PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1932, Page 6

PERSONAL

Messrs. J. B. Murdoch, E. Long and T. R. Overton, all of South Taranaki, are visiting Wellington. The King on Monday received in audience Admiral Sir Ernie Chatfield on his appointment as First Sea Lord, the British Official Wireless reports. Messrs. H. L. Carman (chairman of the Taranaki Electric Power Board), and B. H. Goldsmith (engineer to the board) are visiting Wellington. Mr. G. W. Rogers, Opunake, left yesterday morning for Auckland, where he will attend the annual convention of the

New Zealand Masonic Lodge. The death has occurred of Sir Charles Percy Barlee Clubbe, aged 78, one of Sydney’s leading surgeons. He was prominently associated with child welfare for the past 25 years, states a cabled message.

Lady Chaytor and Mr. R. T. Richards, who last March attempted to fly from England to Australia, arrived at Auckland yesterday, states a Press Association message. Lady Chaytor was slightly injured in a crash in Bulgaria, but Mr. Richards flew on alone. The plane was wrecked last month near Canberra. The death occurred at Pukekohe on Saturday of Mrs. Margaret Ann McKeown, aged 92 years. Mrs. McKeown was bom in Country Tyrone, Ireland, and married the late Mr. Thomas McKeown after she came to New Zealand. They lived at Christchurch and Stratford, where Mr. McKeown was in business, and also in New Plymouth, where they were engaged in farming. Sixteen years ago they went to Pukekohe. Mrs. McKeown was a keen supporter of the Methodist Church. Her husband died about six years ago, and she is survived by four sons and three daughters. There are 10 grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Mr. A. Gray, headmaster of the [Hawera High School, whose retirement is announced, has been in the teaching profession for 43 years, 35 of which have been spent in the Taranaki province. Educated at the Rangiora High School, Mr. Gray was a pupil teacher at Rangiora before going to the Christchurch Normal School. In 1897 Mr. Gray was appointed second assistant at the Central School, New Plymouth, where he stayed until 1905. For the next seven years he was headmaster of the Opunake School, in 1919, being appointed director o:

manual and technical education in Taranaki. On the establishment of the Hawera Technical High School Mr. Gray was selected as the first headmaster. Mr. Gray will act as relieving headmaster until the end of the year. Mr. Arthur J. Hyder, New Zealand manager of the Union Assurance Company, Wellington, has been notified of his transfer to Australia, He will be leaving New Zealand early in the New Year. The announcement was made, the Press Association reports, at a meeting of the Council of the New Zealand Football Association last night, when Mr. Hyder tendered his resignation as a member' of the council and representative of the Auckland Football Association. Mr. Hyder said he had been a member of the council since 1922. There had been big changes in the management of the game for the better; that was largely due to the chairmanship of Mr. F. Campbell. Mr. Campbell ‘ expressed regret at the loss of Mr. Hyder’s services and wished him success in Australia. Mr. Hyder had long association also with cricket. For nine years he was a member of the Wanganui Club and was a Wanganui representative player. For some years he was chairman of the Wanganui Cricket Association* '