PERSONAL ITEMS

Wairarapa Daily Times, 27 September 1933, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

The death of Mrs B.'G. Bell, ivife of Mr Barclay G. Bell, of Wellington, occurred at Northland oh Monday. Mrs Bell was a daughter of Mr and Mra W. J. Feast, of Greytown. At the annual meeting of the Lansdowne Cricket Club a vote of condolence was passed with the relatives of the late Mr A. Matthews, who had been a generous supporter of the club, and one of its vice-presidents. Votes of condolence were passed at last night’s meeting of the Wairarapa' Cricket Association with the relativ.es of the late Messrs S. J. Smith, W. E. Bidwill and A. Matthews. The late Mr Smith was chairman of the assoeia- ; tion. Mr F. W. Furby, Chief Postmaster at Palmerston North, has been appointed Chief Postmaster at Christchurch., Mr Furby will succeed Mr F. J. Shanks, who has been promoted to the position of Second Assistant-Secretary to the Post and Telegraph Department. The engagement is announced of Miss Margaret Conwell, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs S.. Conwell, of Carterton, to Mr Jack Harris, youngest son of Mr A. A. Harris and the late Mrs Harris, formerly of Matarawa, and now of Masterton. The many friends of the Rev; R. Godfrey, formerly of Masterton, and now stationed at Aoba, New Hebrides, will be pleased to hear that he v has been appointed Archdeacon of Southern Melanesia. The induction service took place on 28tli August last, and was conducted by Bishop Baddley, of Melanesia.

The following officers were elected at the annual conference of secretaries of New Zealand Electric Power Boards at Wellington yesterday: —President, Mr W. A. Day * (Franklin); secretary, Mr G. E. Fowler (Waipukurau); committee, Messrs C. Campbell (Invercargill), G. Brown i(Carterton), W. McArthur (Te Awamutu), H. Wyllie (Napier), K. Eglington (Manawatu), A. Owen (Christchurch). At the annual meeting of the Wairarapa Cricket Association last night officers were elected as follow: —Patron, Mr F. G. Maunsell; president, Mr H. B. Massey; .vice-presidents, Messrs D. C. Collins, D. H. S. Riddiford, T. Jordan, S. D. Wilson, G. Vincent, F. Demies, L. H. Smart, E. S. Smith, A. Rippon; management committee, Messrs R. Slierratt, J. Hornabrook, J. K. Logan, G. B. Petersen, D. Groves; lion, treasurer, Mr A. Holly; lion, secretary, Mr K. C. Montgomery; lion, auditor, Mr A. P. Smith; delegate to New Zealand Cricket Council, Mr D. E. Parton. The appointment of an assistant secretary was left to the management committee. The election of officers for the year at the Power Baord Engineers’ Association conference, held in Wellington yesterday, resulted as follows: —President, Mr N. D. McLeod (Thames Valley) ; vice-presidents, Messrs J. G. Lancaster, consulting engineer, and L. B. Hutton (Southland); executive, Messrs J. D. Ulmer (Wairaki), E. Hitchcock (Christchurch), 11. q-. Kemp (Ashburton), T. R. Overtoun (South Taranaki), H. F. Toogood (consulting engineer, Wellington), and W. A. Waters (Ma-nawatu-Oroua). The death is announced , from Lon- \ don of the novelist, Mrs Alice Muriel Williamson, widow of the late C. N. Williamson, who died in 1920. She was found unconscious in an hotel at Bath. Attempts to revive her failed. She left a note for the Coroner. With her husband Mrs Williamson wrote a long series of novels, including “The Lightning Conductor, ” “ The Car of Destiny,” “The Motor Chaperon,” “The Scarlet Runner,” “My Friend the, Chauffeur.” She continued writing after her husband’s death. Several of the stories written by Mr and Mrs Williamson have appeared in serial form in the." Wairarapa Daily Times. ’ ’ One of. Mrs Williamson’s serials, “Behind Double Doors,’’ appeared in the “Daily Times” a few months ago. The news of the death of Mr Wilfred Wilkinson, which occurred somewliht suddenly at Paraparaumu yesterday Will come as a great shock to his many friends in Masterton and elsewhere. The late Mr Wilkinson, who was 27 years of age, only proceeded to Paraparaumu on Sunday, having been ordered a rest by his doctor, on account of a breakdown in health. His death, however, was quite unexpected. The late Mr Wilkinson, who is a son of Mr and Mrs W. Wilkinson, Te Ore Ore Road, was only married a few months ago. For many years he was associated with his father in business and latterly had- charge of- a shop on the corner of Ngaumutawa Road, where he had lately resided. He possessed considerable talent as a sign writer and a painter and his untimely death cuts short a career which was full of promise. The late Mr Wilkinson, who' displayed a keen interest in his business affairs, was held in the highest respect by all who knew him and the sympathy of a large number of friends _ .will be extended to the bereaved wife and parents. The funeral will leave the residence of his parents, Te Ore Ore Road, to-morrow ' afternoon at’ 2,30 « o ’clock for the Masterton cemetery.