Personal Items.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 6162, 7 March 1914, Page 2

Personal Items.

Mr David Mitchell, father of Madams Melba, is seriously ill. It is understood that the Liberal party have deoided to rua the 800. R. MoNab for the Hawke’s Bay seat at the oomiog election. Mr William Belober has deoided not to contest the Dunedin Mayoralty, bat he will, in all probability, ba a candidate for Da eiia North at the text Geoeral Election. Mr O. Sigley, mail room clerk at tbs GisborLe post office, has bten transferred to the same department at tbs Napier post office. His successor at Gisborne is Mr A. H. Honnsell, of Wellington. An old colonist in the person of Mt Thomas Whitaley passed away at hit residence, Commercial road, Arohhill, Auckland, on Tuesday. He arrived io Auckland fifty years ago last January in the passenger ship Victory. The death has occurred of an old settler of Poverty Bay, in the person of Mr Edward John Burch, who passed away at Whangarei on Tuasday Mr Buroh, who was sixty tight years cf age, arrive! in Hawke’s Bay in 1875, and went to Gisborne a few months later. A cheque for £6440 15s 3d representing probate duty on the estate of the lets Mr James Oastiui Williamson, theatrical manager, was paid at the Victorian Taxation Office last week. The Victorian estate was valued at £6940 realty, and £62,723 personalty. The following Standard VI. protiaienoy przis at the Onga Onga sohool were presented to the successful candidates by the chairman of the school oommittse, the Rev John Harkaeis Adolpha Knight, dux of the sohool, medal presented by the chairman ; Nelly Pell, proximo aooeait; Stasia Symons and Vera Fletcher.