PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 237, 4 October 1904, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Lady Plunket, wife of His Excellency the Governor left Wellington to-saf for Hawke'3 Bay, where she will be We guest xd Sir William ™,d Wv &LSI for a week or so. She will-attend the races while in Hawked Bay' :s - She i> accompanied by the - W Kathleen Plunket an d Captain . Braithwaite, t On o«*<Aer 22 Her Ladyship leaves Wellington for Melbourne -Tsrhere:_she will be the guest of the Governor of Metoria and Lady Tal-bot *nd will the Melbourne Cup On her return the whole, family move to Auckland for the summer.

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Captain H. Collins has been appoint--.*d harbourmaster and pilot at Nelson. Canon Mac Murray, vicar of St. Mary's Cathedral, was a passenger to Napier by the Mararoa to-day.

' T -: G - Brown, of the firni of Brown and Stewart, has returned to tie city from his visit to Europe.'" " Mr A. D. Willis, MJLR. for Wan _ ganui, intends to tour the world after the session ends. Mrs Willis will go with him.

Mr Wm. Jaques, Government expert in preserving and- canning of fruit, will visit the Auckland district the present month. a

Mr Sandeman joins the Waipori as second officer, and Mr Turton, who formerly held that position, left for punedin in the Mararoa for instructions.

The Rev. Father Wnst, of Ngaruawahia, is seriously indisnosed, and be is now under treatment in the Waik-'ta Hospital. It is hoped that the illness "mil be of short duration.

Mr Sam Bradley, the owner of the well-known racehorse Wairild, went to Sydney last night in the Moana. He and Mrs Bradley, who accompanied him, are going to Melbourne to see WairiM run in the Melbourne Gup.

The ladies of t-he Otahuhu branch of the St. John-s Ambulance Society .have presented Dr. Rowley with a silver inkstand by ray of acknowledging his kindness in delivering lectures in first aid to the branch.

Our Parliamentary correspondent wires that Mr Wardell, -a. retired magistrate, formerly of Wellington, will relieve Mr E. C. Blomfield at Auckland until a permanent appointment is made. Mr Blomfield left the Bench on Saturday last.

Mrs Sarah Mclsab, widow of the late lli Duncan McNab, who for some time represented City North in the Auckland Council, died peacefully yesterday afternoon about two o'clock. The 'deceased lady was 74 years of age. The interment is to be private.

The justices of the peace in Whangaroi intend to present Sergeant Moon, •who is retiring from the police force after being in charge of the Whangarei district for several years, with an illuminated address. Messrs Boulton, Ormanby, J. M, isillen, and A. H. MaBon are the committee arranging it.

Captain Watson, who brought the Kotokino up the coast, awaits instructions at Auckland. Captain R. G. Hutton, of the Taviuni, takes command of the Rotokino on her trip to the isjantis. The chief officers of the Taviuni andHhe purser (Mr Mcßurney) also joibi'' -ithe Rotokino. - ■ -"

Owing -to the ill-health of his - -wife, Mr Kbbott,. the Whangarei manager for the New Zealand Clothing Factory, is giving up his' connection with the Whangarei business, and leaves to-morrow for Napier. Mr Ebbott will be much missed in Whangarei, where he has taken a prominent part in many enter- : tainments.

Mr and Mrs C. J. Parr went to Sydney in the Moana last night. Mr Parr has been by no means restored to health by his already long rest, and he is nowgoing to see what the complete change to the climate of Australia will dp for him. He will spend six weeks visiting Sydney, the Blue Mountains, and Melbourne. It is hoped that Mr Parr ■will return in. complete health.

The death is announced of Mrs Wil3iani Fiiarp, jun. ? at her home on the Great Pukekohe East, She cume to the colony 35 years ago from Scotland, and was for many years head teacher at the Pukekohe East school, where she was very popular. She retired iiito private life after 21 years' of teaching, and lived quietly at Ramarama with her husband. She enjoyed goca health till within five days of her death, when she was seized with a paralytic stroke from which she never recovered.

Mr Walter McCaul, who was one of the very old identities of Auckland, has died at New Lynn at an advanced age. He was closely associated with the early history of the city. He and Ms wife, came" out to Australia from Greenock in .1849, his eldest daughter (Mis T. Mason) being born on the voyage. I Dr. Hunter, one of the-best-known of the early residents of Sydney, was a shipmate, and he wished Mr McCaul to stay in New South Wales, but the family removed to New Zealand because Mrs McCaul's mother had already arrived here in the Duchess of Argyle. They came across in the maiden return trip of the first New Zealand-built vessel i:o cross the Tasman Sea (she was built by Messrs Niccol and Sharp), and Mr McCaul started tailoring, and later auctioneering and land agency. He also was interested in the coastal trade, owning the coasters Grace Darling and Hawke's Head. He also tried his handat goldmining, and with his son Walter worked on the Brian Boru claim during the Thames rush. He also did some boring for coal at New Lynn. For twenty years past Mr McCaul has not been able to get about with ease, owing to infirmity in his nether limbs, but he lived peacefully, and died without pain.