PERSONAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16797, 22 July 1920, Page 3

PERSONAL.

Mr. Ken. Webster, who is now farming in tho Taihape district, is on a short visit to New-Plymouth. Mr. Alf. Linley has arrived in New Plymouth to make arrangements for an appearance of tho Lyric Costume Comedy Copipany next week. Nurse Beryl A. Hirst has resigned her position as staff nurse in the Now Plymouth Hospital. Nurse Siddcns has also resigned. Dr. G. Home has been appointed examiner in applied anatomy for the New Zealand University degrees in v odicine, and leaves this week to conduct an examination in Dunedin. Nurses Wilson, Peers, Cartwright and Salway, of the Now Plymouth ilpspital staff, have been successful in. passing the State • examination. Nurse Dew gained a partial pass. Nurses- Taylor,, Moore, M'Fanus, and Chapman passed the recent examination in anatomy and physiology for junior nurses, and Nurse Winfield obtained a partial pass. Another link with the past was broken on Monday by the passing away of Mr. Wm. Howitt, one of the sterling band of pioneer settlers who have helped to make Now Zealand the country it is to-day (tho Patea Press reports). The late Mr. Howitt was born at New Pitsligo, in the north of Scotland, in 1840. Having lost his father at an early ago ’he took to a seafaring life, and before ho was twenty had vis- 1 ited many of the countries of the world. After arriving at Port Chalmers in 1860, ho came to Now Plymouth, and he resided in tho Taranaki district ever since. He took part, under Major Atkinson, in the battle at Kaitohc and' it was here that he won his New Zealand War Medal, although he had been under fire near Warea when Colonel Warre was clearing the coast of hostile Natives between New Plymouth and Opunake. Since 1878 the late Mr. Howitt had lived at Patea. He leaves four sons and two daughters:—Messrs. W. K. Howitt and Gordon M. Howitt, of Auckland, Ad. Howitt, of Wellington, A. M; Howitt, of Sydney, Mrs. "Roberts and Miss Howitt, pf Patea,