PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 36, 11 August 1905, Page 4

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Sir Joseph Ward returned from the South this morning by the Rotomahana. In recognition of his services to the city as Mayor, Mr. J. G. W. Aitken, M.H.R., is to be presented with a. gold watch and albert and » presentation of plate. The Governor and Lady Plunket, accompanied by the Hon. Kathleen Plunket and Captain Braithwaite, A.D.C., will leave for Christchurch to-night to attend tho Canterbury Jockey Club's Grand Ka.tional meeting next week. This week's Gazette notifies that tho Governor has been instructed by the Bfiti3b Secretary of State for the Colonies to recognise provisionally the- appointment of Mr. J. Frank Dyer, ai Vico-Con-sul of Gieece at Wellington. ' A deaconess to be known aa Sister Lilian has been added to the staff of workers in coSnection with St. John's Presbyterian Church. Sister Lilian haa served some three years in tho mission fi-eld, and for the last wo years has been at the Presbyterian Training Institute ii\ Duuedin. The Rev. A. M. Johnson, M.A., remainn in charge of the Greytown curacy till St. Mark's Day, 18th October. He then goes to aMeterton, and will be inducted on the 24th October. Mr. Johnson's successor in GreytowD will be the R«v. E T. Wynne Bond, at present assistant curate to the Rev.. T. B. Maclean, of Wan ganui, and formerly of St Mark's, Wei lington. A highly-respected Teeident of Peton«, Mr. W. H. Cook, disd at his reeidonoo in NeJson-street yesterday afternoon. The late Mr. Cook was born at Bristol, Eng land, and oame to New Zealand in 1868 He entered into business in Wellington as a sailmakei, and carried it on alow until 1882, when Mr. R. G. Knigh' joined the firm under the style of Cool and Knight. Five years later, Mr. Cool retired, and he has acted as secretary j and liquidator of the South -Pacific Loan and Investment Company ever since. Twice he has been elected a member of tho Petone Borough Council, and de6Dite nis advanced years did valued 6er vice theTe. He did not seek re-election to the present Council. The deceased gentleman, who was an elder of St. David's Church, was in his eeventy-fiftt year, leaves a -widow, a married daughbe) (Mrs. J. Alexander, ol Khandallah), and three sons (Messra. W. H., H., and J. J. Cook). We regret (says the Manawatu Standard of Thursday) to chroniclo the death of Mr. R. Lyon, jun., of Terrace End, eldest son of Mr. Lyon, of Ashhurst. Mr. Lyon was apparently in his usual health until Monday morning, when his wife found him lying unconscious, and despitt the utmost care and medical attention he passed away last evening without regaining consciousness, death being caused bj a tumour on the brain. Deceased was well-known as a bridge contractor. He met. with a serious accident four and a half yeats ago while pursuing his calling. Thn late Mr. Lyon was a man of unflinching integrity. He took a warm interest in religious work. He was a member of the Broad-street Methodist Church, and waa a teacher in the Sunday School, and a lay preacher. His brother is the Rev. F. H Lyon, of the Primitive Methodist Church, Greendale, Canterbury. The late Mr. Lyon, who was 44 years of age, was well known and respected in Wellington, where he and his brothers were educated, and 1 also m Nelson, where the family after* wards lived for some years.