural instructor at Palmerston North, and formerly of Patea, has been transferred to Hastings. A Christchurch message reports the death of Mr. A. J. O’Malley, aged 59, a well-known hotelkeeper and formerly a member of the Government Survey Department. Archdeacon F. G. Evans, New Plymouth, became seriously ill on Saturday night. Last night his condition had improved .but he has cancelled all engagements for a month. The executive of the Taranaki Bowling Centre on Saturday passed a motion of sympathy with the relatives of the late Mr. R. Lambie, a past president of the centre, in their bereavement. Mr. G. C. Cathey’s resignation from' the Trust Board and the Taranaki Workers’ Council was received with regret at a meeting of the council on Saturday night, and recognition of his services was placed on record. The death is reported of Mr. Joseph Walker Buckeridge, in the Palmerston North Hospital. The late Mr. Buckeridge was in business in Eltham for some years and was an uncle of MrUG. H. Buckeridge, of Hawera. The Princess Royal is reported to be making excellent progress after her serious illness, says a British Official Wireless message. During the week-end it was hoped to take Her Royal Highness by ambulance and train from Scotland to her London home. Mr. JR. S. Brittain, of the New Plymouth branch of the Bank of New South Wales, has received notice of his ■ transfer to the inspector’s office on promotion. Mr. R. H. Vincent succeeds Mr. Brittain. Mr. Lewis Wilson has also been transferred to Wellington, and Mr. R. B. Scott, Wellington, will take his place. , , Mr. and Mrs. G. Halliday, members of the Holy Trinity Church, Fitzroy, were farewelled at the end of the sale of work held by the ladies’ guild on Friday afternoon. On behalf of the guild Mrs. C. Waterston presented Mrs. Halliday with a handbag and IJr. Halliday with a pencil. Mr. and Mrs. Halliday are leaving New Plymouth for the South Island. The death occurred suddenly at Invercargill on Saturday night of Inspector John Fahey, who since' January had been in charge of the Invercargill police district, says a Press Association message. Inspector Fahey went to Invercargill from Dunedin, being promoted” from sub-inspector to inspector. For nearly 20 years he was stationed at Timaru both as a senior-sergeant and as a detective-sergeant. Mr. F. C. Kelly, who has been a member of the literary staff of the Taranaki Herald and Budget for Hie past 14 years, has accepted an " appointment on the staff of the New Zeaalnd Herald. He left by the steamer on Friday evening for Auckland. In the afternoon he was met by the members of the Herald staff on behalf of whom the editor (Mr. W. J. Penn) presented him with a set of volumes of the poets as an expression of their regard for him. . The death of Dr. Geoffrey S. Clay-, ton occurred at Oriental Bay on Wednesday. Dr. Clayton, who was born in England about 75 years ago, was educated at Harrow, and took his degree at Balliol College, Oxford. He came to New Zealand about 45 years ago, and. practised in North Canterbury and Christchurch for about 35 years, and he will be remembered by the older Canterbury residents as a brilliant surgeon and for his many acts _ of kindness. He was an enthusiastic Volunteer, and held the rank of lieutenantcolonel when the Territorial system was introduced in New Zealand, and was appointed P.M.O. for the Canterbury and Marlborough districts. Subsequently he held several positions under the Health Department. The death occurred on Friday of Dr. D. A. Forrest, one of Palmerston North’s, best-known medical practitioners. Dr. Forrest was about 50 years of age. Born at Motherwell, Scotland, he took his degree at Edinburgh University, and eame to New Zealand about 1910, commencing practice at Oxford, Canterbury. He remained there for a few years, and then transferred to Palmerston North. Shortly after the outbreak of the Great War, Forrest offered his services, and served with the Wellington Mounted Rifles in Palestine. He returned to New Zealand in 1918, and was appointed superintendent of the Palmerston North hospital, a position he retained until about three years ago, when he resigned to enter private practice in Palmerston North. He leaves a widow, a daughter of the late Mr. W. M. Hannay, of Wellington, and three young sons.