PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 30 November 1929, Page 8

PERSONAL

The death of Jack Morris, aged 84 years, the oldest golf profesional, is reported in a London cablegram. He was for 50 years professional at Hoylake.

Visitors staying at the. North Egmont hostelry this week included Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Sladden- (Wellington), the Misses Sladden (Wellington), Mr. and Mrs. Kennie (Wellington) and Messrs. H. A. Wright (Sydney), S. Machin (Christchurch), Munro Gabriel (Palmerston North) and H. A. Stewart (Palmerston North).

A London cablegram reports that Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Sloggett, who was Director-General of the Medical Services of the British Armies in the field during the greater part of tho war, dropped dead yesterday while walking with his son near Regent Park, London. He was 72 years of age, and had been suffering from-heart trouble. The general manager of the National Bank of New Zealand has received cabled advice from his London office that Lord Balfour of Burleigh has been elected to a seat on the board. Lord Bal- - four is also a director of the Standard Bank of South Africa, the Bank of Scotland and the Australian Mutual Provident Society, London. He is. a- • . special commissioner for inland revenue and a partner in Sherwood and. C 0.,. . banking and discount agents, London. Lord and - Lady Craigavon will - . arrive in New Plymouth on Fri---?p| day from the Waitomo Caves. They will be met by the Mayor and councillors, and in the evening will be accorded a civic reception at the Victoria League rooms. Next morning they will be shown points of interest in the town, and also the Beil Block dairy factory, and ih the afternoon -will be taken to the North Egmont mountain house. It is understood they will leave for the south on the Sunday. When the late Mr. Esau Marsh died about six months ago it was stated that he was believed to be the last sui ■ vivor of the passengers who came out from Home to New Plymouth by the Timandra in 1842. That , s was not .eo, however, for Mrs. Harriet Wood, whoso death occurred on Wednesday at the age of 89 years, also came by that ship with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Harrison, whose eldest daughter she was, other daughters being Mrs. Edward Olsen and Mrs. James. McComish. Mr. William Harrison was born in 1817 at Ashby Farcy, Dorsetshire, and before coming to New Zealand, became a nurseryman at Highbury, Islington, London, where Mrs. Wood was born on February 24, 1842. Miss Harrison married Mr. Thomas Wood. Their son, the late Mr. Tom Wood, was for several - / years foreman in thee Taranaki Herald - Office, where he served his apprenticeship as a printer. There were four y a daughters, one of whom, Mrs. Jones, died in Sydney. Others are Mrs. Gray, ' Auckland, Mrs. McKinnon Bain and Miss. Wnnrl. New .Plymouth. • ■ -