PERSONAL

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 72, 24 March 1908, Page 5

PERSONAL

E The H o £ Mi-C, returned to ivelson by £fies.s.-Rara<wa to-day.-•; -Colonels ! Owen and Finlayson left fos Sydney byrthe JVrmmera last nighL . Canon WoodviHej-.arrived in. -Auckland by the West Coast.""Mat" today.' ■-• - -■-•;■ - •.;.■_..■.;:-■."" ..:.",. - Mr.-G.-Laish, chairman-of directors of the -Kauri Timber Company, , left foe 'Melbourne by-the- Wimmera-last night. Sister Shillington, who recently actei as matron at-the 'Waihi Hospital, has "been appointed matron of the Waipira Bay Hospital, near-Gisborne. - ■■/. Father Farthing, of St. Patrick's :Cathedral,"who is going to Australia for o. holiday visit, left, for the South" by the -Karawa to-day. At-last night's meeting of the Parnell ■Borough Council, a high tribute was paid by the Mayor (Mr. G. W.'Basley) to the work rendered the borough by the late Mr. JohnKtt, who for four years occupiedthe position of Mayor, and for many; years served a3 a, conncillor. A motion, to record the appreciation of the Council of the cervices rendered by the deceased gentleman by placing acknowledgment on. .the. minutes was carried* ■A feature of:the St. Andrew's Society; concert at the "Choral Hall last night was the excellent rendition by St. Andrew's 'Choral Class of ;a fantasia on songs of Sir Walter Scott This class, under the ■ condactorship of Mr. A. M. Bryden, numbers some 50 voices, and although of Comparatively recent 'formation, they sh-iwed the most careful and-painstaking study. The volume of sound was good, and the voices blended admirably, especially SO in the pianissimo passages. The work on the whole was decidedly pleasing, and reflected the greatest credit on, conductor and vocalists alike. "Mr. Edward Giles "Hobbs, second spa of the Rev. John Hobbs, Wesleyan missionary, -arid brother pf Mr. Richard , ! Hobbs, died at his residence, Jenrois-roatl, Ponsoriby "early this morning, i in. his 69th; year. He was born at Newark,-the Missionary Station at Hbkianga. hi the year; 1839. For a "good many years Tie resided; at Pokeno t arid latterly at Claudelanus, "Waikato, and he Only recently came to ; tbwn to spend the end of his "(Jays here. HeTsjsurvived'iby'his and a of two daughters and-five sons,incfuorng Mrs. R. Lyons, jun., of Maungatawhiri, and 'Mfcs Hobbs: "of OSapier, Messrs. VV. Hobbs (Wellington), J. C. Hobbs (Palm--rston North), A.' E. H,obbs. (Auckland), A-'H.-Hobbs. (Salisbury,. Ehodegiay. The I interment takes jplace at" Hamiltonrto- ' morrow. Mrs. Chas. ~F. "Partington, a much-re--spected and- very old colonist of "nearly; severity years' standing, whose death wa3 annomiced Yesterday, was born.at Bel"turbet, 'County- -Fermanagli, "Ireland,; \ ia •the year 1815—during the reign of George II five sover-eigns-on the Throne. - She could lariagr^to memory,- and iras an eye-witness of many stirring events \rhich took .place during the-almost-revolutioiiiy. times^in"her- native "country. She '"wpll recollected the crowning of-Qvieen Victoria in lS37,.and "the festivities on that occasion. _"She •arrived in Sydney about .1840, and.after, residing tisere'-for a' short .period cape on to Auckland.in :the. ".brig: Surprise, ■reaching here in 1841. : At, that, time : there ■were only some four or five European •women, in Auckland, and she - and "others -had soften to seek; shelter from; j the' Maoris during the..\j?ar.-time..in one lof :tihe blockhouses, where stood old St. -Paul's , Church> at- the top of ,SK>rtland■fitreet. One of her. early recollections was the first burial that took .place-in the Ceineteiy, also the many -events.-under-all-the-early .4rav£rnors^—(Pitt, "Fitzrby, Bobson. "She wa3 the 'year ; t845 in' Auckland by* the Eev. Churton, at his residencej to the late Chas. F. predeceas"ed her 30 years ago, Jind wiio about "the year 1850 built the old Windmill and ;Steain Hour Mill and Biscuit Factory, now being carried on;by.one; of; his-jsons. He 'manrifactured the bricks used.-_in the construction ' out ■of the ■ land adjacent, and 'carried" on an, extensive, -business, supplying the British troops and JNjaoris during the -war-time with flour arid - biscuits. Mrs. .Partington— leaves a—family of 'eight and "one daughter—■ three ■of vthe sons predeceased: her Jsdme fifty-four years ago. The. * interment,, "whicir was private, took place on, •Bttriday -morning last via the street: Cemetery,. whfir.e:lay. ; her husband and relaitrves, immediately' under ' the;iiew firaSon'Bridge, , ...":.:.'_" i:;.T '

The 'followirig , 'is Gaptaih Edwin's .wea« ther forecast. fo= 24 hours from" 9 a.m. ■this day. *" : Easterly strong Trinds''to gale. Rain probably heavy. Glass falL

1 'A most successful meeting of the-Auck-laiid Young People's Social Society -was Tield in a club-room of the Federal Halt last evening, when a number of young enlisted tn*einsetves "as menibers of a committee to assist the organiser, Mr. C.W. Buttie,m : furthering the ol»----jects of the society. Rooms ior the assembling of mfembers are ; under "the consideration of the iaanagement, and a decision in that direction will be arrived at siortly. It is.jproposed to organise a- ■ social "or Sance to inaugutaie the society.

The 'Eisht Hon. ".the Premier (Sir ,J. G. Ward," -K.CM.G, • P-'C.) will give a Ipublic address in the' Public Hall, One.hunga, to-morrow. eyening r

Telegraphing from - 2tapierr xegarding yesterday's championship roying races, an Auckland visitor wires:—The Waiteinata Boating CiuVs (Auckland) cre-sr, comprising Messrs. Eerring, Maguire, Parkinson, and Andrews, were fjevburitea for the Senior Championshq> Fonrs, and their fadlnre to secure a win is due to a nnafcirtane. boat became, damaged in some "way, and they rowed the race in a clinker four borrowed. from the North Shore Club. Tiey displayed splendid- form, 'and "had they used a : pi6» per boat there is little doubt that they must have -won. They secured an victory-in the-Napier Fours, and the fact that, although using a clinker four, i;hey were seconu in- the championship ■event is a highly creditable performance. North -Shore Clnb started in. "the light madden and light junior races, and in each case \cere Their representatives were Messrs. B, Spinley, G. 'Seagar, C. Wykes, and H. Grubb. 5, .