PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 231, 28 September 1915, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr. Arthur Lilly, A.R.C.0.. ha* boon appointed nrpanint at Ox/ord Terrtoe Haptist Church, Ohristehurch. Mr. an.l Mr*. J>mm Milne, of Ma*terton. arc on a brief holiday visit to Auckland, and err Htaying , at the Royal Hotel Mr. Mainland Foster, manager for Williame and Kettle, Napier, is at present an a holiday visit to Auckland, and » Btayinjr with friends. Mr. A Wade, conductor of the Wangunui <iam.-ion Hand and male choir, leave* nhortly for Aualr.ilia to adjudicate at tho Uallarot conksts. Captain Kvanx. of the Kontbournc Council's ferry aUramcr Duche.is, h.ts been granted leave of absence to enable him to proved to England to offer hia •crvices to the AdmiraJty. The Rev. W. (Sriwt, of the Lw*ton Methodist Cmircli. han been appointed to fill the vacanc-v caused by the retirement of Chsplain Major Luxford, who uas w.mnded at the Dardanelles. < olonel ('. .1. Cooper, general manager for Ne*v Zealand of the Lutrpool. London an 1 (ilobe Insurance i'orapanv, an 1 rtnnit defence commander for the Canterbury district. i« at present on a brief visit to Auckland. Mr. <;eor«e Arthur Hurling, ahrxie death ha* just occurred, arnvtsi in Wei liojrton m 1840, nbcn two years of ace. In lS(il Mr. Burliru? eLartel nheep farm ing, and toward* the end of his life r«t.de<i it .Wiirmt. Deceased is nurvived by h» wife, six norm, and six daughters. a« well a» 48 grandcbiidren, and eight great grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor, of Victoria Road. Devonport. to-day achieved the JOth anniversary of their marnagv. which took place at St. Matthew's Church, Auckland, on September iHth. lßfti. The Rev. K. N. Hrce »a* the minuter »ho otlicut.-.i. Vrw. Taylor wan the eldest da.upht<r of William Jamee and Caroline Wright. Although Mr. Taylor m a native of NV-.T South Wale.«, he <-ame to New Zealand in lSli.l. during the trme of ihi* Mann War. For X r > yeara he wan an officrr in the employ of the Auckland Harbour Hoard, having re»i<lrd in Atick land up to the prenenl lime. Mr*. Taylor was born in Auckland in 1847, an J ia one of the few old colonJJte now living. There are three mm* and *i\ living, and 17 jrrundchiidrcn. The (rolden jubilee will be cerebrated quietly by the memberi. of the fiimily thm evenin-r. Mr. .lamen Sullivan, an old resident of Parnell. die.l jewterday it the ,i*.----deni-e of his daujrhter. Mj-». W. Mahoney, Hohson Park Road. Dooeaitod. who «v in hie ninetieth, rear, arrived in Australia in 1851, and »v present at the Eureka Stocade, lUlhtr.it. when the miners ■'ought the admiDtfttraXion of the goldfield*. Alter remaining , twelve year* in the Australian goldfield*, Mr. Snlliv»n came scro** to New Zealand to th« rush at (iabrieJV Gully, Otngo. Pome 53 year* agn he came on to Auckland, and when ThaiDc* goldfli-lib* opened one« more tried his luck. In partncTehip with Mr. T. Mulr. now «if Sydney. Mr. eiiliivan held one of the first hotel lic?n.-*-e granted on Tliam«w gol-Jfielde. Year* Ixter he wmi proprietor of the RadwaT Termini* Hotel, (rnehunga- Deceased v, survived by two daughters, Mrs. W. Maboney. of Pamcll. and Mrs. A. Butler, of GrevTnonth.