PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 28 April 1930, Page 8

PERSONAL

Dr. T. H. A. Valintine, Director-Gen-eral of Health, has been paying a short visit to Taranaki.

Dr. and Mrs. A. Hosking, Masterton, are on a holiday visit to New Plymouth, staying at the White Hart Hotel.

Archbishop Matheson, for 21 years primate of the Church of England in Canada, has announced his retirement, says a cable message. A' Christchurch message reports the death of Mr. Arthur' Wellesly Cook, a well-known auctioneer and prominent sportsman, aged 46. •

Mr. B. Mackenzie, general manager of the Bank of Montreal, died suddenly on Friday from cerebral haemorrhage, aged 62, says a Montreal cable.

The death of Mr. Geoffrey Fairfax, sen., proprietor of the 'Sydney Morning Herald, at the age of'69 is reported by cable. .

Mr. and Mrs. Manson, Palmerston North, Mr. and Mrs. A. Barton, Wanganui, Messrs G. B. Murray, Wanganui, W. Sells, Diihedin, and S. Roberts, Wellington, arc guests at the Criterion, New Plymouth.

Suffering from pneumonia contracted during the voyage Sir Henry PollocK, a member of the Hong Kong Executive Council, was removed from the ship Empress of Russia to hospital at Vancouver, states a cable message. His condition is serious. .

Mr. J. S. Hewlett arrived at New Plymouth from Blenheim by air' on Saturday. After having completed'his business and sCen the district, Mr. Hewlett will leave for home to-day. The plane was piloted by Captain Noel Chandler, instructor to the Marlborough Aero Club.

Mr. C. S. Wood, who has been employed on the temporary staff of the New Plymouth Lands and Deeds Department for two years, has been transferred to the Dunedin branch. On the , eve of his departure he was the recipient of an engraved wristlet watch from the staffs of the Land and Deeds and Stamp Duties Departments. In making , the presentation the District Land Registrar, Mr. J. Cxaradus, referred to the fine quality of Mr. Wood’s work and expressed regret at losing such a capable officer.

Mr. J. Duffin is leaving the New Plymouth Harbour Board staff to take up the position of accountant for Mr. J. Swanson, dairy engineer. On behalf of the staff the harbourmaster, Captain W. Waller, in presenting Mr. Duffin with a case of brushes, said he wag voicing the opinion of all members of the staff in saying that Mr. Duffin had earned the respect of all. He had proved an agreeable fellow worker. Mr. G. W. B. Lowson, engineer, said Mr. Duffin had been with them for over three years and the speaker had met few young men of such energy and enterprise.