PERSONAL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19032, 9 June 1924, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr. L. Mcllvride, M.P. for Napier, is expected in Wanganui on a visit. Mr. W. M. Luxford has resigned from the board of managers of the Wanganui Technical College.

Mr. A. Darby, well known' in football circles, has returned to Wanganui on a visit.

Hon. J. McGregor, of Dunedin, was a visitor to Wanganui during the week-end.

Prince Viggo, of Denmark, has arrived in Ottawa for his marriage to Miss Eleanor Margaret Green, a millionaire’s daughter. The wedding takes place to-morrow.

The death took place at Dunedin on Saturday, at the age of 81 years, of Mr Andrew MacFarlane, who was a well-known member of the grocery firm of A. and J. MacFarlane, which wont out of business a few years ago.

Mr. E. Hudson, science master at the Wanganui Technical College, has been appointed lecturer at the Dunedin Training College, and leaves to take up his new duties at the end of this month. *

Mr. Thomas W. Maude, aged 68, formerly a prominent Christchurch solicitor, died suddenly on Saturday. Arrangements had been made to place him under an anaesthetic, when he collapsed and did not recover.

An Auckland telegram says: The Boy Scouts on Saturday farewelled Chief Scout Jcllicoc, and presented him with a paper weight in the form of a gold Scout on a greenstone base. Lady Jellicoe was presented with a travelling rug by the Girl Guides. -v*’“

The many friends of Mrs. John Fairburn will learn with deep regret of her death, which occurred yesterday afternoon. The deceased lady was the eldest daughter of Mrs. Earle, of Somme Parade, and the late Dr. R. C. Earle, and spent practically the whole of her life in Wanganui. She wae, in the true sense of the word, a gentlewoman. Her kindly disposition and unostentatious goodness made her beloved by all who knew her, and her death will be deeply mourned. Sincere sympathy will be extended to the bereaved husband and daughter (Mrs. .1. Dobson, of Christchurch), Mrs. Earle, and the other members of the family.

Before the ordinary business opened at the meeting of the Brunswick branch of the Farmers’ Union on Saturday evening, Mr. Norman Cave took the opportunity of congratulating the branch chairman. Mr. Tom Currie, on his election to the presidency of the provincial executive of the Union. He said that it was a “feather in Brunswick’s cap” to have one of their representatives as provincial president. Mr. Currie, in reply, said that bo did not take on a job unless he could sec it through. He hoped that every farmer would assist the executive to carry the union on in Wanganui, and ensure another successful year.