PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 57, 6 March 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Judges Cooper and Chapman left foi the South by the Main Trunk <train last tight. .......

Mr. Vernon H. Reed, M.P. for Bay of Islands, left for Wellington tgr. tba Main Trunk train last night.

Major Shepherd, Parliamentary- Ser-geant-at-Arns, .returned by the Mala Trunk express to his home at Papakura. Mr. E. R. Brabaaon (Napier) succeeds Mr. Sibbald, who is retiring on a peneion from the position of Collector of Customs at Dunedin.—(Press Association.)

Mr. Allan Muir,, chief proprietor of 'the "Poverty Bay Herald," Ml booked -pjrtsage-fram Wellington by. tha*Tonio jm the. £lst Jnjjf;.. for London, aNKoin'pam'ed,.by"'his son,. Mr, Biucft'Jdiur. -Among •the arrivals by the Main Trunk tram this morniigTvbo ate-stay-ing at thr Grand Hotel were Mr. and Mn. Joseph Stu&bolme, of Ruanui; Dr. E. of Wellington j Sidels, of" Wellington.

Jaysjhe" Cokmist"j^''§hpuid Canon Sadlicr accept the .offer Bishopric Nelson, of which we un'dcir* stand there is no doub*,'he will be;tho third .Bishop the Victorian clergy, ha™ supplied to New Zealand, the others be* ing Dr.* Bishop -of Cbristohurchj and.l^. : Crossley;.BMhpp'of Auckland." From Queensland..cornea .the.news of the death of Mr; H. B. Huddtatoaa, at .one - time "stock' inspector;, of the „W«at South laland,.bus,at th* time' of'his death in ichatge of th* Te Kuiti "district/ "The- deceaaed • was • great .walker, and,, on his official tours rarely used a horse, even when on tfce roughest of back,-blftck journeys.

The. Hon... J. A. Millar, Minister a Railways, will arm* front. Wellingtot to-morrow.,morning, and stay in Aock .land, attending tO'paWic business till .-the end of the week. While he is here Mr. DJckeon, MP., will introdnoa a deputation to him: in connection with the appointment of a stationmaater at Gi*ematiSet""'*""' > ," """' '" Mr. W. F. Maasey,Leader of the Op position, and Mr. W. H. Hemes, MP. returned from Wellington yesterday Mr.. Maasey purposes taking : a""'ioTt night's holiday after., his streaaoui work of the last few months, and Mr Herries has arranged to 4ea*e for Lou don on the 2lßt"iu»t; to aooompanj Mrs. -Herries, 'whose ill-health naeessi tates a sea voyage for recuperativj purposes. , _ ...*., > */?t

Mr. J3*aa»JßrJJ*irill, who h*a(xslinquiehed the position of sab-editor of. the "TUTanaki News," in order to'fill the editorial chair of the "Auckland Observer;" «u pp Saturday pTaarnt fdrby the staff of-the "News," with eeveral volumes of poetic works, handsomely boandr: Mr Jew till arrived; from r 'NJew ; Plymouth yesterday to take up his new appointment. ' ''-"•...... ■ ■-...■■ -~';r :

• --„ T here passed- away at. Cluristchaxch, last week, J4r. J. E. Barrett,-who waa ; a prominent figure in the horticultural life of New-. Zealand. He distinguished himself in the crritivation of the Cation at ■ Whakarewarewa, and eubsequently established the W aerenga Ex* perimental Station oreharua* said-laid put many miles of shelter pitotatjons I there: He conducted many IntrtHting experiments in cohneettim •&&£■ s***** aed.forage plants, aqd supervised eom* biJundertaJdngs in Canterbury. Hia unexpected of SS. An old former reaidenf' Of' the* Auckland Province*, Jl^')t : iicPhersda».dfe4 recently at her: home' m'^inkine i"-Val-ley, near WanganuL She came to NewZealand in 18S9, and resided in the- Auckland province for several years. Shi and her husband came to the Turakina Valley-inHißd7,; finding their f way:;• up through the dense bush, oyerirael'-un-bridged -" creeks to ' the - spot which.- hae been her home ever since. More than once they had to seek safety, fleeing to the stockade at Turakiiaa/ fifteen miles distant, -which took .'nine or ten hours to accomplish. There was no school nearer than fifteen miles, but she managed to keep school in her house for her children. .She was a splendid type of the brave pioneer "of those epprty days,' hospitable, resourceful, and self-reliant.

. .Mr., William Waflice O'Brien, -who in leaving, thet-public service on Superannuaition, -was. the recipient of '■'_■*■ valuable watch and chain and pipe from his fellow workshop employee* in tlw Public Work* Department. Arriving in X?w. Zetland iin- 1862, Mr. (pßrien joined- the/ 3rd Waikato Regiment, in which he attained the rank of sergeantmajor: Timing' tne Maori hostilities of 1863 to 1865 he was on Active service under Generals Cameron Tand Carey, and was under fire in the celebrated engagement at Orakau. , fie was captain of the Manaia Bide Vnlnfnilti. and for his services at ■ Parihaka. received a letter t>f; thanks from Major Atkinson, then Premier.; Mri O'Briiß, is , the .possessor of the Xew'Zealand 'war medal, and is a prominent member of the Veteraas" Association. . He leaves at an early date to visit members of his famiiy (of whom he has eleven) in, Australia. ( .