PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 11 June 1930, Page 10

PERSONAL

An Oslo cable states that the Crown Princess of Norway has given birth to a daughter.

Major L. M. Fairbrothcr, Taranaki Regiment, has been awarded the long service medal.

A vote of sympathy with the relatives of the late Mr. C. J. Belcher, Eltham, was passed last night at a meeting of the Inglewood Borough Council. A London cablegram reports the death of Mr. St. John Adcock, aged 66. Mr. Adcock was a novelist, essayist and editor of The Bookman.

■ The appointment of Mr. R. W. Larsen as a ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act for the Taranaki, Stratford and Hawera acclimatisation districts is gazetted.

A letter is to' be forwarded to the Hon. S. G. Smith, Minister of Labour, by the Fitzroy Progressive Association congratulating him on liis elevation to Cabinet rank.

The death of Sir William Allardyce, formerly colonial officer in the service of the Pacific Islands and Governor of Tasmania and other colonies, is reported by cable from London. He was 69 years of age.

A resolution of sympathy with Mr. A. Good, a member of the committee, in his recent bereavement, was passed by the Taranaki District Committee of the Racing Conference at its meeting last night.

Miss Amy Johnson has reluctantly declined Mrs. Fraer’e invitation to visit New Zealand, says a Sydney cablegram, Miss Johnson desires to return to England as early as possible alter her Melbourne visit.

Two appointments to the medical staff of the Auckland hospital were made by the board yesterday, states a Presfi Association telegram. Dr. Morris Axford, of Auckland, was selected from seven applicants to be surgical registrar, and Dr. Keith H, Holdgate, of Timaru, was appointed medical registrar, for which position there were six applicants.

The death has occurred at Oxford of a notable figure, Sir Herbert Warren, late president of Magdalen College, aged 77 years. Sir Herbert had a most distinguished career as an undergraduate, and was president of Magdalen from 1885 to 1928. He was Professor of Poetry from 1911 to 1916, and. superintended the education of the Prince of Wales, Prince Chichibu, of Japan, and the late Prince Christian Victor, wh'o were members of his college.

The death occurred at Thornton, Bay of Plenty, on Saturday, of the Rev. Thomas Beresford Farley, at the age of 76 years. He was born in County Cavan, Ireland, and came to New Zealand at the age of 21 years with the Vesey Stewart settlers to Katikati. Later he decided to study for the Anglican ministry and became a student at St. John’s College, Auckland, He was ordained deacon in 1881 and priest in 1883. His charges were at Katikati, Howick, New Plymouth and Epiphany parish, Auckland. After some years in the South Island, Mr. Farley went to Australia, where he resided for seven years. Later he retired from active work in the ministry, doing only occasional church work. He returned to New Zealand in 1915, and settled on the land. Finally he took up a farm at Thornton, on the Rangitaiki Plains, where he resided up to the time of his death.