PERSONAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 19961, 15 December 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A Nelson wire announces the death of Mrs Leo Manoy. of Motueka, formerly Miss Newman.of Wellington., a wellknown singer. Mr, Justice Chapman, accompanied byMrs Chapman, left for Sydney by the Maunganui on Friday nifht, en route for England. They <;o via Suez and break the journey at Egypt, doing the Nile trip and then possibly travelling along the north coast of Africa. They expect to be in England in March. A'iss Dolly Allen, the younger daughter of the Hon. James Allen., Minister for Education, is leaving the Dominion next March, ifor an indefinite period. It is Miss Allen's intention to study the Montessori system of education under the celebrated teacher at Rome.

On Friday, at Tay forth." the marriage took place of Mr Hamilton Mackenzie Douglas, second son of Mr W. S. Douglas, of Dunedin, and Miss Constance Frankish, youngest daughter of the late J. D. Frankish, M.D.. of Christchurch. The Rev. H. Reeve, M.A., was the officiating clergyman.

Wordi' .received at Palmerston front Rbtjarua on Saturday morning states tlita there is no improvement in the condition of Mr J. A. McCrea, who is. rather seriously indisposed. Miss McCrea left for" Rotorua on Friday to. join her mother, and Mr McCrea will bi brought home as soon as he is able to travel.

The many friends of Mr Noel Johns, who.has l)een'studying medicine at Edinburgh tfiiiVersity for some years, will.be pleased lio hear that he has. passed his final examination, cable news to that effect having been received yesterday. Mr Johns, who is a 6on of Mr F. J. Johns, of Wanganui, has- * had a successful career in. Edinburgh,, and we congratulate him upon becoming a qualified medico. ■On Saturday, Mr W. L. .Quigley left. Wanganui for Hastings to take up the position of accountant in the Hastings, branch of the National Bank of New Zealand. On Friday evening he was. farewelled by the Wanganui Amateur Bbxing Association, of which he has been for irnany years a member. Mr Quigley was presented with a silver cigarette case suitably inscribed as a token of the estimation in which he was held in boxing circles. A farewell function took place on Saturday afternoon, when Mr G. P. Bertinshaw, who for the past nine years lias been employed in the office of the* Wianganui railway engineer; took his leave of his co-workers prior to his departure for Wellington, ■where he has boon transferred. The officers of the maintenance branch gathered together and presented Mr Bertinshaw with a^ dressing--case. Mr F. J. Jones made"*' the presentation and referred to Mr. Bertinshaw's application and devotion. to his work. .

It will ba with feelings of sincere regret that the .many friends of Constable *F. J. Healey;Will learn of his untimely death at the hospital on Saturday morning. Constable Healey was on duty about a week ago, and was taken ill, his indisposition resulting in his sudden death. The deceased joined the .armed constabulary of New Zealand in 1878 on his arrival in the Dominion, but he had been previously serving in a horse artillery I'egiment in England. After serving in the constabulary- and. the Permanent Artillery for about ten years, the deceased joined the policeforce in 1888. He was stationed around" Wellington for about ten years, and. was in 1898 transferred to geilding, and was afterwards stationed at Kimbolton when a station was opened there. Thedeceased -was a man highly esteemed by all who knew him. The funeral will leiave his late residence, 61 Glasgow St., at 3 p.m. to-day. The deceased was a, member of the Foresters' Ix>dge 3 ami was 56 years of age. The many Wanganui friends of Mr D. Miller, erstwhile Chief Postmaster at Wanganui and now Chief. Inspector of Post Offices wili learn with sincere regret or tho sudden death of Mrs Miller, which occurred at the residence of her son at Featherston yesterday afternoon. The deceased" lady was widely known and highly esteemed in Wanganui; and when resident hero, Mid on her subsequent visits, was apparently in the best of health.. The sad news of her death will come as a shock to all who had the privilege of her acquaintance, and the heartfelt sympathy of all sections of the community will go out to the sorrowing widower. It is only a few months since Mr Miller suffered bereavement by the death of his only daughter, and now to tliat irreparable* loss has been added the crowning sorrow occasioned by-the suuuen and unexpected' death of'his life's partner. Mrs. Miller's~3eatn was due to heart failure.