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Taranaki Daily News, 20 December 1933, Page 4

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The King and Queen will leave London to-day for Sandringham, where they will spend Christmas, the British Official Wireless service reports. Mr. A. R. Standish, New Plymouth, is an inmate of a private hospital. Constable Quinn has returned to New Plymouth from the Ruawaro district. Archdeacon F. G. Evans left New Plymouth yesterday for Rotorua. The condition of Sir Henry Dickens, who was knocked down on Chelsea embankment by a motor-cyclist, remains serious, states a London cable. Mr. D. Brown, who has been on the staff of the Bank of Australasia, New Plymouth, for some years, left yesterday for Masterton, where he has been transferred.

Flying-Officer lan Keith, instructor to the Western Federated Flying Clubs, arrived at New Plymouth from Hawera last night and will remain for a fortnight.

Drs. T. A. Green, A. H. Harvie and C. R. Lambert, New Zealanders, have passed the examination for Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, states a London cable.

Mention was made at the Mayor’s Relief Council meeting last night to the departure from New Plymouth of the Rev. Father J. Henley, and appreciative references were made to his excellent work, particularly in connection with Welcome Lodge. The death has occurred of Mr. Samuel Edgar Saunders, 0.8. E., naval architect and marine engineer, a London cable reports. Mr. Saunders was president of Saunders-Roe Ltd., engineers, yacht builders, designers and builders of aircraft. He was a pioneer in the design and construction of fast motor-boats andwas launch builder by appointment to the King.

Appreciative reference was made at yesterday's meeting of the Taranaki Hospital Board to the work of the Rev. Father J. Henley, who left yesterday for Dunedin. Mr. S. Vickers referred to the good work done by Father Henley in co-operation with social workers. The chairman (Mr. P. E. Stainton) said he could say without fear of contradiction that Father Henley had been one of the outstanding social workers of New Plymouth. One of the pleasing features of the Mayor’s relief committee was that it recognised no creed or class, and this had been demonstrated in an outstanding manner by Father Henley. The death has occurred at Wadestown of Mr. George Carwell-Cooke, aged 73, states a Wellington Press Association message. Mr. Carwell-Cooke was born at Astley Guise, Bedfordshire. At the age of 26 he went to Melbourne, where he was engaged in journalism. He came to New Zealand in 1893 and worked with the Evening Press and later with the United Insurance Company. In 1907 he joined the Friendly Societies Department and in the following year was transfered to the Audit Department, with which he remained until he retired in 1927. For about seven years prior to retirement he was supervisor of the local bodies audit. For some years he was editor of an accountants’ paper entitled Accountancy, Commercial and Insurance. In 1919 he published a small booklet “Odd Rhymes.” Mr. Carwell-Cooke is survived by Mrs. Carwell-Cooke, three daughters and two sons.