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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 221, 18 September 1928, Page 6

Personal

A Christchurch message reports the death of Mr Thomas Leonard Co whshaw, aged 55, formerly a well-known Canterbury rowing man and footballer.

A Christchurch message reports the (loath of Air William Walton, 8.A., aged 72, formerly master at Christchurch Boys’ High School and an assistant master at Wellington College.

A British official message states that Sir William Clark, accompanied by Lady Clark and their two daughters, sailed from Southampton yesterday for Canada to take up the newly-consti-tuted post of High Commissioner in the Dominion for the British Government.

Mr Walter Herbert Boys, aged 51, chief clerk in the Public Works Department, finished a game of bowls on the Poverty Bay Club green on Saturday afternoon and took a seat near the pavilion. Shortly afterwards he was found dead. He had been suffering from heart trouble, states a Gisborne telegram.

A Wellington message states that at Government House yesterday the Gov ernor-General presented the Hon. Sir Apirana Ngata with letters paten', conferring upon him the dignity of Knight Batchelor. He also presented Major J. L. Saunders and Bandmaster T. Herd with the Colonial Auxiliary Force officers’ decoration.

Guests at Foster’s Hotel last night included. Alessrs F. S. L. Hunt and Gladstone Hill (Wellington), L. O. Hooker (Hawera), H. A. Russell (Sydney), O. Warroll (Auckland), J. G. Hewitt (Marton), A. Stewart Hunt (Philadelphia), Air and Airs A. Steel (Gisborne), Aliss Al. Anderson (Wanganui River), and Air Charles and Aliss D. ap Roger (England).

Remembered by many people as the vicar of the Wanganui Parochial District, the Rev. John Bennett Reed has been appointed rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Harrington, England. From Wanganui Air Reed went to Alarton as vicar of that district, and last year returned to England, whence h;» originally came. He is a native of Wales, where his father was a clergyman, and was educated at Oxford.

Born in 1842 at Horsemanden, in Kent, Airs Esther Gurr, one of Wan ganui’s pioneer settlers, passed away last week. For the last 46 years the late Airs Gurr lived at Aramoho. She was predeceased by her husband, Air E. Gurr, 38 years ago, and is survived by txx'o sons, Alessrs H. Gurr (Dunedin) and C. Gurr (Aramoho), and five daughters, Airs G. Hogg (Pctone), Mrs W. A. Veitch (Wanganui), Airs R. Dickson (Lower Hutt), Airs W. Goffe (Aramoho) and Mr. B. Sargisson (Ohakune), 37 grand-children and four great-grand-children.

The death of Sergeant-Alajor Jens Jensen, at the age of 42 years, is reported from Whakatane. He was the youngest son of Air and Airs C. Jensen of Ta rata. He was appointed drill instructor at Trcntham during the war, where for two years he trained and instructed various sections of the contingents before he left with th e 38th Reinforcements and served to the end of the war. He was by profession a veterinary surgeon, and on his return to the Dominion was appointed veterinary surgeon to the Hauraki Plains Farmers’ Association. He was stationed at Hauraki Plains, Hamilton, in the Bay of Plenty, where he made many friends among the farmers He leaves a wife and two daughters, one brother, Mr G. Jensen, of Alatau, and one sister, Mrs C. Skitrop, of Auckland.