PERSONAL.

Waikato Independent, Volume XXVII, Issue 2766, 2 April 1927, Page 4

PERSONAL.

• Mr F. Lye,-was re-elected unopposed as the Cambridge Rugby . ,Union at the. annual meeting on Thursday evening. Mr W. P. McKee was elected president of the Waikato A. and'P.'Association at the annual meeting at Hamilton on Thursday. ... jp- * • Miss Ellen Terry,. the veteran dish actress, who is aged 79, fell down a flight,of stairs andi..broke,-her anu.

The death has occurred in Melbourne of Mr John Bornard O’Hara, the wellknown poet, aged 65.

• There are four candidates for the Auckland Mayoralty in the field: Mr G„ Bailclon, Mr J. A. Warnock, Mr T. Bloodworth. (Labour) and Mr H. Schmidt (Independent).

On this occasion of his retirement from the position of Commissioner of Crown Lands and chief surveyor of the North Auckland district, Mr H. J. Lowe was yesterday presented with an illuminated! address.

Rev. and Mrs W. J. SElliott leave Cambridge by the mid-day train to-day for Rotorua, where they will spend a week or so before taking up their residence at Papakurtt.

Rev. J. H. Simmonds is on a visit to Cambridge. Mr Simmonds is reeogfffby ed- as : the leading authority in the Dominion in forestry, and particularly as regards the eucalypti species of trees, He is at present engaged in the compilation of an exhaustive book on forestry. Mr W. Milburn was elected president of the Cambridge Rugby Union on Thursday evening. The retiring president. Mr S. Lewis, characterised IMr

Milburn as a keen footballer and an enihusiasiic official. Mr Milburn suitably thanked the meeting for the confidence reposed in him.

Miss Oram, of Papakura, is joining the staff of the local District -High School -and replaces Miss Williamson, a temporary assistant. Miss Smith is kiso ijoining, the staff- of ;.tho secondary department in place of Mr Taylor, who him * been transferred to Mangawhau (Mt. Eden,) school.