PERSONAL

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 128, 25 May 1932, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mr. W. A. Bowley is undergoing treatment in the Waipukurau Public Hospital.

Mr. J. V. Richards entered the Waipukurau Hospital to-day for‘surgical attention.

; Lady Gregory, playwright and director of the well-known Abbey Theatre, Dublin, died at Galway, aged about 80 years.

Mr. Neville Chamberlain was to have left .London yesterday for Harrogate, the -famous British spa, to undergo treatment for gout. He has cancelled all public engagements during the next fortnight.

Prior to leaving for Auckland to join the railway relieving staff, Mr J. G. Porteous, who for the past 6J yars has been a member of the railway clerical staff at Dannevirke, was farewelled by his colleagues and presented with a memento of their esteem.

The death occurred on Sunday of Mrs Agnes Paton, who had been a resident in Dannevirke for over 30 years.. She was the relict of the late Thomas Paton, formerly stationmaster at 'Dannevirke, who predeceased her 11 years ago. Airs Paton was 76 years of age, was born in Scotland, arriving in New Zealand when a young woman, and came to Dannevirke from Otago, when her husband was transferred there. She is survived by a grown-up family of five sons and six daughters, of whom Airs F. A. Butler-Harrison and Aliss Paton reside in Dannevirke.

Viscount Inchcape died from heart failure aboard his own yacht at Monaco on Monday. Ho caught a chill in November when attending the trials of the Strathaird, and later was seriously ill, necessitating Lord Gienapp’s hurried return from India. His condition had so improved that he was able to go for a daily drive. He was seized by a sudden heart attack after luncheon when enjoying the sunshine on deck, and died ten minutes later before the doctors could do anything to revive him. “The. Times,” in a leader, "Says: “Viscount Inchcape possessed a shrewd, sound judgment of men and things that showed notably when he modified his deeply-rooted belief in free trade. He was one of the Empire’s foremost authorities, not only on shipping, but on banking and. marine insurance business. He served the Goverment well on all manner of committees.” The “Daily Mail” learns that after the payment of death duties the late Lord Inchcape’s estate will amount to nearly £2,000,000.